Bluffton seniors are invited to monthly breakfast at the Bluffton middle school again this school year, according to Greg Denecker, Bluffton school superintendent.
On Sunday, Sept. 7, you may see a bunch of bright yellow T-shirts all over town. Those shirts will be worn by members of English Lutheran Church as members participate in the second annual "God's Work, Our Hands - Day of Service" event.
Rev. Kevin Mohr, pastor, said, "Following a brief worship service that morning at 9 a.m., members of English Lutheran will join with congregations throughout our denomination (the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America) in doing service projects for the community, for neighbors, and for the church."
We know...it's still warm out and trees are green. Tops are down on covertibles, shorts are the normal uniform of the day.
Here's a refresher course on Ohio winters, in case you've forgotten. In a strange sense, this Main Street January 2014 photo has some beatiful qualities: blue haze of a sunset, Christmas ornaments on light poles and Jack Frost. If we could only remove the temperature from the equation.
Below are comparision photos from August to December - same view.
Book ReViews, 123 S. Main St., Bluffton, will hold a genealogy and family history roundtable discussion with Joanne Vercler Niswander from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 20, according to Dr. Christina Walton, manager.
"Discover more about genealogy, also called family history, the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history in this roundtable discussion of methods used by Joanne Niswander, author of four books on family research," said Walton.
Vocalist Bethany Babcock will present her Bluffton University senior recital at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, in Yoder Recital Hall. The recital is free and open to the public.
Babcock, a mezzo-soprano from Deshler, Ohio, will sing both classical and popular numbers. The program includes music by Mozart and Schubert, and from “Mulan” and “Hairspray,” accompanied by pianist Ana Yoder Coulter. In addition, Babcock and mezzo-soprano Ashley Musgrave, a senior from Ada, Ohio, will perform a duet of “For Good,” from “Wicked.”
Drs. Lucia Unrau and Peter Terry, members of the Bluffton University music faculty, will discuss their summer work at the Interlochen (Mich.) Center for the Arts in a campus colloquium at 4 p.m. Friday, Sept. 5, in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall.
Titled “If You Listen, You Can Hear Them Coming: Making Art at Interlochen,” their talk is free and open to the public.
