“Spirituality & Shalom: Living at the Intersection of Faith & Justice,” the 2013 Intercollegiate Peace Fellowship conference, will be held Feb. 8-10 at Bluffton University.
Spirituality’s role in peacebuilding—and peacebuilding’s role in individuals’ spiritual lives—is the focus of the conference, an annual gathering of representatives of Mennonite colleges and universities but open to the public as well.
The Icon received several letters written from youngsters at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center during the Cookie Walk on Saturday. The Center forwarded these to the Icon.
Santa kindly offered Karson's letter to the Icon. Karson said:
Dear Santa,
How was your summer? Ho Ho Ho! I've been very good this year. Here are some things I want for Christmas, an air hogs fly crane, a tablet and a new webkins guinea pig.
Drive Time Driving Instruction will begin its next Bluffton class on Jan. 6. Classes are held at Bluffton Entrepreneurial Center, 505 E. Jefferson Street.
Click on the link below to go directly to the Drive Time site and further information.
A special afternoon Christmas Eve service by the students of Trinity Lutheran Church and School, Jenera, called "Gifts from the Manger” will be held on Friday, Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. in the church.
The students from Pre-school through Eighth Grade will tell of the birth of Christ through Word and Christmas hymns. Pre-service music by the youth will begin at 12:30 p.m..
