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A Bluffton Good Friday tradition - Procession of the Cross. Bluffton Area Ministerial Association's procession offers believers a way to experience Holy Week in a personal way. (Jamie Nygaard photo)

On Apr. 27 at 8 p.m., meet at the Quarry Farm near Pandora for a Star Walk! Please sign up by Friday, April 21 to let us know you are coming and to get take-home directions to The Quarry Farm and details of potential "Cloud Date". Be sure everyone in your party brings a flashlight and dresses for the weather, including good walking boots/shoes.  (Sorry, no infant strollers allowed. All children must be accompanied by a responsible parent or guardian.)

 

The library will host a Bullet Journaling Workshop on April 20 at 6 p.m.  Find out how one journaler uses this system, and how journaling can cater to your own needs. Please register by Mon., Apr. 17. This program is open to ages 6th grade through adult, and participants should bring their own blank journal (one with dots/graphs is helpful but not necessary) and any markers/pens/pencils they plan to use.

Genevieve A. “Jenny” Schroeder, Ph.D., 83 of Worthington died Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017 at Riverside Methodist Hospital. She is preceded in death by parents, Albert Burkholder and Edith Welty. Jenny is survived by husband, Wayne E. Schroeder; daughters, Ann (Bernie) Driscoll and Kay (Mark) Sutton; grandchildren, Ryan, Kelsey, Tanner and Aly; many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
 
 She was an active member of Worthington United Methodist Church for 42 years.
 

“You have to entertain if you’re doing theatre for social change,” Ted Swartz of Ted & Company explained to Bluffton University students April 4. “The quickest way to get from a closed mind to an open mind is to get them to laugh.” 

Swartz shared advice with students in the Theatre for Social Change class who are working on projects on bullying, gender inequality, racial injustice and sexual orientation. 

Swartz was on campus to perform “Laughter is Sacred Space,” a production about grief and mental illness, as part of Bluffton’s annual Spring Spiritual Life Week. 

Bluffton University economist develops a simpler, more accurate measure of well-being

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has been the standard measurement of well-being for years.

But Dr. Jonathan Andreas, Bluffton University associate professor of economics, will soon present his original research in an effort to sway world leaders and fellow economists toward another standard—MELI.

MELI stands for Median Expected Lifetime Income, and Andreas developed the formula as a simpler and more accurate measure of well-being.

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