Riley Creek United Methodist Church, rural Pandora, holds afternoon of hymns and songs on Sunday, Oct. 30, at 3 p.m.
"Music from many eras will weave together a tapestry of faith and the message of redemption. Bring your voice in whatever condition it is and raise a joyful noise together with a great chorus of others as we sing the hymns that are the soundtrack of our heritage and inspiration,” said Rev. Duane Kimberley, pastor.
HIS Blank Canvas, an art ministry, will be shared at the event.
Dr. David Weaver-Zercher, professor of American religious history at Messiah College, will present “Humanizing Martyrdom: ‘Martyrs Mirror’ and the Artwork of Jan Luyken” during a Bluffton University Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1 in Yoder Recital Hall. The event is free and open to the public.
Dr. Weaver-Zercher, the author of a new social history of the “Martyrs Mirror,” will explain how images enlivened 17thcentury European accounts of Christian martyrdom such as the “Martyrs Mirror.”
Ottoville came to Bluffton for their second game of a sectional boys' soccer match. Bluffton, playing its first game after taking a bye, knocked off the Big Green, 3-0.
Playing in a steady rain, the teams traded splashes till the 7th minute when Luke Young took the pass from Josh Begg and buried it in the net.
Where were you when much of Bluffton's power went out on Thursday morning? Jamie Nygaard was in the elementary and shares these "black and white" photos of school sort of in session. School was let out for the day at 11:10 a.m.
Carolyn J. Risner, 78, died on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016, at noon at the Mennonite Memorial Home, Bluffton.
She was born on June 1, 1938, in Lima, Ohio, to Claude and Della (Hall) Gullett who preceded her in death. On May 19, 1956, Carolyn married Paul E. Risner and he preceded her in death on Jan. 19, 2015.
She was a member of Grace Gospel Church of Ada. She loved her family and enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren.
