Although he’s “still not very good at it,” Justin McRoberts says, learning to practice the Sabbath-keeping commandment “has been quite literally life-saving.”
Believers are commanded to remember the Sabbath as a reminder of the goodness of their lives and God-given gifts, McRoberts, a San Francisco Bay Area pastor and musician, told a Bluffton University audience March 17.
More than two years after Hurricane Sandy slammed the East Coast, residents of Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, are still rebuilding what was lost. For a week in March, 13 Bluffton University students and staff spent their spring break trying to help.
What would it be like to live in poverty for one month?
The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association (BAMA) will host a poverty simulation from 9 a.m. till noon on Saturday, April 11, at Burcky Gym on the Bluffton University campus. Light refreshments will be served.
The Village of Bluffton’s personnel committee meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 19, at 4 p.m. has been canceled, according to Nancy Kindle, village fiscal officer.
Bill Gordon, director of the Great Ohio Bicycle Adventure (GOBA), met with over 30 Bluffton restaurant owners and service group leaders in the town hall on March 17. Bluffton is preparing for a one-day visit by 2,500-plus bicyclists on Sunday, June 21. Gordon's visit was an information meeting on how local organizations may benefit from the visit. For more details on GOBA contact Liz Harner, Bluffton town coordinator, at CG Pro Bikes. Additional information meetings are planned this spring. CLICK FOR A VIDEO.
