The community is invited to Christmas Eve services at the Bluffton English Lutheran Church.
A family candlelight service of holy communion will begin at 7 p.m., with the children present helping with an interactive re-telling of the Christmas story.
A festival candlelight service of lessons and carols with holy communion will begin at 11 p.m.
The English Lutheran Church is located at 111 Grove St., Bluffton. For more information, call 419-358-2591 or email: [email protected].
The Board of Trustees of Bluffton Public Library will hold its annual organizational meeting at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2015. The purpose of the meeting is to elect officers, set the 2015 meeting schedule and approve temporary authorizations for 2015.
Bluffton had several wrestlers perform well at the Allen County invitational Wrestling Tournament held over the weekend at Bluffton.
The tourney's most valuable player was Wes Buettner (195) of Delphos St. John's. In 2012 he was the MVP at 152. Elida won the event scoring 290 points.
THIS WEEK AT JEANNE'S KITCHEN
This week Jeanne will be visiting her family, but Karen will keep the kitchen running for breakfast and lunch. This Tuesday and Wednesday, we will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m.
To place a carry out order, please call Karen at 419-296-4384.
We will be closed December 25 and 26 for the Christmas
holiday and open for regular hours on December 30 and 31.
We will have our special New Year's Eve Buffet on December 31.
Two events are planned at the Bluffton Public Library early this week before the library closes Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday for Christmas vacation.
On Monday, Dec. 22, Santa’s fire truck will be at the library at 6 p.m. The event will include a visit from Santa, members of the Bluffton fire department, a big red truck and stories and games.
On Tuesday, Dec. 23, at 3:30 p.m. the movie “Elf” will be shown. Bring some cookies to share if you wish.
The SPARK program is a new training option specifically designed for youth in grades 6-12 offered at BFR Sports and Fitness starting in early January.
Each 30-minute workout will be led by a BFR staff trainer and will include drills to increase speed, change of direction, explosion as well as build muscular strength and increased flexibility.
Each workout will use a variety of training tools including agility ladders, jump boxes, medicine balls, band work plus body resistance exercises and floor work.
