Bluffton's annual ecumenical Good Friday procession with the cross and an ecumenical service is scheduled for Good Friday, April 18, and will again be sponsored by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association.
The procession with the cross will begin at St. Mary Catholic Church at 11:30 a.m.
The order of the procession will be:
• St. Mary's Catholic Church
• St. John’s United Church of Christ
• English Lutheran
• Bluffton Presbyterian
• First Mennonite and finally
• First United Methodist.
By Caitlin Nearhood, university intern
Kerry Bush, a Bluffton University senior graphic design major, wants to promote Fair Trade businesses in Bluffton. She hopes to create a Fair Trade Buyers Guide for shoppers to look through and use as a reference for Fair Trade products and businesses in Bluffton.
The project is a requirement for her independent study class for her major.
What is "Fair Trade?" Read explanation at bottom of story.
Derek Dukes picks a raffle winner from the contestant entries during Saturday's Bluffton Area Chamber of Commerce fireworks bowling fundraiser. The event took place at Southgate Lanes. The chamber will realize more than $500 for fireworks when all the expenses are accounted four. Eight teams completed and the winning team was Luke's Bar and Grill.
Trinity Lutheran Church invites the public to attend the following services at 301 North Main Street, Jenera.
Palm Sunday services on April 13 will be at 8 and 10:30 a.m. with Sunday school and Bible class for all ages beginning at 9:20 a.m. Pastor Jeff Bolwerk will preach on the theme “Our Humble King Comes to Save.” The students of Trinity Lutheran School and the adult choir will sing “Hosanna!”
Community Markets and parent company Fresh Encounter, Inc. are doing their part to help alleviate food shortage concerns throughout the state of Ohio by donating over $13,000 to area food banks and shelters.
Taylor Haggy (right), a former Bluffton University softball pitcher from South Charleston, Ohio, throws out the first pitch before Bluffton’s doubleheader against Anderson University on “Strike Out Cancer” day, April 8.
Joined by current Bluffton pitcher Kayla Owens (left), Haggy performed the ceremonial duty in honor of her mother, Kellee, a cancer victim who passed away last August. When Haggy was playing for Bluffton two years ago, Kellee threw out the first pitch on “Strike Out Cancer” day, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society.
