The 2nd Midweek Lent service at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jenera will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12.
The reading is Luke 22:1-38. The sermon, by Pastor Kurtis Friemuth, Peace Lutheran Church, Deshler, is based on Psalm 51:5 under the theme "Revealing our Sinful Nature." The hymns are "Come to Calvary's Holy Mountain, Just as I am, Without One Plea, and By Grace I'm Saved."
(COLUMBUS, Ohio)—Ohio Governor Mike DeWine made the following appointments on March 7:
Allen W. Behnke of Lima (Allen Co.) has been reappointed to the State Emergency Response Commission for a term beginning March 7, 2025, and ending January 13, 2027.
Kathryn Wolfe Farmer of Bluffton (Allen Co.) has been reappointed to the Ohio AMBER Alert Advisory Committee for a term beginning March 7, 2025, and ending February 6, 2027.
Know someone who loves to color? Bluffton Public Library is hosting two Cozy Coloring events: Monday, March 10 from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. for K-5th grade and Thursday, March 27 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. for 6-12th grade. No registration is required and you can bring your own supplies or use some of the library's!
The Bluffton Icon is approaching 7,000 Facebook fans! That makes us curious to know how many readers are new and how many have been reading for up to 16 years!
Carrie Phillips, director of Musselman Library at Bluffton University, will present the Colloquium, "Pages of Persistence: Examining Early Anabaptist Bibles in the Mennonite Historical Collections," at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 14, in the Musselman Library Reading Room.
