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Clayton Moore, a retired sergeant with the Fostoria Police Department and award-winning author, will present, “Why Me?,” at 11:00 a.m. on January 17 in Yoder Recital Hall on the campus of Bluffton University.

The author of the memoir “Good Cop, Black Cop: Guilty Until Proven Innocent,” reflects on times in life when we cry out to God. During the presentation, Moore will recount his struggle with and victory over racial discrimination as the first black police officer in a small town in northwestern Ohio.

The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Forum at Bluffton University is free and open to the public.

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Bluffton University will host an art exhibit January 11-February 19. The exhibit shares original works of art from the recently published “Voices Together” hymnal embracing the diversity of the Mennonite Church in North America and around the world, along with the breadth of scripture and the Christian tradition.

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Events are free and open to the public.

Jan. 12-Feb. 19 Art Event: “Voices Together” art exhibit opens, Grace Albrecht Gallery, Sauder Visual Art Center

Jan. 17 Forum: “Why Me?” Martin Luther King Jr. Forum presentation by Clayton Moore, retired sergeant, Fostoria Police Department, award-winning author, 11 a.m., Yoder Recital Hall

Jan. 20 Colloquium: “Tina Howe's Unproduced Plays,” by Dr. Melissa Friesen, Mary Nord and Joseph Ignat endowed chair in theatre, 4 p.m., Centennial Hall Stutzman Lecture Hall

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Bluffton Bread Company has announced the last week of sales before the Christmas holiday. The business is a program of Bluffton University and provides hands-on experience for students from several majors.

Online orders will be accepted Sunday, Dec. 11-Tuesday, Dec. 13 for bread to be picked up Friday, Dec. 16. The cost is $12 per loaf or $25 for a bundle of five mini loaves.

Three flavors are available:

           Asiago Cheddar

           Chocolate Peppermint

           Sour Cream Coffee Cake

Orders, placed at https://shop.blufftonbreadcompany.com may be picked up from 8-10 a.m. or 3-5 p.m. on Friday in the Sommer Center’s Reichenbach Room. Shipping is available for an additional fee. 

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Bluffton University students will be selling original pieces of pottery in Sauder Visual Arts Center from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. on Dec. 9-10.

Profits from each sale will be given to the artist.

The student artwork sale coincides with Bluffton University’s Ohio Ceramic Invitational show, “Inspiration and Innovation,” which is currently featured in the Grace Albrecht Gallery of Sauder Visual Arts Center.

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4:00 p.m., Sunday, December 11 at Yoder Recital Hall
Free tickets at www.bluffton.edu/messiah-tickets

Bluffton University’s music department has announced the soloists for its 128th performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 11, in Yoder Recital Hall. Soloists are Misook Yun, soprano; Elizabeth Frey, mezzo-soprano; Brian Skoog, tenor; and Max Pivik, bass.

Dr. Bo Young Kang, director of choral activities, will conduct the oratorio. The Bluffton Choral Society including students, faculty, staff and community members will accompany with an orchestra. While tickets are free, space must be reserved at www.bluffton.edu/messiah-tickets. The event will also be streamed live at http://www.bluffton.edu/messiah.

Lyric soprano Misook Yun has been praised as a singer of “exquisite clarity” and “virtuosity.” She has performed in Italy, Austria, Hungary, South Korea and the U.S. An accomplished operatic performer, Yun has appeared in the roles of Mimi from “La Boheme,” Cio Cio San from from “Madame Butterfly” and Nedda from “Pagliacci,” among others.

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