The Lenten season at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church begins on Ash Wednesday, February 18, with a service at 7 p.m. The first of six Wednesday evening services is titled “Anyone Who Sins is a Slave to Sin”, based on John 8:31-36. Pastor Jeff Bolwerk will deliver the message and the students in kindergarten through eighth grade will sing “Meditation for Lent." A soup supper will be served by the Ladies” Aid from 5:30-6:30 p.m. The church is handicapped accessible and all are welcome.
Trinity is located at 301 North Main Street, Jenera.
The Ash Wednesday service for the Mount Cory and Pleasant View United
Methodist Churches will be held at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 18 at
Pleasant View United Methodist Church, 300 County Road 37, Bluffton.
Tickets are now available for the Transport for Christ Second Chance Chapel banquet planned at Marbeck Center on the Bluffton University campus on Friday, Feb. 20, according to David Lugibihl, chaplain.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the banquet beings at 6:30 p.m. Entertainment will be provided by the group "Three Bridges."
"You meal has been paid for, but you must reserve your place to attend," said Lugibihl. Call Lugibihl at 419-230-3294 to reserve a tickets.
Pandora United Methodist Church will hold a free community meal from 5:30-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25 in the church fellowship hall. The meal this month is provided by Mission Committee of Pandora UMC. The menu will be chicken sandwich, baked beans, cole slaw, dessert and beverage.
The church is located at 108 E. Washington Street, Pandora.
The churches of Pandora and Gilboa are offering food boxes for households in the Pandora-Gilboa School District. The boxes are designed to provide nine meals for a family of four. In order to pick up a box, you must register by calling 419-384-3038 by 5 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 16. Boxes will be available to be picked at 11 a.m. up Saturday, Feb. 28 at Grace Mennonite Church, 502 East Main St., Pandora.
