The Pandora United Methodist Church will be hosting a free community meal on Wednesday, May 29 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in the church fellowship hall, 108 E. Washington Street, Pandora.
The meal this month is provided by the Mission Committee and will be sub sandwiches, potato salad, chips, dessert and beverage.
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 N. Main St., Jenera, will hold a special service on Ascension Day, Thursday, May 9, at 7 p.m. The service will celebrate Christ’s ascension into Heaven after his resurrection on Easter Sunday. Everyone is welcome and the church is handicapped accessible.
St. John's United Church of Christ will hold a beef and noodle dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Friday, April 26, at the church, 223 W. College Ave., Bluffton.
The dinner includes homegrown beef, noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, cole slaw, roll, homemade pie and beverages.
The cost is $7 for adults, $5 for college students, $4 for elementary students and is free to all pre-kindergarten youth.
Pastor Pieter Reid, Outreach to Muslims Coordinator in North America for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, and his wife, Marlys, will be guest speakers at the Ohio Circuit’s Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society Rally at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera, on Saturday, April 27.
The Rally will begin at 9:30 a.m.
Pastor Reid served as a missionary to Indonesia for 20 years and will be speaking on “Bringing the Gospel to Muslims.” Marlys taught in WELS Lutheran Schools as well as the Jakarta International School.
