Rockport United Methodist Church will hold its annual Memorial Day service on Monday, May 28. The service will start at 11 a.m. in the cemetery and will progress to the church.
The guest speaker will be Greg Coleman, pastor of Cairo and Rockport United Methodist Churches. The church is located at 5505 Rockport Road, Columbus Grove.
The 2012 Bluffton High School baccalaureate service, coordinated by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association, will take place at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, May 20, at the home of Jon and Janice Basinger, 4080 E. Hook-Waltz Road (corner of Hook-Waltz and Mayberry).
The order of service, with student participants includes:
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 5 p.m. on May 21 by calling 419-384-3905 and giving your name and phone number.
Boxes will be available for pickup on Saturday, May 26, at 11 a.m. at the Pandora United Methodist Church located on State Route 12.
Riley Creek Baptist Church, 4950, Township Road 27, Bluffton, will hold Vacation Bible School Sunday to Wednesday, June 10 -13, from 6 to 8 p.m. for children in Kindergarten through 6th grade.
The children will enjoy music, games, crafts, snacks, and Bible lessons. The program is free. The church phone number is 419-326-6361. Email uat [email protected] or see the church Facebook page for more information.
"Serendipity," the St. John's United Church of Christ May newsletter is now avialable for Icon viewers. It lists recent activities of the congregation and events taking place in May, according to Rev. Carole Clements, pastor.
To read the newsletter open the attachment at the bottom of this story.
Five youth will be confirmed in the Christian faith during the 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 6, service at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera.
The confirmands are Emily Rose Heldman, Hannah Grace Lussier, Justine Marie Mitchell, Jonathon Lloyd Schmehl and Wyatt Allen Stahl.
The class hymn, "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" will be sung by the class during the service. The class motto is Matthew 28:20 "Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Class colors are teal and silver and the class flower is the lisianthus.
