First Mennonite Church has several special intergenerational Sunday school programs planned in August.
On Aug. 8 and Aug. 15 discussions will focus on the theme of Creation Care. Discussions center on the Mennonite Confession of Faith on the 8th and on the community gardens project in Lima on the 15th.
On Aug. 22 the youth who participated in a service trips to Honduras and Mississippi will share their experiences.
Then, following the worship service on Aug 29, will be an all-church picnic at the village park.
The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association community meals continue in August at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. August's meals are Thursday, Aug. 5, catered by Ebenezer Mennonite Church, and Thursday, Aug. 19, catered by Emmanuel United Church of Christ.The meals are free and open to the public and begin at 6 p.m. Donations are accepted. Those donations support the Bluffton Food Pantry.
Bluffton Christians will worship together as a community body on Sunday morning as they have for the past several years. A community worship service, planned by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association, will be held at 9 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 1, on the Bluffton Presbyterian Church lawn.
Anne Boyd of the Herb Society will talk on medicinal herbs and herbs for cooking at the August Primtimers meeting. The event is at noon, Tuesday, Aug. 3, at St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora. Primetimers is a program for senior citizens and is open to the public.
The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association community meals continue in August at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center. August's meals are Thursday, Aug. 5, catered by Ebenezer Mennonite Church, and Thursday, Aug. 19, catered by Emmanuel United Church of Christ.
The meals are free and open to the public and begin at 6 p.m. Donations are accepted. Those donations support the Bluffton Food Pantry.
Beth Kuntz, a junior and Spanish Education major at Bluffton University from Covington, Ohio, traveled to Colombia on Wednesday, July 14, as part of a delegation sponsored by Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT).
Based in the oil-refining city of Barrancabermeja, the delegation will visit and support the Colombian Women's Social Movement Against War and for Peace.
