Pastor Alois "Brownie" Schmitzer III, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Jenera, retired after 40 years in the public ministry in the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.
A farewell service and meal were held July 19 with the six Schmitzer children and families in attendance.
English Lutheran Church, 111 Grove St., Bluffton, will begin in-person worship again Sunday, July 12.
Worship, with COVID-19 social distancing seating and other precautions in effect, will take place simultaneously live in the sanctuary (face-masks required for ages 8 and up), and live-streamed on Facebook in the fellowship hall (face masks encouraged, but optional), beginning at 9 a.m.
Those unable to attend in-person may follow us the service Facebook page. Please note that the church’s Sunday School program is still suspended.
Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 N. Main St., Jenera, has returned to every Sunday in-person worship services.
The Sunday times are 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. with Bible Classes for adults and teens beginning at 9:20 a.m. There will be no Sunday School for children during the summer months.
Tuesday evening services begin June 16 at 7:30 p.m. The Tuesday service will be a casual, abbreviated version of the Sunday before. A video of the service will be available beginning on Sunday evenings at www.tlsjenera.org
