The 2nd Midweek Lent service at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church in Jenera will begin at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 12.
The reading is Luke 22:1-38. The sermon, by Pastor Kurtis Friemuth, Peace Lutheran Church, Deshler, is based on Psalm 51:5 under the theme "Revealing our Sinful Nature." The hymns are "Come to Calvary's Holy Mountain, Just as I am, Without One Plea, and By Grace I'm Saved."
Women in Bluffton are celebrating March 8 as International Women's Day with the slogan #BossBabes. This collage celebrates women who run business in Bluffton including L-R) Suzann Bauman, Wendy Chappell-Dick, Marlena Ballinger, Lisa Rains, Liz Gordon-Hancock, Joyce Daniels, Sam Garrett, Kelly Blackburn, Nancy Corle, Makayla and Kim Suter, Lisa Wenger, Cassady and Rosanna Bockrath, Hannah Warwick and Melinda Bowden.
Know someone who loves to color? Bluffton Public Library is hosting two Cozy Coloring events: Monday, March 10 from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. for K-5th grade and Thursday, March 27 from 4:00-5:00 p.m. for 6-12th grade. No registration is required and you can bring your own supplies or use some of the library's!
The Bluffton Icon is approaching 7,000 Facebook fans! That makes us curious to know how many readers are new and how many have been reading for up to 16 years!
Carrie Phillips, director of Musselman Library at Bluffton University, will present the Colloquium, "Pages of Persistence: Examining Early Anabaptist Bibles in the Mennonite Historical Collections," at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, March 14, in the Musselman Library Reading Room.