The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association (BAMA) is planning an outdoor community worship service on Sunday July 28, at 9 a.m. 

This worship service comes at the end of a week of Vacation Bible School (VBS) hosted this year at the First Mennonite Church. The theme for the service is “Many Gifts, One Spirit,” growing out of the VBS curriculum. Worship will include music by the children who attended VBS and several brief reflections about the new things that are happening in the community.

This community gathering will take place on the Presbyterian Church lawn. (In case of rain, the service will be held in the middle school cafetorium.)  Everyone is asked to bring a lawn chair or blanket. 

Again this year, there will be a general offering which will be given to the Bluffton Food Pantry.

"Our hope is that this ecumenical gathering can be a meaningful time to worship our great God and to strengthen relationships with our neighbors in Bluffton," said Louise Wideman of First Mennonite Church for the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association.