Virus causes challenges for Bluffton congregations
The following church announcements affect Sunday services and additional programming this week and beyond. Church in the Icon viewership area may send cancellation and event updates to: info@blufftonicon. om
Bluffton Presbyterian Church
Worship, faith formation, potluck, youth group cancelled March 15. Livestream worship to be available on Facebook live video on March 15 at 10:15 a.m.: https://www.facebook.com/pg/blufftonpc/videos/
Ebenezer Mennonite Church
Until further notice, all services and activities are canceled or postponed. This includes the Wild Game Event scheduled for March 28. A message from Pastor Jim King will be posted on Facebook ('like' Ebenezer Mennonite Church) and on the church website (www.ebenezermennonite.org) beginning Sunday, March 15.
English Lutheran Church
Cancelled worship and all activities for Sunday, March 15.
First Mennonite Church
Sunday school and worship services on Sunday, March 15, have been cancelled.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is cancelled. Learning circle on Sunday is cancelled. A service may be viewed on the church website, www.fmcbluffton.org, available on Sunday, March 15, by 2 p.m.
First United Methodist Church
Sunday worship services at Bluffton First United Methodist Church and Rockport United Methodist Church for March 15 and March 22 are cancelled. The Faithline event scheduled for Sunday, March 15 at Bluffton First United Methodist Church has been postponed. The Worship Planning Committee meeting on Tuesday, March 17 is also postponed.
Stories Posted This Week
Saturday, May 3, 2025
- Pirate baseball win vs. Tigers
- Bluffton softball edged in battle of Pirates
- Committee meetings scheduled for Bluffton Council
- #1 recommended attraction in NW Ohio is in Ada
- Mental Health Awareness event with Seth Gehle
- Ohio highway patrol promoting motorcycle safety
- Recap of Bluffton Board of Education meeting for April 2025
- Weekend Doctor: Antidepressants in the long term
Friday, May 2, 2025
- BHS seniors exhibit art at Gallery 323 through May 7
- What's in your weekend?
- Pirate softball blanked by Lancers
- Pirate baseball blanked by Lincolnview
- Laman Promoted to VP Retail Credit Manager by CNB
- Local land conservancy hires first Executive Director
- Steiner to present Swiss Family Migration program on May 21
- 850 Days of Caring volunteers will pitch in for Hancock County
Thursday, May 1, 2025
- Angel M. Langhals owned LFE/API Meters
- Allen Co. task force targets target sex and human traffickers
- Blessing of the Bikes, May 4
- Metzger honored at 2025 Black Swamp Council meeting
- Volunteer invitation for Bluffton Pathway Count in May
- Pirate tennis edges Ottawa-Glandorf
- Bluffton EMS station staffing goes 24/7 on May 1
- You are what you eat: Link to immune system
Wednesday, April 30, 2025
- Observation deck added to Motter Park cascading pools project
- Bluffton Women in Business meet May 15
- Four sportsmen stock 200 trout at Buckeye Lake
- Pirate girls, boys 2nd at Minster track quad
- Pirate baseball win vs. Riverdale
- Pirate softball loss vs. Riverdale
- Field reports from NW Ohio wildlife officers