The Gardener's of the Bluffton/Pandora Area will hold a program on tree trimming and pruning. The program is at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 12, at the Bluffton Public Library lower level.
An expert from Tawa Tree Co., Ottawa, will talk about the proper way to prune and trim a tree, both the techniques involved and the best tools to use.
Bluffton University’s Institute for Learning in Retirement (ILR), an educational program for retirees, is offering nine courses on Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays this spring, beginning March 25.
Each course costs $35; the cost to take three or more is $100. Registration and, if applicable, course fees are due at the time of registration. Most classes will meet in the ILR classroom, located in Shultz Hall of Riley Court on campus.
Women can learn about tools for better living on Saturday, April 6, when Bluffton University’s Women’s Council hosts the fourth annual R&R for Women conference.
Bluffton alumnae and a current student will be among the presenters during the conference, titled “Staying Strong: What’s in your toolbox?” Hours are 9:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Centennial Hall—site of the morning sessions—and the new Sommer Center for Health and Fitness Education, where the afternoon session will be held. Lunch will be in Marbeck Center.
Longtime mission worker Jonathan Larson will be at Bluffton University on Thursday, March 14, to show the recently released film “Weaving Life” at 8 p.m. in Centennial Hall’s Stutzman Lecture Hall. Bluffton’s campus ministries office is sponsoring the event, which is free and open to the public.
Larson is featured in the film, a documentary about the life of his friend, Dan Terry, and Terry’s family. Terry spent more than 30 years devoted to the people of Afghanistan before he and nine other humanitarian aid workers were assassinated in August 2010.
A limited number of tickets remain for the next performance in the 2012-13 Bluffton University Artist Series, by the Petar Jankovic Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 21, in Yoder Recital Hall.
Cyneatha Millsaps, lead pastor of Community Mennonite Church in Markham, Ill., will address “Prisons: Not Just for the Criminal” in a Bluffton University Forum at 11 a.m. Tuesday, March 19, in Founders Hall. The Spiritual Life Week presentation is free and open to the public.
Millsaps is scheduled to relate the story of her son’s experience in prison and how it has affected her family. Sharing how God has sustained them through difficult times, she will also present a challenge for Christians and the broader church to care for those who are imprisoned.
Bluffton University recreation students and intramural athletics staff will host Kid’s Night Out from 6-10 p.m. Saturday, March 23, in the Sommer Center for Health and Fitness Education.
Open to children in grades 1-6, the event costs $13 per child if registered by March 21 and $15 at the door. Families who pre-register more than one child will pay $12 per youngster. A parent must accompany any child who registers at the door. Checks should be payable to the Bluffton University Recreation Club.
Mennonite Memorial Home recently hosted its annual sweetheart dinner. Fifteen couples from the Mennonite Memorial Home community's nursing, assisted living and independent living areas attended.
Pictures were taken of each couple seated in front of a floral heart backdrop provided by Town and Country Flowers of Bluffton.
The couples enjoyed a special meal with dinner music provided by pianist, Sara Nowlan, an MHCO staff member.
The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association will hold its annual Good Friday Procession of the Cross. This year's event is Friday, March 29. The procession will begin at the English Lutheran Church at 11:30 a.m.
From there the route goes to St. John’s UCC, Presbyterian, United Methodist, First Mennonite and finally to St. Mary’s where the service begins at noon.
