October 2020

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Emmanuel United Church of Christ invites the community to its fall festival on Saturday, Oct. 17.

Activities include trunk or treat  and food from 4 to 6 p.m., according to Jeremy Mann, pastor.

The church reminds viewers that its “Messy Church” is from 6 to 7 p.m. on Saturdays, Oct. 24, Oct. 31, Nov. 7, Nov. 14, and Nov. 21.

Messy Church is for parents and grandparents to come, color a picture with children or grandchildren, make a craft and hear a story about how God works in the lives of people.

The church located at 8375 Phillips Road, Bluffton.

Drive-thru format on Nov. 6 • dinner hosted by Bluffton University Nutrition Assn.

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Bluffton University’s Harvest Dinner returns as a drive-thru, prepaid event

The Bluffton University Nutrition Association (BUNA) will host its annual Harvest Dinner, benefiting the Bluffton Community Assistance Corporation and the Churches United Pantry (CUP) in Lima, from 4-6 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 6.

The event will be held in a drive-thru format this year. Tickets must be purchased in advance at www.bluffton.edu/harvestdinner via PayPal or credit card.

Live-streamed event features band ensembles

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Bluffton University’s fall instrumental concert featuring concert band ensembles will be streamed for viewing atwww.bluffton.edu/mus starting at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 18.

At 2 p.m., the conductor will do a pre-concert talk with audience members via Zoom. Visit www.bluffton.edu/mus for more information and access to the Zoom meeting.

Jaws works so well precisely because of what it doesn’t do: show you the shark

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As I considered what to review next, I asked myself the question “what’s a horror movie the family can watch together?”

Turns out, horror doesn’t lend itself to producing those sorts of movies! But in the summer of 1975, a horror/thriller was released that you may have heard of: Jaws.

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Icon viewers: 
For non-lawyers, it can be hard to excited about the law. But I'm tremendously excited about two candidates for Ohio Supreme Court, on the ballot November 3.

These candidates are Judge Jennifer Brunner and Judge John O'Donnell (each running for a separate seat). They bring an amazing wealth of experience and knowledge to the important job of Ohio Supreme Court Justice.

Volunteers invited to help set up Ream display in early November

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“You can’t stop Christmas from coming.”

That’s this year’s appropriate theme for Bluffton covid-19 readjusted  Blaze of Lights.  You can thank the Grinch for the theme and you can watch for more pre-season holiday events in the plans from the chamber.

Nov. 6-7 – Bluffton downtown holiday open house. In addition, The Dough Hook and Shirley’s will hold customer appreciation days on Nov. 7.

Monday evenings beginning Oct. 26 in Bluffton

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Your feelings are normal and natural. 

The problem is that we have been socialized to believe that these feelings are abnormal and unnatural, says Chris Schilling of Bluffton.

Schilling is an ordained minister, hospital and Air Force Reserve chaplain, and an Advanced Grief Recovery Method (GRM) specialist.

Later this month, he will lead a secular educational, evidence-based program that helps persons with unresolved grief in their lives.

Shannon Service Club will no longer sponsor the late February event

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 Interested in sponsoring a huge community garage sale?

The Shannon Service Club of Bluffton will no longer sponsor the community garage sale, craft show and chicken barbecue held each February.

Duane Bollenbacher of the club told the Icon, “We are announcing it at this time, hoping that some group or organization may continue this project for the betterment of Bluffton and surrounding communities.  

“We always held it the last weekend of February, and those dates are still open at The Centre.” 

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Icon viewers:

Where coaches children interview athletes

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The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) continues its new series, Heartland Kids Corner, featuring student athletes interviewed by the children of their coaches.

CLICK HERE to watch the video.
 
Episode two features Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology head men’s basketball coach Rusty Loyd’s daughter Maren. The Fightin’ Engineers in the hot season include Max Chaplin, Tim Harris and Samvit Ram.

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