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
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- Tornado Watch issued for Allen, Hancock, Hardin and Putnam counties at 9:15 p.m. on April 2
- Flood Warning issued for Allen County at 11:03 a.m.
- Pirate tennis loss at Elida
- Pirate softball loses opener to Ada
- Pirate baseball falls to Ada
- Allen County will not test warning sirens on April 2
- March 2025 land transfers in the Bluffton Exempted Village School District
- April 22 crash report shows driver hit N. Dixie home
- Bluffton High School Honor Roll announced for 3rd quarter of 2024-2025
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- Obituary for Betty C. Mumaugh
- Leo Club supports Bluffton Clean Up
- Wind, rain and potential flooding for April 2
- Grandey to major in education, play basketball at John Carroll
- Pirate tennis blanks Bath
- Pirate baseball sweeps opening twin bill vs. Pandora-Gilboa
- “I Have Not Forsaken the Word of God” reader's theater, April 13
- Easter Cantata performed on April 13 in Pandora