Worship

Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 301 N. Main St., Jenera, will hold a special service on Ascension Day, Thursday, May 9, at 7 p.m. The service will celebrate Christ’s ascension into Heaven after his resurrection on Easter Sunday. Everyone is welcome and the church is handicapped accessible.

 

Seven youth will be confirmed in the Christian faith on Sunday, May 5, at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera, in the 10:30 a.m. service. 

The Confirmands are: Klaire Alge, Keith Edwards, Dustin Falk, Matthew Freed, Sidney Rinker, Ryan Stuckey and Shawn Weihrauch.  

St. John's United Church of Christ will hold a beef and noodle dinner from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., Friday, April 26, at the church, 223 W. College Ave., Bluffton.

The dinner includes homegrown beef, noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, cole slaw, roll, homemade pie and beverages.

The cost is $7 for adults, $5 for college students, $4 for elementary students and is free to all pre-kindergarten youth.

The May issue of "Serendipity," the newsletter for the Bluffton St. John's United Church of Christ is now on the Icon.

Viewers may read the newsletter, located below this story.

Pastor Pieter Reid, Outreach to Muslims Coordinator in North America for the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, and his wife, Marlys, will be guest speakers at the Ohio Circuit’s Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society Rally at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera, on Saturday, April 27. 

The Rally will begin at 9:30 a.m.

Pastor Reid served as a missionary to Indonesia for 20 years and will be speaking on “Bringing the Gospel to Muslims.”  Marlys taught in WELS Lutheran Schools as well as the Jakarta International School.

The Children's Choir at St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora, will present the musical "Blast Off! Discovering the God of Creation," twice on Sunday, April 28. Performances are at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Nearly 65 youth are involved in the production. The church is located at 15988 Road 4, Pandora.

The story takes place in a little girl's dream the night before going to a space camp. In the dream Rudy and her two siblings find themselves in a space shuttle flying through the atmosphere.

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