Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera, will change service times for the summer beginning on Sunday, June 10.
The worship service will be held at 9 a.m. with Sunday School and Bible Class following at 10:15 a.m. The Sunday's service will be repeated on Tuesday evening at 7:30 p.m. The church is handicapped accessible and all are welcome.
First Mennonite Church will begin its summer schedule Sunday, June 3. Worship begins at 9:15 a.m. Christian Education for children begins at 10:30. Coffee/social time precedes youth and adult Christian Education which begins at 10:45. All are welcome.
Trinity Lutheran School's graduation will be held on Sunday, June 3, in the 10:30 a.m. service at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera.
Avery Insley is the class speaker. The class members are: Emily Heldman, Avery Insley, Hannah Lussier, Justine Mitchell and Jonathon Schmehl.
The class motto is "Surely I am with you always to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:20)"; the class flower is the white rose and the colors are teal and silver. The students in Kindergarten through Eighth Grade will sing "Children of the Heavenly Father."
The congregation of First United Methodist Church, Bluffton, will hold an unusual block party on Sunday, May 20, according to Bryant Miller, pastor.
A worship service is at 10:30 a.m. A block party followed the worship.
"We celebrate the day that the Holy Spirit was poured out and the Church of Jesus Christ was born," he said. "During the 10:30 a.m. worship service persons have an opportunity to be baptized or to remember their baptism by coming forward to be immersed in our outdoor baptismal."
Rockport United Methodist Church will hold its annual Memorial Day service on Monday, May 28. The service will start at 11 a.m. in the cemetery and will progress to the church.
The guest speaker will be Greg Coleman, pastor of Cairo and Rockport United Methodist Churches. The church is located at 5505 Rockport Road, Columbus Grove.
The 2012 Bluffton High School baccalaureate service, coordinated by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association, will take place at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, May 20, at the home of Jon and Janice Basinger, 4080 E. Hook-Waltz Road (corner of Hook-Waltz and Mayberry).
The order of service, with student participants includes:
