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The churches of Pandora and Gilboa are offering food boxes for households in the Pandora-Gilboa School District. The boxes are designed to provide nine meals for a family of four.

In order to pick up a box, you must register by 5 p.m. on May 21 by calling 419-384-3905 and giving your name and phone number.

Boxes will be available for pickup on Saturday, May 26, at 11 a.m. at the Pandora United Methodist Church located on State Route 12.

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Riley Creek Baptist Church, 4950, Township Road 27, Bluffton, will hold Vacation Bible School Sunday to Wednesday, June 10 -13, from 6 to 8 p.m. for children in Kindergarten through 6th grade.

The children will enjoy music, games, crafts, snacks, and Bible lessons. The program is free. The church phone number is 419-326-6361. Email uat [email protected] or see the church Facebook page for more information.

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"Serendipity," the St. John's United Church of Christ May newsletter is now avialable for Icon viewers. It lists recent activities of the congregation and events taking place in May, according to Rev. Carole Clements, pastor.

To read the newsletter open the attachment at the bottom of this story.

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Five youth will be confirmed in the Christian faith during the 10:30 a.m. Sunday, May 6, service at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera.

The confirmands are Emily Rose Heldman, Hannah Grace Lussier, Justine Marie Mitchell, Jonathon Lloyd Schmehl and Wyatt Allen Stahl.

The class hymn, "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need" will be sung by the class during the service. The class motto is Matthew 28:20 "Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age." Class colors are teal and silver and the class flower is the lisianthus.

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Ebenezer Mennonite Church will host a National Day of Prayer program on Thursday, May 3, at 7 p.m.

The program will include music, a color guard, church and community members leading in prayer for our country, state, community, military, law enforcement personnel, firefighters, media, business persons, educators, churches, youth, families, medical personnel, and the aged.

A musical finale of "God Bless America" will be sung by Kara Zink, Sarah Lehman and Amy McGough. The church is located two miles west of Bluffton on Columbus Grove Road.

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Bluffton Baptist Church, County Line Road, will host "God's Make Over - Women's Conference" on Saturday, May 12. Registration begins 9 a.m. and the program begins at 9:45 a.m.

The program will feature Karen Alexander Doyel, who was born in Dayton. She has led Bible studies and served as a conference leader. She majored in religious education and has been a minister's wife for 28 years. She is also a mother of three adults sons.

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