Mount Cory and Pleasant View United Methodist Churches will hold a dinner and concert Sunday, April 29, according to Rev. Jerry Lewis, pastor.
Dinner will be served from 5 to 6:15 p.m. In includes chicken and homemade noodles, salad, dessert and beverage for a donation. Carry-out is available.
A concert at 6:30 p.m. features Kevin Mabry from the Marysville United Methodist Church. A free-will offering will be received at the concernt.
The event will be held at the Bethel Family Life Center, 210 W. Washington St., Mount Cory.
The Concert Choir of Michigan Lutheran Seminary, Saginaw, Michigan, will present a concert of sacred songs at Trinity Lutheran Church, Jenera, on Sunday, April 15, at 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.
The 25 voice traveling singers, under the direction of Professor Leonard A. Proeber, have toured annually since 1955, with appearances in more than 30 states, Canada and Europe. This choir, which will sing over 20 concerts during the 2011-2012 season, regularly visits congregations of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Michigan and adjoining states.
Pastors, church leaders, youth ministers, parish nurses, chaplains, social workers and counselors are invited to attend a workshop on identifying and incorporating the gifts and talents of those with developmental disabilities.
The event will be held Tuesday, April 24 from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Winebrenner Theological Seminary, 950 N. Main St., Findlay. Continuing education credits will be offered to those in attendance.
The event will discuss how to envision congregations which include persons with developmental disabilities in the life and work of the faith community.
The following congregations have provided Holy Week service information for The Icon. Churches not listed may send their workshop schedule to [email protected].
Good Friday community service
Each year, the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association plans an ecumenical Good Friday service.
"We begin by carrying a cross to local Bluffton Area Ministerial Association churches, pausing to pray at each church entrance," said Louise Wideman.
Each year, the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association plans an ecumenical Good Friday service.
"We begin by carrying a cross to local Bluffton Area Ministerial Association churches, pausing to pray at each church entrance," said Louise Wideman.
This year the processional will begin at the English Lutheran Church at 11:30 a.m. From there, the cross will be carried to St. John's United Church of Christ, then to St. Mary's Catholic Church, to the Bluffton Presbyterian Church, Bluffton First United Methodist Church and finally to First Mennonite Church.
