Worship

Gerry Caillouet

Outdoorsman Gerry Caillouet is this year's guest speaker at the wild game night dinner hosted by Ebenezer Mennonite Church.

Tickets are now on sale at the church for the Saturday, March 26, dinner and program. The event will take place in the church's Crossroads Ministry Center.

Caillouet hosts and produces God's Great Outdoors, an adventurous 25-minute weekly syndicated radio program. The program is known for its helpful tips regarding the outdoors and its reflection on the Christian walk.

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The Bluffton Presbyterian Church will host a program of liturgical dance during the worship service on Sunday, Feb. 27, at 10:15 a.m. The worship dancers are from Bluffton University and include Amanda Reinehr, Heather Hardman, Holly McClish and Katie Pash.

St. John Mennonite Church, Pandora, will hold A Walk Thru the Bible's Biblical Portrait of Marriage Conference, Friday and Saturday, March 18 and 19, at the church, 15988 Road 4, Pandora.

Friday's event is from 7 to 9:30 p.m.; Saturday's event is from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Childcare will be provided along with snacks, a noon meal and workbook.

The conference includes issues such as dealing with in-laws, dividing household chores, managing finances and building communication skills.

The Chamber Singers, a select student choir from Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va., will present a program of worship 7 p.m., Sunday, March 6, at First Mennonite Church, Bluffton.

Kenneth J. Nafziger, professor of music at EMU, said the repertoire will range from Bach and Samuel Barber and Alice Parker and Jim Clemens to Bobby McFerrin, Bono/U-2 and the Soweto Gospel Choir.

Also on the repertoire at some locations will be "Misa Criolla," a settingof the mass with Latin American rhythms and instruments by Argentine composer Ariel Ramirez.

Chris Driesbach, a Christian musician, will present a concert on Saturday, Feb. 19 at 7 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, Jenera.

Driesbach lives near New Orleans. His songs are original Christian music featuring guitar and keyboard and include a song about his personal experience with hurricane Katrina. He lost all of his musical equipment in the flood that followed but has been able to replace it, thanks to generous gifts from fellow members of the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod.

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