A special service will be held on Ascension Day, May 13, at 7 p.m. at Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Jenera

The service is to remember and celebrate Jesus' ascension into Heaven. Pastor Al Schmitzer will preach on Acts 1:1-11, the Ascension Day account.

Two community meals sponsored by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association are planned in May at the Bluffton Senior Citizen Center.

Both are Thursday meals. On May 6, the meal will be catered by the Bluffton Presbyterian Church. On May 22 the meal will be catered by the Bluffton St. John's United Church of Christ.

Both dinners begin at 6 p.m. Donations are accepted and all proceeds go to the Bluffton Community Assistance Program food pantry.

The dinners are open to anyone in the community.

Ebenezer Mennonite Church children's choir, Disciple Singers, will present a spring musical "GPS (God's Plan of Salvation)" Sunday, May 2, at 7 p.m. at the church. The story is about a girl named Ariel and her friends as Ariel takes her driver's license test on the Holy Highway. She learns a few lessons the hard way and perseveres and learns that with Jesus Christ in her life, the road of obedience leads to the throne of God.

Choir members

IRAQI REFUGEE PHOTO EXHIBIT - PING PONG FOR PEACE

As the Iraqi war fades from front page news headlines, it's easy to forget the trauma still being experienced by two million Iraqi refugees in Syria and Jordan.

A special photo exhibit documenting their situation will be held at First Mennonite Church, in the basement Assembly Room, on Sunday, May 2, from 2:30-4:30 p.m. The exhibit is open to the public.

The ninth annual BVHS Service of Remembrance will be held at the First Presbyterian Church at 2330 South Main St., Findlay on Sunday, April 25 at 2 p.m.

The non-denominational memorial service will honor BVHS patients and residents who died in 2009. All are welcome to attend the service, which will be followed by a reception.

The students in kindergarten through eighth grade at Trinity Lutheran School, 105 Allen St., Jenera, will perform "No Strings Attached," a musical about the story of Pinocchio, on Friday April 16, at 7 p.m. in the school gym. The production is open to the public.

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