The Bluffton Presbyterian Church Youth Group will lead worship on
Sunday, April 11, according to Tenna Rhonemus, youth leader.
The service will feature the skit "Don't Bother Me, Lord, I'm Praying" by M.K. Boyle. The youth will provide special music, as well as leading the different areas of the service.
Rev. Lew Vander Naaldwill, pastor, will officiate over the Communion service. Worship begins at 10:15 a.m. and all are welcome to attend.
"You are invited to help the people of English Lutheran Church resurrect an old Easter custom begun by the Greeks in the early centuries of Christianity, sayd Rev. Kevin Mohr, pastor.
On Sunday, April 11, the congregation will celebrate its second annual "Holy Humor Sunday."
Special services are announced by First Mennonite Church, Bluffton, for Holy Week, according to Steve Yoder, pastor.
A 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday service will take place in Fellowship Hall. Baptismal candidates will share their faith stories. Communion will follow. An offering will be received for the Deacons' Benevolent Fund.
An Easter sunrise service is at 7 a.m. at the east end of the Buckeye Park. Persons should bring their own lawn chairs. Parking will be available in the swimming pool parking lot. Singing, scripture and drama will be part of the service.
The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association (BAMA) invites the community to join in the annual Community Good Friday observances on Friday, April 2.
The event begins with the procession of the cross through town at 11:30 a.m. The procession will start from St. Mary's Catholic Church and will end at English Lutheran Church, the host site for the worship service (located at 111 Grove St.).
The route for the procession follows:
oFrom St. Mary's, east on Elm to Jackson, south on Jackson to First United Methodist Church,
The Blufftom Area Ministerial Association announced that the Community Meal for Thursday, April 1, has been cancelled for the Maundy Thursday holy day. The community meal for the third Thursday of the month, April 15, will take place as scheduled.
Rev. Kevin Mohr has announced the Holy Week schedule for English Lutheran Church.
On Maundy Thursday, April 1, is a service of holy communion at 7:30 p.m. The theme for the evening will be "Where is God in the Upper Room?" and the service will include a footwashing ceremony for those in attendance who wish to participate, and will conclude the ritual stripping of the altar in preparation for the community Good Friday service the next day at 12:05 p.m.
