Ebenezer Mennonite Church has been involved with Operation Christmas Child for many years. However, this year the church will serve as a relay center for Bluffton and the surrounding community.
Shoeboxes are filled with clothes, school supplies, small toys, hygiene items for kids in war-torn countries, and refugee camps.
Shoeboxes are collected during National Collection Week, Nov. 16 -22.
The Bluffton Relay Center shoebox collection site will be open Monday to Friday, from 5-7 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 1-3 p.m. during the weekof the collection.
The Bluffton Area Ministerial Association has launched a twice-a-month community dinner. The dinners are open to the public for the purpose of food, fellowship and fun. Dinners are from 6 to 6:45 p.m., at the Bluffton Senior Citizens Center, Main Street.
"What Would Lloyd Do?" is the title of an original show held at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 3, in Yoder Rectial Hall on the Bluffton University campus.
The program is performed by Ted Swartz, Trent Wagler and Jay Lapp. The event includes original music and lots of humor. Ted and his family live in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. The rest of the Company is comprised of a team of talented actors from across North America.
