Bluffton Christians worship together on Sunday
Bluffton Christians will worship together as a community body on Sunday morning as they have for the past several years. A community worship service, planned by the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association, will be held at 9 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 1, on the Bluffton Presbyterian Church lawn.
The order of service follows:
Prelude
Call to worship - Renee Caskie
Hymn - "When morning gilds the skies"
Prayer - Mark NeddeauMusical offering - youth from
Community VBS Sherry Stratton, director
Julie Rummel, Erin Burkholder, assistants
Time with children - special guest Archeologist "Ohio" Bob
Musical offering - Brass ensemble
Jackson Bush, David Hooley, Don Hooley, Matthew Suderman
Scripture (Micah 6:6-8) - Mark Neddeau
Message "And Who Is My Neighbor: A Dramatic Presentation in Two Parts" Participants from area churches
Hymn - "We Are Called"
Offering - Assists the Bluffton Community Assistance Program
(weekly offerings for individual churches may be placed in baskets on the table by bread and fruit after the service.)
Offertory - Brass Ensemble
Prayer - Louise Wideman
Hymn - "Be Thou My Vision"
Benediction - Bill Herr
Postlude
Members of the Bluffton Area Ministerial Association (BAMA) follow:
Bluffton University - Stephen "Tig" Intagliata, campus pastor
Jeff Boehr, assistant campus pastor
Bluffton Presbyterian Church - Lewis Vander Naald, pastor
First United Methodist Church - Ryan Grace, pastor
English Lutheran Church - Kevin Mohr, pastor
Emmanuel United Church of Christ - Eric Rummel, pastor
First Mennonite Church - Steven Yoder, pastor
Louise Wideman, associate pastor
Mennonite Memorial Home - Bill Herr, chaplain
Shepherd's Flock Apostolic Pentecostal Church - Mark S. Neddeau, pastor
St. John's United Church of Christ
St. Mary's Catholic Church - Sister Carol Inkrott, pastoral leader
Trinity United Methodist Church - John Foster, pastor
Thanks to the following persons assisting in the service:
Stairs built by Robert Flick
Wagon - Phil Kingsley
Chairs and tables - Presbyterian Church
Sound system - English Lutheran Church
Sound system operator - Dan Gray, Dave Sycks
Videotape operator - Bill Herr
Hymn accompaniment - English Lutheran Praise Team
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