Mennonite pastor Paula Snyder Belousek will discuss a past bishop’s response to the Civil War in a speech titled, “John’s Dilemma: A Mennonite Bishop Wrestles with Suffering in a Time of War,” during Bluffton University’s Spiritual Life Week Forum on Tuesday, April 4. The lecture begins at 11 a.m. in Bluffton’s Yoder Recital Hall. The presentation is free and open to the public.
Dr. Ann Hostetler, professor of English, Goshen College, Goshen, Ind., will present her speech titled, “Conflict and Creativity: Shunning and its Legacy in Amish and Mennonite Communities,” on Tuesday, April 4 at 11 a.m. in Stutzman Lecture Hall. This event is free and open to the public.
Here's and the April arts and events calendar from Blufton University. Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.
April 1 Concert: Gospel Choir Spring Concert, 6 p.m., Yoder Recital Hall
April 4 Forum: Spiritual Life Week Forum, “John’s Dilemma: A Mennonite Bishop Wrestles with Doubt and Suffering in a Time of War,” Paula Snyder Belousek, pastor, Salem Mennonite Church, Elida, Ohio, 11 a.m., Yoder Recital Hall
LEXINGTON, Va. - On Friday and Saturday, the 17th and 18th of March, the Bluffton University men’s and women’s teams opened their outdoor campaign at the Washington & Lee Track & Field Carnival with a bang, bringing home two event champions, a host of qualifiers for upcoming championship meets, as well as a number of personal-record performances.
Bluffton University will hold its annual C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29, in Yoder Recital Hall.
Students selected to participate will prepare an oration, no more than ten minutes in length, that applies a peace-church perspective to an issue of contemporary concern.
• Eric Beachy ’17 of Millersburg, will present a speech titled, “Making Peace Through Restorative
• A speech titled, “Studying History as the Path of Peace,” will be presented by Kenny Beeker ’18 of McComb.
The study guide, "Human Sexuality in Biblical Perspective" will be presented during a 4 p.m. event on March 30 in Bluffton University’s Musselman Library Reading Room.
Lois Johns Kaufmann, who was conference minister of Mennonite Church USA’s Central District Conference at the time the guide was produced, wrote the foreword and coordinated the work that led to publication.
