Churches

The Ada area churches will gather for a meal at the Church of Christ-Disciples church on 316 S. Main St. at 6 p.m., Friday, March 29, according to Rev. Dave Coffin, pastor and Ada Ministerial Association president.

At 7 p.m. there will be a worship service of reading of the Passion of Christ, prayer, and a guest singer for music ministry. The community is invited to join us at 6:00 p.m. for the meal, and/or the Worship Service at 7:00 p.m.

For more details call the Church of Christ at 419-233-4476.

Summer Vacation Bible School at St. Mark Lutheran Church will at June 10-14, according to David Coffin, pastor.

This summer's theme "Tell it on the Mountain," is  from Concordia Publishing House. For more information contact Regina Koons, at rkoons2@kent.edu

Debbie Kelsey, an International Ministries missionary, will present "A European Country's Human Trafficking Problem and Solutions" from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at Ohio Northern University's Dicke Forum Room, located in the James Dicke Hall. 

The presentation will be followed with a question and answer period.  This presentation is open to the public and is free, according to Jack Duffy, pastor of First Baptist Church, Ada.

The West Ohio Conference of The United Methodist Church has requested that all churches within the conference ring their bells 26 times at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, Dec. 21, in memory of the victims who lost their lives at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn. last Friday. 

This will be happening in solidarity with the churches of Connecticut, which will all be ringing their bells at that same time. 

The English Chapel at ONU will be participating in this observance.