photo by Rex Dolby for the Van Wert independent
POSTED: 03/08/21 at 12:04 am. FILED UNDER: Church, Lifestyles
VW independent/submitted information
First United Methodist Church of Van Wert has selected Jeremy Laukhuf to be its new praise and worship leader. As the praise and worship leader, he will lead music and worship at the casual/contemporary service, currently meeting at 8:30 Sunday mornings.
Laukhuf and his family moved to Van Wert in 2019, and he currently serves as field director for LifeWise Academy (formerly Cross Over the Hill), where he works to help communities nationwide legally teach the Bible during public school hours.
Inmate donates to Food Pantry
Information submitted Wednesday, March 17, 2021 12:00 AM Dr. Tom Kinnan accepts a $100 check from Noah Girod on behalf of Trinity Friends Church and Jeff Waggamon, Director of their Food Pantry, delivered by Angie Wolfrum, Office Administrator. (Photo submitted)
VAN WERT Noah Girod is a young man incarcerated in the Allen
Correctional Institution who had donated $100 to Trinity Friends Church for their food pantry.
Girod makes $0.39 per hour, so a $100 gift is a
big accomplishment. He set the amount high so he’d have to work for it.
He is hoping to show Van Wert that he is really trying to give back to