Conestoga Valley townlively.com
MAY 25, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 22
Summer Of Good News BY ANN MEAD ASH
“We reach more children in the summer than during the school year because each week we are in a different location,” said Nadine Welk, children’s ministry specialist coordinator with Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF), perhaps best known for the Good News Clubs the organization runs after school. Over the summer, CEF organizes Five-Day Clubs, vacation Bible school (VBS) programs, and Good News Camps. This year, summer programs will be held at 17 locations in Lancaster County. Welk explained that the basic ministry curriculum is the same for all programs, which begin with a 90-minute activity period including large group game time, welcome and prayer, a Word Up period with a catchy phrase concerning the main lesson, Bible verses and songs, a Bible lesson, a review, and closing games. FiveDay Clubs, which use the 90minute basic format, are held in host homes. For the summer of 2022, host homes have been See Good News pg 7
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To Honor And Remember BY ANN MEAD ASH
“By Memorial Day every (veteran’s) grave should have a flag,” said Upper Leacock Township War Memorial Association (ULTWMA) board member Lin Pickel. Pickel, with help from fellow trustees Tim and Donna Bills, Nancy George, and Bob and Barb Zook, makes sure deceased veterans who are interred in the Conestoga Valley area are honored and remembered on the May holiday each year. A few weeks prior to the
placement activities, Pickel picks up the 450 American flags she orders for the graves at the Lancaster County Public Safety Training Center in Manheim. During COVID-19 restrictions, distributors at the center employed a production-line system, lining up vehicles and placing flags in trunks and hatchbacks to keep the pickup safe. Pickel noted that the streamlined process worked so efficiently that it is still in place. Once the flags are in hand, the ULTWMA members take them to designated cemeteries to be placed.
Pickel places 170 flags at the Salem Hellers Evangelical Reformed Church with help from her grandchildren and neighbors. George oversees the work at the Zion Lutheran Church cemetery and Trumbauer Memorial Cemetery with help from members of local Boy and Girl Scout troops. The Bills place flags at Eby’s Cemetery at Monterey Chapel and the cemetery at Stumptown Mennonite Church. The Zooks, with help from their son, daughter-in-law, and grandchildren, place flags at the Bareville Union Cemetery on Brethren
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Church Road. The Zooks have made the task a family ritual, and their grandchildren, Gavin and Joelle, who are now teenagers, have been helping to place flags since they were toddlers. ULTWMA is a nonprofit, volunteer organization located at 54 W. Main St., Leola. ULTWMA organizes and hosts community events that honor the military service of all local residents. Readers who would like to learn more about the organization may search for “Upper Leacock Township War Memorial Association” on Facebook.
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