Conestoga Valley AUGUST 8, 2018
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIV • NO 36
OUTDOOR CONCERT
The 2018 Summer Music Series at Long’s Park,
ANNUAL PICNIC
The Lancaster Chapter Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) will hold its annual picnic on Saturday, Aug. 25, at the Waltz Vineyards, 1599 Old Line Road, Manheim. A social hour will begin at 11 a.m., and a catered barbecue meal will begin at noon. All current and past military officers are invited. Reservations are required. To make reservations by Monday, Aug. 20, contact Jim Cunningham at 717-581-5299 or jetpilot37@comcast.net. For more information about MOAA, visit www.moaalancasterchapt.org. WEEKLY PROGRAM
located at Emmaus Road Café, 1886 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, will discuss how to prioritize what is important before, during, and after near-death experiences on Tuesday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m. The program is titled “10 Minutes to Live: Now What?” It will feature a filmed interview with Rick Bundschuh, a pastor in Hawaii who received an alert of an incoming ballistic missile on Jan. 13. Although the alert was later confirmed to be a mistake, it elicited a wide variety of reactions, according to Bundschuh. Participants may discuss their current priorities and discuss the difference between the urgent and the important things in life. Admission is free. For details, contact 717-473-9115 or ltclancaster@gmail.com. COMMUNITY CARNIVAL
Stevens Fire Company will hold a carnival on Saturday, Aug. 11, at the carnival grounds, 91 Stevens Road, Stevens. The New Individuals will provide entertainment at 6:30 p.m. The evening will feature food and refreshments at 4 p.m. Bingo will start inside the fire hall at 6 p.m. There is an admission fee, and children under age 12 will be admitted for free. The event will be held rain or shine.
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Children’s Choir Posts Auditions pg 6
Ministry Plans First Banquet With A Fiesta Flair By Ann Mead Ash
Drew and Cindy Metcalf and their two children have been mission workers in Guatemala for the past eight years, helping children in orphanages to overcome trauma and training workers in orphanages to do the same. “We work with orphanages and families to help those children have better mental health,” said Drew. Now, as their ministry expands with locations in Honduras and innercity Chicago in addition to Guatemala Cindy says the focus is changing. “We are switching from the Metcalfs in Guatemala to We Help Children as an organization,” explained Cindy. “It’s not about us, but about lots of layers of ministry. We hope it multiplies to lots of countries even if we are not there.” With a goal of helping children in crisis wherever they are, We Help See Banquet pg 10
Giving Back To The Community LCFCA Seeks Volunteers With Recruitment Campaign By Chelsea Peifer
Dr. Enos Daniel Martin (left photo) will speak about mental health and prayer at the first Banquet With a Fiesta Flair. The fundraising event will benefit We Help Children, a ministry of the Metcalf family (right photo), missionaries to Guatemala. The banquet will be held at Stoltzfus Homestead and Gardens in Gordonville on Sept. 30.
Jared Artus began volunteering as a junior firefighter simply because he had always loved helping people - and he loved fire trucks, too. He is now the deputy fire chief at Fivepointville Fire Company and has 24 years - and counting - of experience as a volunteer firefighter. “You have a great opportunity to make a huge difference in someone’s life, especially since 99 percent of the people are in their worst nightmare when you get there,” Artus said. While Fivepointville has a decent amount of volunteers, Artus said that like many other fire companies, its See LCFCA pg 6
Golf Tournament Fundraiser Bank Of Bird-In-Hand To Support HOPE International Launches Mobile Unit By Ann Mead Ash
Her name is Lorraine Murungu. Her son, who is named Blessed, was born with cerebral palsy, and he is paraplegic and unable to speak. Murungu has learned to make rag dolls, a product that can be marketed heavily near the beginning of the school year in Zimbabwe, where Murungu lives. A loan from a HOPE International group has helped make her business possible. When Jeff Rutt, founder of HOPE International, landed in Zimbabwe with a team of 22 others in January, he was thinking about the difference HOPE See HOPE International pg 9
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Jeff Rutt (left), founder and chairman of the board of HOPE International, and Kaitlyn Russell, events intern, jump for joy as another golf ball is placed in the thermometor that is symbolic of the funds raised by sponsorship of the organization’s 18th golf tournament.
Displaying Bank of Bird-in-Hand’s new mobile banking unit are (from left) Russ Albright, consultant; Christine Boettlin, assistant vice president, Special Projects; Bill O’Brien, executive vice president and chief lending officer; Lori A. Maley, CEO and president; Marc Robeson, IT manager and security officer; and Michael Martin, business development. Bank of Bird-in-Hand, a communitybased, full-service bank with assets of approximately $308 million as of June 30, has announced that it has launched its
mobile banking unit. The unit, which is a 29-foot-long, full-service mobile bank on wheels, has begun to travel to various locations in Lancaster and Chester See Bank Of Bird-In-Hand pg 8
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1441 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster, will continue with a concert featuring Old Blind Dogs on Sunday, Aug. 12. The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the park’s amphitheater. Admission and parking are free. For details, visit www.longspark.org.