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Conestoga Valley OCTOBER 31, 2018
VOL LIV • NO 48
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
GREAT GIVEAWAY
St. Paul’s Evangelical Congregational Church, 2120 Main St., Rothsville, will offer free food, shoes, hats, gloves, and scarves to people in need. The giveaway event will take place on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
FALL CRAFT SHOW
Conestoga Valley High School, 2110 Horseshoe Road, Lancaster, will host its annual fall craft show on Saturday, Nov. 10, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. More than 60 vendors selling homemade soaps, jewelry, candles, and more will be featured at the show, located in the Rill Gymnasium. Admission is free. For more information, call 717-399-1544. Proceeds will benefit the Buckskin Activities Alliance.
COOKING DEMONSTRATION
Ladies Fellowship will host “Christmas Blessings!” on Thursday, Nov. 8, at 6:15 p.m. at the Christian Fellowship Church, 758 Spruce Road, New Holland. John Yoder and Denise Zimmerman will do a cooking demonstration. Dinner is included. Donations will be accepted at the door. Reservations are required by calling the church at 717-354-8428.
COPING WITH CHALLENGES
located at Emmaus Road Café, 1886 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster, will host a program on strategies for coping with difficult times on Tuesday, Nov. 6, at 7 p.m. The program, titled “Bouncing Back: Turning Disasters Into Opportunities,” will feature a screening of the award-winning short film “Dancing Outside the Box.” The film features Ray Leight, whose near-fatal motorcycle accident left him permanently in a wheelchair. Lifetree participants will explore how to overcome challenges in their lives. Admission to the 60-minute event is free. Lifetree Café is a place where people gather for conversation about life and faith in a casual, comfortable setting. For more information, readers may call 717-473-9115 or email LTCLancaster@gmail.com.
Neo-Folk Musician To Offer Concert pg 5
Tasty Fundraiser Planned pg 3
Hope For The Holidays Addictions Workshop Scheduled By Ann Mead Ash
In late 2016 when TTC/Potter’s House approached leaders at Conestoga Church of the Brethren about the possibility of holding a two-part educational program concerning the heroin epidemic in Lancaster County, church members responded. “It’s needed in the community,” said pastor Jere Cassel. The first effort led to a second collaborative workshop in April of this year. According to Cassel, church members then suggested a fall workshop. Cassel met with TTC/Potter’s House ministry director Lanny Millette to discuss content. “The holiday connection was Jere’s idea,” noted Millette. “I said, ‘It’s close to the holidays; how
about how to deal with (that time of year)?’” explained Cassel. The workshop, “Holidays and Realities of Community Addictions,” will be held on Wednesday, Nov. 7, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at Conestoga Church of the Brethren, 141 E. Main St., Leola. The program will include a keynote address by Samuel Mwangi, pastor of Carpenter Community Church in Brownstown, followed by a panel discussion and a period of questions from the audience. Mwangi said that he envisions a seminar that will address the situations that those dealing with addiction, those in recovery, and families of both face at the holidays. “The holidays are one of the most vulnerable times for people in recovery,” explained Mwangi, who noted that the celebratory spirit can actually make life more challenging. “It can be a very difficult time.” See Workshop pg 6
Working to organize “Holidays and Realities of Community Addictions,” scheduled to take place at Conestoga Church of the Brethren, 141 E. Main St., Leola, on Nov. 7, are (from left) Lanny Millette, Samuel Mwangi, and Jere Cassel. The workshop will include Mwangi as keynote speaker, along with a panel discussion and a question-and-answer period.
New Life Welcomes Lead Pastor German Christmas Market Will Support Ministry By Ann Mead Ash
Ron Bradley, who officially became the lead pastor at New Life Assembly of God, has been visiting Lancaster for more than 30 years, but he never realized that he and his family, which includes his wife, Jemma, and son, Ian, would live in the county. “Lancaster is so peaceful. We would come here just to get away,” shared Bradley, adding that his family especially enjoyed visiting a local Christian theater on their visits. Bradley has been to Lancaster so many times that when a fellow pastor from the area contacted him in early
By Ann Mead Ash
During the last few years, the annual German Christmas Market, a fundraiser that supports the ministry of Darryl and Miriam Weaver in Germany, has undergone a number of changes. Only a year ago, the market changed locations, moving to Weaverland Anabaptist Faith Community, and this year, the market, which had long been held outside, will move inside the building. For 2018, the annual German Christmas Market event will be held on Saturday, Nov. 17, at Weaverland, 210 Weaverland Valley Road, East Earl. The event will kick off with a Christmas craft show beginning at 10 a.m. The craft show will continue until 4:30 p.m. The German market-style food portion See Christmas Market pg 7
Ron Bradley officially became the lead pastor at New Life Assembly of God as of Sept. 1. May about an opening at New Life, he recalled the church with the large blue See Pastor pg 2
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The mission of the Weaver family, including (from left) Darryl, Clara, Miriam, and Emma, who serve in what was formerly East Germany, will benefit from a German Christmas Market to be held at Weaverland Anabaptist Faith Community on Nov. 17, beginning at 10 a.m. The event will include food, a home-based business show, and live and silent auctions.
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