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NOVEMBER 24, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 49
“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good; His love endures forever.” - Psalm 107:1
Zion Lutheran Bazaar To Return BY ANN MEAD ASH
Last year, organizers of the Holiday Craft Show at Zion Lutheran Church, 18 Quarry Road, Leola, canceled the event because of COVID-19 restrictions. This year, the event will be held with a few modifications. “We are having crafts, a bake sale, the cookie walk,” said organizer Patty Williams, who noted that up to 20 vendors may be at this year’s show. The 2021 Holiday Craft Show will be held at the church on Saturday, Dec. 4, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Attendees at the show See Zion Lutheran pg 6
Children Can Shop With A Cop . . . . . . .4 Packing shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child are (from left) Toby Schrom, Keagan Luciano, Bethany Schrom, and Hannah Schrom.
L-S Launches New PreK To Include Children From CV . . . . . . .5
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House Of Worship . . . . . .10
New Life Serves As Operation Christmas Child Collection Point BY ANN MEAD ASH
n Nov. 15, Laurelyn Schrom; her children Toby, Bethany, and Hannah; and other volunteers were hard at work at New Life Assembly of God,
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1991 Old Philadelphia Pike, Lancaster. They were packing red and green shoeboxes stuffed with toys into cardboard cartons. “We usually process 2,000 to 3,000 (Operation Christmas Child, OCC) shoeboxes here,”
said Laurelyn, who noted that up to 16 shoeboxes can be packed in a single carton. On Nov. 15, which was the first day of receiving boxes, the group had received about 1,500. “Someone dropped nearly 1,000,” pointed
out Laurelyn, who added that Monday is usually the biggest day of receiving boxes. The collection continued through Nov. 22, when boxes were loaded into trailers and taken to Baltimore for further processing. See New Life pg 2
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