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The biblical story of creation will come to life when Ruhl’s United Methodist Church hosts a drivethrough event on Saturday, June 26. The festivities will take place at the church, 4810 Elizabethtown Road, Manheim, from 10 a.m. to noon.
Over the past year, the church has held several wellattended drive-through celebrations, said Kris Gray, one of the event organizers. “We did a drive to Bethlehem at Christmas and a drive to Calvary at Easter, and they were so well received, we wanted to do something similar,” she stated. “We were brainstorming ideas, and God laid it on my heart to do a creation event.”
Gray declined to give too many details about the stations that will be featured, noting that organizers want to keep an element of surprise. “There will be seven stations, and I will say there aren’t many people involved in the scenes since people weren’t created until day six, so we won’t have a lot of costumed characters like we’ve had for past drivethrough events,” she revealed.
Along with the creation scenes, the event will feature live music by the church’s praise band. A free bag lunch will also be offered. The lunch will include a ham and Swiss cheese sandwich, a bag of chips, fruit and a dessert. Reservations are required for the bag lunch and may be made by calling 717-6654499. The deadline for reservations is Thursday, June 24. Reserved lunches will be brought to each vehicle at the end of the drivethrough event. Although reservations are required for the lunch, the drive-through is open to anyone.
Gray said the creation event offers the church another way to reach out to its neighbors and share the message of God’s love. “We want to connect with our community, and especially during COVID, the drivethroughs were a way we could do that and still work with the restrictions,” she stated. “Even though we weren’t able to meet the community in person as a large group, we still wanted to connect with a message about the Gospel and provide food for the community. It’s important for us as a church to meet the needs of people both spiritually and physically.”
Ruhl’s United Methodist Church holds services on Sundays at 8 and 10:30 a.m. Sunday school is offered for people of all ages, including adults, at 9:15 a.m. The church will hold a vacation Bible school from Monday, July 26, through Friday, July 30.
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Julia Martin, the valedictorian of Mount Calvary Christian School in Elizabethtown, said two passages from James 1 can be taken to heart by the Class of 2021. “James 1:2-3 talks about how the testing of your faith produces perseverance,” she told her classmates during the graduation ceremony on June 4 held at the school’s soccer field. She also quoted James 1:22, noting, “James encourages us to be doers of the Word. … Let us be intentional difference makers in this world.”
Superintendent Daniel Sheard addressed the graduates, thanking God for the day and for guiding the students through the challenges of the past year. “We have lived through some pretty difficult days, but we are here,” he said, “and we praise God for that.”
Salutatorian Hunter Stewart also spoke. Noting that he was homeschooled through eighth grade, Stewart said he was nervous and worried about what to expect when he came to Mount Calvary. “It became very clear to me very quickly that this school was very different than everything I’d heard about schools before,” he said, adding that he soon realized the teachers cared about him as a person. He also credited his classmates with helping him feel at home, calling them brothers and sisters.
Senior Hayden Merrick shared a testiony about how God has impacted his life, bringing him to Mount Calvary. Through his experience at the school, he said he not only had the opportunity to study the Bible in depth, but also built and developed a strong foundation for his faith. Senior Damian Rutt gave an invocation and senior Kamryn Mummau read Scripture.
The guest speaker for the ceremony was Roger Peace, president of Word of Life Bible Institute in New York. “From me to you, congratulations,” he told the graduates. “Job well done.” He noted that the school’s theme for the past year was taken from John 15:13, which discusses “greater love.” Urging the graduates to follow the lessons of Jesus, he added, “This world doesn’t need another person who’s focused on himself. … The world needs people who love one another.”
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Elizabethtown Area Senior Center, located in the GEARS Community Center, 70 S. Poplar St., Elizabethtown, is open with limited hours and limited activities. For more information or to make reservations for meals or attendance, readers may call the center at 717-367-7984.
Face masks and social distancing are required. Reservations are required and must be made two days in advance. Donations will be accepted at the door.
The center is offering graband-go lunches. Meals will be cold/frozen and in a heatable tray, and lunches may be picked up at the senior center from 11 a.m. to noon on Mondays through Fridays. Meals must be ordered two days in advance; no walk-ins will be permitted. Donations for lunch will be accepted at the door.
On weekdays from Thursday, June 24, to Wednesday, June 30, the center will be open from 8:30 a.m. to noon. Each day at 9 a.m., coffee, table games, and puzzles will be available, with the exception of Friday, June 25, when senior center members will meet at Little Chiques Park in Mount Joy from 9 to 11 a.m.
Additional activities, to occur at 10:30 a.m., will be 20 Questions on June 24; bingo on Monday, June 28; an in-person and Zoom Bible study on Tuesday, June 29; and Declaration of Independence trivia on June 30. Additionally, Walk With Wendy will be offered at 1:30 p.m. on June 28.
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Marietta had a fireworks show for years, but eventually the organizers of the event were no longer able to put on the display. In 2017, after two years without fireworks in Marietta, Schatz came on board. The first fireworks show under his direction happened in 2018.
Still, passion alone isn’t enough to put on a successful show. It takes a lot of hard work, Schatz emphasized. “It’s so expensive to do a good fireworks show, and it’s so indepth in terms of planning,” he stated. “I work on this year-round, from getting the proper permits to fundraising to getting people on board to help with our committee.”
Marietta Fireworks is run entirely by volunteers. Most of the fundraising comes from donation request letters and Facebook posts. “We’ve gotten a really great response from the community,” Schatz noted. “If it wasn’t for individuals, businesses and organizations supporting us, it wouldn’t happen.”
Before the fireworks begin, Community Bible Church will host a variety of familyfriendly activities beginning at 5 p.m. The church, located at 331 Anderson Ferry Road, Marietta, makes a perfect spot for viewing the fireworks, Schatz said. Festivities at the church include will food trucks, a barrel train for children, yard games and a bounce house. Juggler Chris Ivey will perform at 7 p.m. Donations will be accepted upon entrance to the parking lot, and all proceeds will go to Marietta Fireworks.
Schatz said the fireworks display will be bigger and better than ever this year, noting that last year’s show opened with 13 “cakes” or boxes containing hundreds of firework shells. “It looked so incredible,” he said. “I’m planning on doing even more cakes this year. Last year we had the biggest finale I’ve ever seen in a show. It was two minutes and 21 seconds, and that length is just unheard of. Wait ’til you see what we have in store for this year.”
For more information on Marietta Fireworks, to donate or to watch a livestream of the event, search for “Marietta Fireworks” on Facebook. Donations are also accepted by PayPal.
Amateur Radio Field Day Posted
Members of the Red Rose Repeater Association will participate in the national Amateur Radio Field Day exercise on Saturday and Sunday, June 26 and 27, at 773 County Line Road, Gap. This event is open to the public, and the club particularly recommends stopping by on Saturday between 2 and 6 p.m. The event will close by 2 p.m. on Sunday.
For more than 100 years, amateur radio - also called ham radio - has allowed persons from all walks of life to experiment with electronics and communications techniques, as well as provide a free public service to their communities during a disaster or emergency, all without needing a cellphone or the internet. Through amateur radio, people can explore electronics, physics, meteorology, and numerous other areas of science.
Field Day demonstrates ham radio’s ability to create reliable communications independent of commercial networks, under adverse conditions from almost anywhere. Since 1933, amateur radio operators across North America have established temporary radio stations in public locations during Field Day to showcase the science and skill of amateur radio. In 2019, more than 35,000 people from thousands of locations participated in Field Day; last year, participants numbered almost 19,000.
Anyone may become a licensed amateur radio operator. There are more than 725,000 licensed ham radio operations in the United States ranging in age from 9 to 102.
For more information about Field Day or amateur radio, visit www.w3rrr.org or visit www.arrl.org/what-is -ham-radio.
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In his new position at Mount Joy Church of God, Richard said he’s eager to serve the town he’s called home for the past seven years. “I love Mount Joy,” he stated. “I love this little town. I am excited about reaching this town with the Gospel.”
He added that he sees great things in store for the church. “What drew me to this church was their heart for God,” he said. His goals include starting an Awana club in the fall and strengthening the children’s ministry. One of his first steps toward this goal was to include a children’s sermon in the Sunday service. “I’m looking for ways of reaching a younger congregation,” he noted. “Sixty to 70% of our congregation is over the age of 50. I’m trying to focus on reaching out and reaching younger people.”
When he’s not at church, Richard loves to golf, and he also likes to read. He enjoys spending time with his family, which includes three grown children and 11 grandchildren as well as his wife of 46 years.
Of Virginia, he said he can’t imagine a better partner by his side, noting that they grew up together and attended the same church. “I like to say we met in the nursery,” he stated with a laugh. “We’ve known each other all our lives.”
As he settles into his new role at Mount Joy Church of God, Richard knows one thing is certain: He will continue to connect with others. “I love working with people and talking to people,” he said. “I just love spending time with people.”
Mount Joy Church of God holds a Sunday worship service at 9 a.m., followed by Sunday school at 10:30 a.m. Bible study is offered at the church at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays.
Gretna Music Posts Series For Children
Gretna Music will present its fourth Gretna Music for Kids (GM4K) season, consisting of three concerts, this summer. All performances will be held at the Mount Gretna Playhouse, 200 Pennsylvania Ave., Mount Gretna.
The season will open on Saturday, July 3, at 11 a.m., when internationally acclaimed storyteller, narrator, and librettist Charlotte Blake Alston will tell the musical stories of Hansel and Gretel, the Bremen town musicians, and more. This season marks Alston’s 27th year of hosting the Philadelphia Orchestra’s preschool concerts and her 30th year as host and narrator of the Family and School concerts. On her trip to Gretna, she will also be joined by violinist Juliette Kang and cellist Pricilla Lee of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Empire Wild will perform on Saturday, July 31, at 11 a.m. Formed at Juilliard as a vehicle for musical exploration, Empire Wild consists of music educators Mitch, Ken, and Brandon, who aim to get children excited about classical music. Their GM4K performance will be an interactive introduction to their instruments - cello and vocals - and the production of unique sounds.
The season will conclude on Saturday, Aug. 14, at 3 p.m., with a performance by 15-year-old banjo player Nora Brown. She will share her love of bluegrass music with the children in the audience. Brown has been featured on a TED Talk and NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts and was the subject of a Tribeca Film Festival funded documentary, “Little Nora (the Banjo Prodigy).”
Tickets may be purchased at www.gretnamusic.org or by calling 717-361-1508. Tickets will also be available at the door.
Richard Vaughn became pastor at Mount Joy Church of God on May 1.
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