Mount Joy & Marietta JULY 22, 2026
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People enjoy a previous concert in Memorial Park.
Sunday Sounds in the Park
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void the Sunday night blues and wrap up your weekend with an entertaining evening when the Mount Joy Area Chamber of Commerce
hosts Music in Memorial Park. The concert series will be held on Sundays, July 26, Aug. 2 and Aug. 9, at the park, 101 Marietta Ave., Mount Joy. Food trucks will start serving at 5 p.m., and the music will begin at 5:30 p.m.
“End your weekend on a high note with live music in Memorial Park,” said Michele Emenheiser, executive director of the Chamber. “It’s the perfect way to relax before the week ahead.” The concert series will kick off See Park pg 2
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For five nights in August, Glossbrenner Church will take kids on a journey back in time. The church will host “Kingdom Chronicles,” a vacation Bible school (VBS) program, from 6 to 8:15 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2, through Thursday, Aug. 6. It will be held at the church, 713 Church St., Mount Joy, and a VBS celebration will take place on Sunday, Aug. 9, at 10 a.m., followed by a free meal. Although the focus of the VBS is on the past, the message is important for the present, said Jessica Rockey, director of family ministries. “We are going back into medieval times to stand strong in the battle for truth, which is relevant for
Members of Glossbrenner Church invite people to
For several months this past school year, students at Donegal Primary School (DPS) discovered how music connects everyone to the world around us. This was the sixth year of a residency program between Matt Wheeler (known as “Mr. Matt” in the program) and the school. In the past, the residency has focused on social-emotional learning vocabulary, but this year, the spotlight switched to Donegal Life Ready Traits. These include themes of responsibility, kindness and empathy, honesty, respect, self-control, positivity, problem solving and perseverance. During “Music Mondays With Mr. Matt,” W heeler created videos highlighting these traits through original songs he wrote. The videos aired during morning announcements. “This year, the PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports) program at DPS started a Citizen of the Month program, recognizing students that consistently demonstrate a positive character trait,” explained Rachel Peters, DPS music teacher and program coordinator. “Donegal has had the Life Ready Traits for the last several years, and it was well-suited for the characteristics we emphasized in this monthly recognition to be taken from that list.” Wheeler wrote three new songs for the residency, which complemented some of the students’ old favorites. The new songs are titled “Honesty,” “Positivity” and “Don’t Give Up.” “I wrote all three in March, and the song ‘Don’t Give Up’ is especially meaningful to me, because I wrote it at a time when my family was in the midst of a rough time with respect to
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