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oth Madyson Derr and Kinley Hoffmaster have been baton twirlers for most of their lives. Mady, the daughter of Adam and Amber Derr of Maytown, and Kinley, the daughter of Nic and Lisa Hoffmaster of Mount Joy, began the sport at the age of 3 and 4, respectively. And each competed for national titles at a young age - age 7 for Mady and 6 for Kinley. Both girls competed in the Drum Majorettes of America (DMA) Nationals earlier this summer in Aiken, S.C., where they took home Elite national titles. “An Elite competitor is the top level of competition in DMA,” Mady explained. “Elite competitors represent the top talent in the organization and are an example of dedication and perseverance to the competitors of other categories and younger twirlers.” In order to qualify to be an Elite competitor, a twirler must first win a set number of advanced national titles, she explained, adding that competing in the Elite category starts at age 10, but twirlers can begin qualifying toward Elite at age 7. See Twirling pg 3
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“We love to give back a night of smiles and memories to the wonderful people in our community without them having to worry about their budgets,” said Jessica Rockey, director of family ministries at Glossbrenner Church. “We want them to be able to have fun and make memories with their friends and family while not having to worry about what it will cost them.” The church invites the community
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Mission Church Takes Root BY CATHY MOLITORIS
When pastor Dan Hammer felt called to lead a church plant in Manheim, he trusted the Lord to see it through. “We’d been praying for years for this,” he said. “This is God at work. He’s opening doors. God opened a door and built a relationship. His fingerprints were clearly on this.” Mission Church will host its first ser vice in Manheim at Manheim Christian School, 686 Lebanon Road, on Sunday, Oct. 4, at 10 a.m. It will mark a northern post of the church that has more than two decades of roots in Lancaster. “More and more people were coming to our church from the Manheim, Mount Joy and Elizabethtown area, and that’s a long drive,” Hammer said, describing the motivation to seek a Manheim location. “We started looking at bringing the church closer to the people.” God was at work, Hammer said, when He connected the church planters with Jon Sauder, director of admissions, development and spiritual life at Manheim Christian School. As it turned out, several people who are active in the Manheim community were members at the Lancaster location of Mission Church, and they touted the benefits of the church plant. It was perfect timing. “We recently completed an expansion, with new classrooms and new bathrooms, and now that we had a better facility, we were eager to share it with the community,” Sauder said. “I was very quickly on board and sharing the See Mission pg 2
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