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IN THIS ISSUE: FREE LENTEN LUNCH SERIES SCHEDULED page 10
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 7
FISH DINNERS
St. Peter Catholic Church, 904 Mill Road, Elizabethtown, will host fish dinners during the Lenten season on Fridays from 4 to 7 p.m. in the parish center from Feb. 28 to April 3. The menu will include fried and baked fish along with homemade clam chowder, macaroni and cheese, fresh-cut french fries, and weekly pasta specials, also a beverage and dessert. Contact Pat Minick at 717-367-5370. BENEFIT BINGO
The Elizabethtown Area Senior Center, located in the GEARS Community Center, 70 S. Poplar St., Elizabethtown, invites the public to attend gift basket bingo on Saturday, March 14. Doors will open at noon, and bingo will start at 2 p.m. The kitchen will be open for lunch and snacks. An advance ticket price has been set, with a higher price at the door. Tickets are available at the center, and opportunities for basket sponsors are available. Call 717-3677984 for additional information. ANNUAL FUNDRAISER
Elizabethtown Boys Club will hold its sixth annual bingo event on Sunday, March 8, at the Moose Lodge’s new location at 126 Maytown Road, Elizabethtown. Doors will open at noon, and games will begin at 2 p.m. More than 75 prizes will be awarded. To purchase tickets, visit www.etown boysclub.com or Andrew Douglas Jeweler, 44 S. Market St., Elizabethtown. For more information, contact Michelle at jmrudy@comcast.net. MOVIE NIGHT
2026 Cloverleaf Road, Mount Joy, will host a free movie night on Saturday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. “Overcomer” and the children’s movie “The Star” will be shown. Free beverages and popcorn will be available. CHILDREN’S EVENT
By Chelsea Peifer
Jubilee Ministries might be most familiar to people who have driven by or shopped at its stores in Annville, Lebanon, Manheim, Myerstown, and Palmyra, but there is a lot more going on behind the scenes of the bustling thrift stores as the organization aims to fulfill its mission to rebuild, restore, and renew lives. Income from the stores, which sell a wide variety of quality used clothing, furniture, electronics, and housewares, support what chief executive officer Ryan Newswanger listed as Jubilee’s three core avenues of outreach: a prison chaplaincy ministry, a prison after-care program, and summer camp scholarships provided to local children and youths affected by incarceration. “Most people know us from the stores, and they don’t necessarily know there’s a significant ministry going on,”
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remarked Newswanger. “Most of what we do happens behind bars and barbed wire, so no one sees it.” Seventeen chaplains are currently on staff with Jubilee and spend time with inmates at 10 prison facilities in Pennsylvania. That time is split between leading worship services and Bible studies and recovery groups, teaching life skills classes, and offering one-on-one counseling to men and women. “I often tell people our chaplains are very much like missionaries,” Newswanger said. “Prison is certainly a place where the Gospel is needed.” Taking the message of salvation and freedom available through Jesus Christ See Jubilee pg 2
Evoni (center) attended Kenbrook Bible Camp in Lebanon thanks to the camp scholarships that Jubilee Ministries provides for local children and youths who have a parent who is incarcerated or in another challenging situation. “Camp has been one of the biggest impacts in my life,” shared Evoni. Jubilee also offers a prison chaplaincy ministry and after-care program.
Workshop Planned To Equip Faith Leaders Brittany’s Hope Gala To Aid On Saturday, Feb. 29, Global Out- program, which will run from 9 a.m. to reach for Addiction Leadership and 4 p.m. and will include lunch. Keynote Abandoned And At-Risk Children speakers will be Steve Brubaker, chief program officer of LifePath Christian Ministries, and Steve Schedler, executive director of Naaman Center. According to www.goalproject.org, the workshop is designed to equip religious leaders, both clergy and laity, with information to develop a congregational prevention and recovery support team ministry operated by lay leaders. The goal is to have attendees grow in their understanding of the role that a congregation can play in addressing opiate and other substance use disorders, as well as to learn how to identify barriers and take steps to begin an effective Steve Schedler See Workshop pg 7
Learning (GOAL) Project will present a Face Addiction with Intervention & Training for Healing (FAITH) Initiatives training program at Florin Church of the Brethren, 815 Bruce Ave., Mount Joy. Individuals from all faith organizations are welcome to take part in the
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Brittany’s Hope is kicking off its 20th anniversary with the first-ever Brittany’s Ball: A Boots & Bow Tie Gala, to be held on Saturday, March 7, at Stone Gables Estate, 1 Hollinger Lane, Elizabethtown. Katie Petermann and AJ Eckman will serve as the masters of ceremonies for the evening. Guests may start the night with a cocktail hour and the opportunity to peruse an See Brittany’s Hope pg 2
Inviting the community to join in celebrating the 20th anniversary of Brittany’s Hope at the first-ever Brittany’s Ball: A Boots & Bow Tie Gala on March 7 at Stone Gables Estate in Elizabethtown are committee members (front, from left) Billie Jo Devine, Mai-Lynn Sahd, Tracy Artus, Michele Brenneman, Jena Miller, (back) Randy Wolgemuth, Judy Swarthout, and Carrie McCullough.
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will hold a Kids 4 Canines Bingo on Sunday, Feb. 23, at GEARS, 70 S. Poplar St., Elizabethtown. Doors will open at 12:30 p.m., and bingo will start at 2 p.m. Tickets include 10 games. There is a set fee per child, and adults attending with a child may purchase a book for a separate fee. The kitchen will be open. For tickets, visit www.2ndchance4life rescue.org/info/events. To donate a giveaway drawing item, contact Heather at 2ndchancetreasurer@gmail.com.
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