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A New Season of Music on High BY CATHY MOLITORIS
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t the Music on High concert series at Christ Lutheran Church, director of music and organist Kevin Gane hopes audiences will enjoy a diverse array of performances that redefine what “classical music” is. “Sometimes, people think of the world of classical music as this high-brow world, where only certain people are inclined to go and experience it,” he said. “But this season is a great, low-cost, low-stakes way to come in and experience beautiful music in our beautiful space here at Christ Lutheran.” And by “low-cost,” he means free. There is no charge to attend any of the concerts, but a freewill offering will be received. The series will kick off with a performance by Meghan Davis and Alex Keller on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 4 p.m. The concert will feature
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See Music pg 5 Alex Keller and Meghan Davis will kick off the Music on High concert series.
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Uncovering Marietta’s Hidden History BY CATHY MOLITORIS
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A wealth of history can be found in Marietta, but much of it has been buried, forgotten or overlooked. Now a group of volunteers is working to bring that heritage into the spotlight. The Marietta African American Legacy Initiative (MAALI) Team invites the public to a dedication and commemoration ceremony to honor the heritage of Bethel AME Church and Wesley AME Zion Cemetery and the people who MAALI Team members (from left) Charles Dorm, Georgieanna Dorm,
Michael Sweeney, John Jenkins and Lynn Jenkins at new markers in front
See History pg 3 of the Bethel AME Church cemetery. Photo by Cathy Molitoris
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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 idea of the church See Mission pg 4
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