Elizabethtown DECEMBER 18, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: LOCAL CHURCH PLANS FREE HOLIDAY DINNER page 2
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 50
CHRISTMAS EVE
Stevens Hill Community Church of the Brethren, 3131 Turnpike Road, Elizabethtown, will hold its annual Christmas Eve service on Tuesday, Dec. 24, at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend. Light refreshments and fellowship will follow the service.
Cross Roads To Host Community Christmas Meal pg 9
Railroad Club Sets Open House pg 3
Students Hold Food Drive pg 2
An Early Way To Welcome 2020
SPECIAL SERVICE
Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church,
By Chelsea Peifer
1290 River Road, Marietta, will hold a Blue Christmas service on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 3 p.m. The service will include prayers and songs from the Taize religious community in France. While the service is geared for all who grieve and are ill, lonely, depressed, or experiencing economic difficulties, all are invited to attend and participate in the service as able. More information is available at www.zionmarietta.org or by calling the church office at 717-426-1884.
On Tuesday, Dec. 31, the community is invited to ring in the new year a few hours early at Welcome 2020, a familyfriendly New Year’s Eve celebration organized by volunteers from Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church, 125 E. High St., Elizabethtown, and the Winters Heritage House Museum, 47 E. High St., Elizabethtown. The event is set to take place from 3 to 7 p.m. The event will culminate with the annual raising of a lighted star outside
of the church at 7 p.m., immediately followed by a professional fireworks display. According to volunteer Phil Clark, the timing is significant because at 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time in Elizabethtown, the clock strikes midnight for residents welcoming the new year in Letterkenny, Ireland, which is the sister town of Elizabethtown. Hosting a party earlier in the evening also provides an alternative option for families and anyone who would rather not stay up late for ringing in the new year. “We have an LED light sign with the year under the star, and every year when the star See Welcome 2020 pg 4
COMMUNITY BREAKFAST
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815 Bruce Ave., Mount Joy, will offer its monthly free Breakfast Bowl on Saturday, Dec. 21, from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. A variety of breakfast foods will be offered. Reservations are not required. Free parking is available at the lower end of the parking lot. Attendees may enter through the double glass doors under the drive-through. In addition to the breakfast, the church will collect and distribute coats for those who need them. A collection table will be set up inside the rear entrance doors for donations of gently used coats. Coats may also be donated to the church prior to Dec. 21. For more details, readers may call 717-653-1202, ext. 2.
Inviting the community to Welcome 2020, a free New Year’s Eve celebration from 3 to 7 p.m. on Dec. 31 at Christ Evangelical Lutheran Church and Winters Heritage House Museum in Elizabethtown, are (front) Gabriella Snyder, (back, from left) Vicar Tyler Graham, Keith Wolgemuth, Pam Madonna, Vicki Yaider, Jude Kristensen, Pam Wolgemuth, Phil Clark, Charlie Schreiber, and pastor A.J. Domines.
Elizabethtown College Alumna 10th Annual Glen Lapp Volleyball Tournament Scheduled Serves In Ghana This month, Elizabethtown resident Caitlin Wilson completed her 27 months of service with the Peace Corps, living and working as an agriculture volunteer in Ghana. Wilson, a 2016 graduate of Elizabethtown College, began her Peace Corps term in December 2017. During her service, Wilson was assigned to the Northern Region of Ghana, where she served as an agriculture extension agent for the community. She and a local counterpart worked with a women’s group to grow sweet potatoes and establish a dry season garden to preserve the vines between rainy seasons. Prior to arriving in her community, Wilson received intensive technical and cultural training and language instruction. “My proudest moment has been to See Peace Corps pg 3
Caitlin Wilson, a 2016 Elizabethtown College graduate, completed her 27 months of service with the Peace Corps this month. Wilson served as an agriculture extension agent in the Northern Region of Ghana.
Lancaster Mennonite School (LMS) will hold its 10th annual Glen Lapp Memorial Volleyball Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 4, and Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020, at Lancaster Mennonite High School (LMHS), 2176 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster. The tournament will be divided into two divisions with a maximum of 20 teams playing in each division. Division B will play beginning at 9 a.m. on Jan. 4, and Division A will play beginning at noon on Jan. 11. The tournament, which is held every January, commemorates the death and honors the life of Glen Lapp, a 1987 LMHS graduate and one of the school’s 2019 Alumni of the Year. The event benefits the Glen D. Lapp Endowment for Student Aid. Glen was killed on Aug. 5, 2010, when he and nine others were ambushed after holding an eye and dental clinic in a remote area of See Volleyball Tournament pg 10
Lancaster Mennonite High School graduate Glen Lapp was killed on Aug. 5, 2010, when he and nine others were ambushed in a remote area of Afghanistan. The 10th annual Glen Lapp Memorial Volleyball Tournament will be held on Saturday, Jan. 4, and Saturday, Jan. 11, 2020. The event raises funds for the Glen D. Lapp Endowment for Student Aid.
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