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Garden Spot JANUARY 2, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LV • NO 5
MEAL AND FELLOWSHIP
Weaverland Anabaptist Faith Community Church, 210 Weaverland Valley Road, East Earl, will host a community meal on Wednesday, Jan. 9. Dinner will be served at 5:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall. The meal is open to anyone in need of fellowship. Call 717-445-6348. LOOKING AHEAD
Fairmount in Ephrata will be the site of a retirement planning and 401(k) seminar on Tuesday, Jan. 8. The event will be held at 3 p.m. in Wheat Ridge Chapel, 333 Wheat Ridge Drive, on the west side of the Fairmount campus. Topics will include understanding and managing wealth for retirement purposes, defining common investment terminology, and providing perspective on investments. Time will be allotted for questions and discussion as well. The public is invited to attend. The event is free, but registration is requested by signing up at the Crest View front desk or calling 717-354-1893. MONTHLY MARKETS
will sponsor an indoor flea market/garage sale on Saturday, Jan. 5. More than 35 vendors will offer a variety of items in Veterans’ Hall of the War Memorial Building, 54 W. Main St., Leola, from 6:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Items available for purchase will include traditional flea market and garage sale items. ULTWMA will hold flea markets on the first Saturday of each month through April. Proceeds from the flea markets will be used for the ongoing maintenance and repair of the War Memorial Building. Call 717-656-6154 to reserve a table or to inquire about renting the hall. Parking is available behind the building. UPCOMING MEETING
Neighbors Caring and Sharing, a Christian women’s group, will meet at Conestoga Mennonite Church, 2779 Main St., Morgantown, on Tuesday, Jan. 15, from 9:15 to 11 a.m. A new program, “My Favorite Things,” will be featured. Each attendee is asked to bring three favorite things valued under $5 each to share with the group. The items will be given out through a random drawing. Visit www.conestogamennonitechurch.org/ neighbors.html or call the church office at 610-286-9124.
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Cavod Schedules “Standing Firm” Shows Performances To Feature Dance Companies By Ann Mead Ash
“(The dance concert) is based on Ephesians 6,” said Jill Hertzog, artistic director of Cavod Dance Company. Hertzog went on to explain that the theme revolves around putting on the figurative armor of God to fight a war not against flesh and blood but against spiritual principalities. “Standing Firm,” a 90-minute dance presentation, will feature Cavod Dance Company and Cavod Dance Company II, with guest artist Stephanie Morales on Friday, Feb. 1, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Feb. 2, at 2 and 7 p.m., at Cavod Theatre, 665 W. Main St., New Holland. Hertzog noted that attendees should expect an eclectic mix of themes presented predominantly in modern dance, with some dances based in ballet, along with several duets. “Some (numbers) are more abstract and some have a blatant storyline,” Hertzog said. The show will include more than 12 pieces, several based on the theme of moving from darkness Cavod Dance Company and Cavod Dance Company II will hold a dance concert titled to light and focusing on letting God lead the “Standing Firm” with guest artist Stephanie Morales on Feb. 1 and 2 at Cavod Theatre in See Standing Firm pg 2 New Holland.
Power Packs - Serving And Growing A Milestone Achievement Youth Center Director Earns Master’s Degree
By Ann Mead Ash
Back in 2004, Joan Espenshade noticed the large number of children waiting for breakfast outside a Lancaster city school on a Monday morning. Recognizing that these children may not be receiving adequate nutrition over the weekend, she founded Power Packs Project to help meet the nutritional needs of those children between Friday and Monday over the school year. The project sought to educate families as well by providing a recipe using low-cost ingredients that they could learn to replicate. Today, Power Packs Project has grown to help feed 1,600 families weekly 32 weeks per year by distributing ingredients for one low-cost meal in most Lancaster County school districts, but Jennifer Thompson, who became See Power Packs pg 9
By Ann Mead Ash
Jennifer Thompson, who became executive director of Power Packs Project in 2018, holds a jar of peanut butter, one of many staples the program provides to area families in need. The program also provides recipes and low-cost ingredients needed to make them.
Carl Edwards, youth center director with CrossNet Ministries, 100 W. Franklin St., New Holland, received his master’s degree in leadership studies from Lancaster Bible College (LBC) on Dec. 14. Edwards previously earned a Bachelor of Arts in youth ministry from LBC. He has served as youth center director for CrossNet since July 2016. Both proud of and thankful for his achievement, Edwards, who currently makes his home in Leola, was quick to point out what he sees as the true worth of the degree. “(My courses provided) very practical leadership (techniques that were) ministry oriented,” See Youth Center Director pg 7
Carl Edwards, who graduated from Lancaster Bible College with his master’s degree on Dec. 14, received a message of congratulations from the staff at CrossNet Ministries, where he serves as youth center director.
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