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Garden Spot SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL LV • NO 42

UPCOMING PERFORMANCE

Trinity Lutheran Church, 221 E. Main St., New Holland, will present the Gap Male Chorus in concert on Sunday, Oct. 6. The concert will begin at 7 p.m. The public is welcome to attend. For details, readers may call 717-354-4976.

Spartan Girls Host Ephrata pg 14

PREKINDERGARTEN NIGHTS

Eastern Lancaster County School District has announced that it will hold several ELANCO Spartan Sprouts prekindergarten nights for families with children entering kindergarten in the 2020-21 school year. The program will be led by district professional staff members, who will share activities, games, and information on early literacy and early math to help children get a head start on school success. On Tuesday, Oct. 1, from 6 to 7 p.m., “Letters and Writing� will be presented at Blue Ball Elementary, 126 Ewell Road, East Earl. The event will be free. Interested families may register by calling 717-354-1552 or visiting https://tinyurl.com/y6hzpfx8. For more information, readers may contact karen_senior@elanco.org and lauren_hillen@elanco.org.

OUTGROWN EXCHANGE

80 E. Main St., Adamstown, will hold its 64th semiannual Community Outgrown Exchange on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 8 a.m. to noon. The free event will offer clothing for people of all ages, toys, and household items, and everyone is welcome. The church will accept donations for the event on Monday, Sept. 23, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6:30 to 8 p.m.; Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 24 and 25, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Thursday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 6:30 to 8 p.m.; and Friday, Sept. 27, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Individuals do not need to donate items in order to take items during the Community Outgrown Exchange. No items will be accepted on the day of the event. No televisions, furniture, computers, or copiers will be accepted. Leftover items will be donated to various charities. For details, call 717-484-4885.

BVI Schedules 60th Anniversary Banquet By Ann Mead Ash

“Our key words are accessibility, affordability, and adaptability as far as creating Gospel-rich materials and getting them out (to missionaries),� said Tom Luttmann, executive director of Bible Visuals International (BVI), 650 Main St., Akron. In employing those principles, Luttmann emphasized that the message is not compromised. “Jesus Christ - yesterday, today, and forever,�

said Luttmann. “How we do what we do has changed, but not the message.� BVI will celebrate 60 years of supplying missionaries around the world with ways of delivering that message at the organization’s annual banquet at Shady Maple Smorgasboard, 129 Toddy Drive, East Earl, on Friday, Oct. 25, at 6 p.m. A gluten-free meal option will be available. A number of speakers will address the gathering, including Luttmann and Jerry Durston, director of Club DJ, headquartered in Saskatchewan, Canada, which holds up to 400 Bible clubs each summer. Elinor Young, a special guest, will share stories of

her time serving as a missionary in Irian Jaya, Indonesia, where she helped translate the Bible into the language of the Kimyal people and used BVI literature to help explain the message of the Gospel. Although Young has been ordering materials from BVI for several years, Luttman was first inspired to ask her to speak at a banquet when he saw a video about her life at Lancaster Bible College’s mission week event. The World Team Missions display was showing a video called “Bad Legs,� which was the name the people had for Young in Irian Jaya. “(Young) had polio when she was a little girl,� explained Luttman. “(She and her family) never thought she would be able to go into the mission field, especially in

a remote area, and yet God called her.� After completing Bible training, Young went to Indonesia to serve the Kimyal. See BVI pg 7

A summer Bible school missionary used Bible Visuals International (BVI) teaching aids to instruct a Club DJ lesson in Glen Kerr, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Sam Gunti from Good Life Ministries in Ieeja, India, uses Bible Visuals International (BVI) materials to teach vacation Bible school there. BVI will celebrate 60 years of ministry with a special banquet at Shady Maple on Oct. 25.

Fairmount Holds Hard-Hat Tours CrossNet Invites Community parking lot and the building under construction to take a Drop-in Hard Hat To “Nachos And Conversation� On Aug. 13, a number of area seniors Tour. The new four-story, 45-unit By Ann Mead Ash

braved the impending rain and the mud to traverse the area between the Fairmount

Wheat Ridge apartment building is located behind the main building. See Hard-Hat Tours pg 2

Peter Passage (left photo), stewardship director at Fairmount, displayed amenities in one of the new apartments that will soon be completed at the retirement community. Mitchell Hanna (right photo), director of marketing at Fairmount, discussed the 11 different apartment layouts that will be available in the new 45-unit building as he led prospective residents through the apartments during Drop-in Hard Hat Tours on Aug. 13.

By Ann Mead Ash

On Sept. 9, CrossNet Ministries began a new program called Community Connection. The program will run each Monday evening from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at various CrossNet locations on Franklin Street in New Holland. Organizers have planned a variety of activities, including Zumba, cooking demonstrations by food and nutrition manager Amy Marburger, and a community meal, among other activities for all interested members of the ELANCO community. With a regular schedule of activities in place for four Mondays each month, Joan Yunginger, director of social services with CrossNet, and Aryn Burda, See CrossNet pg 4

Looking forward to welcoming community members to Nachos and Conversation at the CrossNet Food and Nutrition Center on Sept. 30 are (from left) Aryn Burda, Joan Yunginger, and Amy Marburger. The evening of discussion will be part of the new Community Connection program CrossNet Ministries kicked off on Sept. 9.

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