Lampeter-Strasburg /townlively
JANUARY 20, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 38
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS IN THIS ISSUE!
Singing Of God’s Promises BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER
n 1975, the Bill Gaither Trio with the Sunday School Picnic introduced a song that shares with youngsters the idea that they have possibility and potential because God loves them. Nearly five decades later, a new generation of youths will learn to sing and, director Katie Wieand hopes, take to heart the meaning of “I Am a Promise.” “There’s a reason we remember that song,” Wieand said. “It’s good truths and a good tune.” Wieand is the director of children’s music and online ministry at Grace Community Church (GCC) of Willow Street and also the leader of Outpour Kids, GCC’s youth performing arts ministry. Wieand attended Belmont University along with Denver Bierman of the power funk band Denver & the Mile High Orchestra, and she has chosen to use his arrangement of “I Am a Promise” in the spring session of the Outpour Kids choral program.
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“I Am a Promise” will be one of four songs that underscore the session’s theme of “You Are Created With a Promise & Purpose.” “We will be looking at (the idea that) you were made with a mission and unpacking God’s promises to us,” Wieand explained. Students in grades one through six are invited to participate in the Outpour Kids choir, which will rehearse on Thursdays, Feb. 4 to March 18, from 6:15 to 7:30 p.m. and offer a final performance for family members on Friday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. The rehearsals and performance will be held at GCC, 212 Peach Bottom Road, Willow Street. Due to socially distanced space on stage being limited, participation in the program is capped at 40 students, as it was in the fall. “They still were able to learn good vocal techniques,” Wieand remarked. “They definitely had to listen harder (because they were spread out) and really pay attention. They had to develop good aural skills in order to have that blended tone with other singers.” See Outpour Kids pg 8
Wieand siblings (from left) Eileen, Audrey, and Derek invite other youths to participate in the upcoming Outpour Kids session at Grace Community Church of Willow Street.
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“(Blood) is definitely a need at any time of the year, but with everything going on with COVID, it’s at a critically low level,” said Strasburg Borough Police Department (PD) Officer Robert Burns, explaining why he is excited his department is participating in the See Bleed Blue pg 5
the last decade. The classes are a safe way to be adventurous. For people who want to push themselves further, flow painting, also called fluid art, may be the next step. As the name suggests, flow painting involves acrylic paint mixed with Floetrol and applied to a canvas by
ings. With flow painting, the resulting image is never assured. “It just does its own thing, and, most of the time, it creates something amazing to look at,” said Sparkle & Spill Fluid Art Creations owner Lacey Werner of East Lampeter Township.
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Lacey Werner of Lancaster enjoys making art using the flow painting technique.
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