Lampeter-Strasburg /townlively
OCTOBER 14, 2020
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 25
Car Show To Benefit Santa’s Helpers BY DAYNA M. REIDENOUER
Providence Church has hosted a Celebrate Recovery group for a decade.
Celebrating 10 Years Of Recovery “Celebrate Recovery is not just for drugs and alcohol. It’s for anybody with a hurt, a habit, or a hangup who wants to work on whatever they need to work on while having a supportive group,” said Providence Church Celebrate Recovery (CR) leader Dannel Wissler. “When people come, rest, and learn, they grow. We sometimes call it ‘Monday night church in the basement.’” Nearly every Monday evening for 10 years, Providence Church, 269 Cinder Road, New Providence, has hosted a CR group meeting. More than 30,000 CR groups have been established around the country. “It’s a healthy faith environment where you can share and talk and just be real,” said CR leader Brad Duvall. He instigated the formation of the local group while in recovery with the Naaman Center. “The support group aspect is important,” Wissler added. “We’re not there to fix each other; we’re
there to learn from each other.” Meetings typically follow an identical schedule. A meal is served, then children, teenagers, and adults gather in their respective classrooms. Lessons and games are provided for the youngsters. The adult
“The support group aspect is important,” Wissler added. “We’re not there to fix each other; we’re there to learn from each other.” meetings alternate each week between a testimony from someone who has made progress in their recovery and a lesson based on the 12 Steps and the Beatitudes from the Bible. Providence Church lead pastor Dwight Lefever has been part of the group since the beginning and often teaches the lessons. Prior to the shutdown in March, about 130 adults and children
See Santa’s Helpers pg 7
The 1967 Camaro was Glenn Davis’ dream car when he was in high school.
attended each week. “It’s a lot when you consider the average attendance of a church in the U.S. is 70. We never anticipated that, but we prepared ourselves,” Duvall commented. “The biggest shift came when we could minister to all age groups, including children, teens, and a fully staffed nursery.” Since March, CR has met via Zoom and now meets in person in the Providence Church pavilion when weather permits. Guests are welcome to attend at any time and may meet the group in the main lobby at 6:30 p.m. on Mondays. From there, the attendees will go outside or be divided into small groups to converse inside. Wissler noted that the leaders are working out the logistics for safely serving meals again, and the children’s program will soon resume. “The church was really gracious in allowing us to start back up,” Duvall remarked. “We lost two people to addiction during the shutdown. We felt a sense of urgency to get
Lampeter-Strasburg (L-S) High School observed homecoming on Oct. 2. Daisy Frank and Ian Herr were elected homecoming queen and king, respectively. Candidates for queen included runners-up Kiana Sweger and Lizzie Deardorff, along with Sophie DiCamillo, Olivia Harris, Lane Kopelman, Kylee Waller, and Nasya Warfel. The king candidates were runners-up Elijah Carr and Bradey Cunningham, along with Drew Harris, Jonathan Klein, Colin McDonald, Conner
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See L-S Homecoming pg 2
L-S Elects Homecoming Royalty
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Glenn Davis is adamant that the Santa’s Helpers car show set for Saturday, Oct. 17, take center stage over the organization’s presence in the Lampeter-Strasburg (L-S) School District. “We like to be under the radar,” Glenn said. “We just need the car show to do well so we can support the kids.” This is the group’s first car show, although Glenn has attended plenty. He bought a fully restored 1967 Camaro with modifications about 10 years ago. “It would’ve been a very good leading competitor on the drag strip back in its time,” Glenn remarked. “I’ve always been attracted to Camaros. It was my dream
car in high school.” Glenn invites other owners of dream vehicles to bring their cars, trucks, and motorcycles to the Santa’s Helpers car show. Street rods, muscle cars, antiques, imports, and more will be welcome. Trophies will be awarded in eight categories. “Everyone’s got a pride factor in their hobby or toy,” Glenn said. “That’s why we didn’t limit them.” The car show will be held at the Lampeter Fire Company grounds, 851 Village Road, Lancaster, from noon to 4 p.m. In the event of rain, the car show will take place on Sunday, Oct. 18, from noon to 4 p.m.