Manheim Central /townlively
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
IN THIS ISSUE: WORKSHOP PLANNED TO EQUIP FAITH LEADERS page 6
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 7
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Manheim Community Library,
Dance Society Sets Classes pg 2
CCF Seeks To Purchase Building pg 3
Rebuilding, Restoring, And Renewing Lives At Jubilee By Chelsea Peifer
COMMUNITY DINNER
The Baron Stiegel Lions Club of Clay and Elizabeth townships will hold a Dinner in the Dark on Saturday, March 7, from 4 to 7 p.m. The event will take place at the Brickerville Fire Hall, located on Hopeland Road at Route 322. The dinner menu will include roast beef and mashed potatoes. A fee has been set, with child meals half-price. Tickets may be purchased at the door. For more information, contact Stan at 717-875-7736 or Cindy at 717-940-6927. NETWORKING NIGHT
will hold a Manheim After Five networking event on Thursday, Feb. 20, from 5 to 7 p.m. at The Booking House, 210 S. Penn St., Manheim. Admission will be free for Chamber members and by invitation to prospective members. Register at www.manheimchamber.com. Questions may be directed to info@manheimchamber.com or 717-665-6330. TRAINING SESSION
Penn State Extension will hold information sessions for Lancaster County residents interested in becoming Master Gardeners on Thursday, March 19, at 7 p.m.; Tuesday, March 24, at 3 p.m.; and Tuesday, April 7, at 3 p.m. All sessions will be held at the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. Weekly classes will begin in August. There is a fee to cover the cost of training materials and expenses. For details and registration, visit https://extension.psu.edu/ master-gardener-training-informationsession or contact 717-394-6851 or lancasterext@psu.edu.
Evoni (center) attended Kenbrook Bible Camp in Lebanon thanks to the camp scholarships that Jubilee Ministries provides for local children and youths who have a parent who is incarcerated or in another challenging situation. “Camp has been one of the biggest impacts in my life,” shared Evoni. Jubilee also offers a prison chaplaincy ministry and after-care program.
Moravian Manor Schedules Fourth Annual Book Sale
Jubilee Ministries might be most familiar to people who have driven by or shopped at its stores in Annville, Lebanon, Manheim, Myerstown, and Palmyra, but there is a lot more going on behind the scenes of the bustling thrift stores as the organization aims to fulfill its mission to rebuild, restore, and renew lives. Income from the stores, which sell a wide variety of quality used clothing, furniture, electronics, and housewares, support what chief executive officer Ryan Newswanger listed as Jubilee’s three core avenues of outreach: a prison chaplaincy ministry, a prison after-care program, and summer camp scholarships provided to local children and youths affected by incarceration. “Most people know us from the stores, and they don’t necessarily know there’s a significant ministry going on,”
Moravian Manor residents Marsha Campbell and Susan Newell love the retirement community’s library. “This is our little shared fireplace,” said Newell, pointing to the fireplace that opens to both the library and the cafeteria directly inside the main building’s front door. “This is just such a cozy space.” “Doesn’t this ... make you want to pick up a magazine or a book and sit and read?” added Campbell. “It’s unusual not to find someone here on the computer or reading the paper.” Both ladies have signed on to the committee, co-chaired by Linda Sloan See Moravian Manor pg 2
remarked Newswanger. “Most of what we do happens behind bars and barbed wire, so no one sees it.” Seventeen chaplains are currently on staff with Jubilee and spend time with inmates at 10 prison facilities in Pennsylvania. That time is split between leading worship services and Bible studies and recovery groups, teaching life skills classes, and offering one-on-one counseling to men and women. “I often tell people our chaplains are very much like missionaries,” Newswanger said. “Prison is certainly a place where the Gospel is needed.” Taking the message of salvation and freedom available through Jesus Christ into prisons was how Jubilee got its start in 1972. “There was a revival, and a group of young people felt called to go into the Lebanon County Prison,” relayed Newswanger. What began at the prison with prayer and young adults boldly sharing testimonies of See Jubilee pg 6
Emme Dance Collective To Present “Veer” By Ann Mead Ash
By Ann Mead Ash
Susan Newell (left) and Marsha Campbell enjoy visiting the library at Moravian Manor so much that both are taking part in organizing the library’s fourth annual used book sale, to be held at the retirement community on Feb. 28 and 29.
In 2019, Emily Kline and Melissa Faller, the founders of Emme Dance Collective, created a dance concert called “Bring Into Being” to introduce their company to the Lancaster area. This year, the pair has created “Veer” with a goal of distinguishing their dance company from other established organizations. “We want to be known for our thing, which is contemporary-style movement,” explained Faller. “We are veering off into our own direction.” “ Veer,” which will include 10 dance pieces
and last about an hour, will be presented on Saturday, Feb. 29, at 7:30 p.m. at the Leffler Chapel and Performance Center at Elizabethtown College, 1 Alpha Drive, Elizabethtown. The See “Veer” pg 5
Members of Emme Dance Collective will present “Veer” on Feb. 29 at 7:30 p.m. at the Leffler Chapel and Performance Center at Elizabethtown College. The show will be the second annual for the contemporary-style dance company.
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15 E. High St., Manheim, will offer its latest financial literacy program, “How Money Works,” on Monday, Feb. 24, at 6:30 p.m. Ryan Swope of Primerica will speak about simple concepts that could change attendees’ financial future. Based on the premise that libraries are the key to powering progress and elevating the quality of 21st-century life in Pennsylvania, PA Forward libraries aim to empower Pennsylvanians with five types of knowledge essential to success: basic literacy, information literacy, civic and social literacy, health literacy and financial literacy. The event is free, though registration is required. For more information, visit www.manheimlibrary.org.