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The Penryn Church Grove will hold a spring chicken corn soup sale and bake sale on Saturday, April 27. The Grove is located at the end of Picnic Grove Road in the town of Penryn. Homemade chicken corn soup and bake sale items will be available from 8 a.m. to noon or until the soup is sold out. Individuals are asked to bring their own non-Tupperware containers. There is a set price per quart for the soup.
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MCDS Sets Auction, Family Fun Days By Francine Fulton
Manheim Christian Day School (MCDS), 686 Lebanon Road, Manheim, will present its 43rd annual benefit auction and Family Fun Days on Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27. “There will be good food, entertainment and something for everyone,” said auction committee member Amy Moyer. The event will begin on April 26 with a pulled pork barbecue dinner from 3:15 to 6:30 p.m. There will dine-in and drive-through options available. The dinner will include pulled pork, a baked potato, a pickle, applesauce, a roll, a cookie and a beverage. Presold tickets will be guaranteed until 6 p.m.; a limited number of tickets will be available for walk-ins. Tickets can be purchased by calling the school at 717-665-4300. There will also be a baked goods sale in
the gym on April 26, where visitors can find homemade pies, cakes, cookies and whoopie pies. Milkshakes will also be available. The silent auction will begin at 4 p.m. on April 26 and conclude at noon on April 27. Also on April 26, there will be live music in the tent at 6 p.m., featuring LCBC Ephrata campus worship leader Jordan Buckwalt accompanied by MCDS students. The live auction will begin at 6:15 p.m. on April 26. A highlight of the auction will be the class project auction at 7:30 p.m. “Every year at the auction, each student - prekindergarten through eighth grade - makes a class project to sell at the auction. Last year, they raised $36,000,” Moyer reported. She noted that projects have included birdhouses, bracelets and food items, See MCDS Auction pg 7
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SPORTS OPPORTUNITY
Lancaster County Senior Softball League, for players age 60 and over, is looking for individuals interested in playing on one of the 13 established teams for the 2019 softball season. The season will begin play on Monday, April 29. Players over age 60 and 59-year-olds who will turn 60 in 2019 are eligible to join an existing team. Some individuals age 59 may also be eligible. For more information, call Joe Ives at 717-333-4837.
Displaying some of the auction items that will be available at the 43rd annual benefit auction and Family Fun Days at Manheim Christian Day School (MCDS) on April 26 and 27 are MCDS students (from left) Eddie Ritchie, Savannah Frazier, Camryn Heth, Jase Groff, Esme Petersheim and Liam Forry.
Celebrating 40 Years Of Faith By Ann Mead Ash
located on Elizabethtown Road in Manheim, will hold a sunrise service on Easter Sunday, April 21, at 6 a.m. A full breakfast will follow the sunrise service. All are welcome to attend both events free of charge.
During the 40th anniversary celebration of Bible2School held on March 28 at the Eden Resort, a video interview with Hazel Nestleroth, one of the founding members of the program, was shown. “(Nestleroth) talked about the heart behind starting a program like
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this to reach out to students,” said Stephanie Smith, assistant director of Bible2School. In 1979, Section 1546 of the Pennsylvania School Code was amended to allow children to be released from public school for religious training of their choice. The Manheim Ministerium responded by organizing Weekday See Bible2School pg 3
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