Manheim Central AUGUST 29, 2018
IN THIS ISSUE: COBYS SCHEDULES SIGNATURE FUNDRAISER page 10
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 34
OUTDOOR CONCERT
Jam in the Grove and a chicken barbecue will be held in Ruhl’s Picnic Grove, 2766 Newport Road, Manheim, on Saturday, Sept. 8, from 4 to 9 p.m. The event will feature live music from various artists, including Marty Loose and Friends, presenting original and gospel music; Salt and Light, a jazz and soul group from Lancaster; and Basic Connections, a worship band from Columbia. In addition, live country gospel music will be played by Ruhl’s Gospel Players during the dinner hour in the shaded setting of the grove. Chicken barbecue dinners will be available for a fee at 4:30 p.m. Admission to the concert is free. For more information and to reserve dinners, contact the Ruhl’s United Methodist Church office at 717-665-3400. INFORMATION SESSIONS
Families United Network, 412 S. Angle St., Mount Joy, is seeking foster families. The organizatin will host foster parent orientation sessions on Thursdays, Sept. 13 and 27, from 6 to 8 p.m. To attend either of the sessions, readers may call 800-722-0136 or email Holly at htanner@families4kids.org. WATERMELON BLASTER 5K
a nonprofit organization that provides educational resources and curricula centered around student-tended gardens, will hold its inaugural Watermelon Blaster 5K to raise funds for the program. The 5K is slated for Saturday, Sept. 22, at Manor Middle School, 2950 Charlestown Road, Lancaster. The race will step off at 8:30 a.m., and a free children’s fun run will begin at 9:30 a.m. Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three 5K finishers. The event will include live music, a watermelon seed spitting contest, Watermelon Blaster smoothies, and fresh vegetable snack samples. Event T-shirts will also be available. Registration and details about the event are available at www.theedibleclassroom .org/watermelon-blaster. For additional details, call 717-449-8049. UPCOMING MEETING
The Memory Loss Support Group for Caregivers will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 4, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the community room at Mount Joy Mennonite Church, 320 Musser Road, Mount Joy. The topic will be “Family Dynamics When Caring for a Loved One.”
School District Receives CPR Kits pg 4
Association To Host Seminar pg 2
Chiques COB To Mark 150th Anniversary Chiques Church of the Brethren (COB) will continue the commemoration of its 150th anniversary during a special homecoming worship service on Sunday, Sept. 16. The service will begin at 10:15 a.m. at the church, located at 4045 Sunnyside Road, Manheim. The Rev. Dr. Jeff Carter, president of Bethany Theological Seminary, Richmond, Ind., will deliver the anniversary sermon. The service will also include music from a popular former Chiques male quartet composed of Mike Shelly, Frank Rittenhouse, Steve Faus, and Jim Miller, along with a choral benediction from the senior choir. During the 9 a.m. Sunday school hour, Don Fitzkee, who is currently researching and writing a history of the congregation to be released in 2019, will lead a historical presentation and facilitate a time of sharing memories. At noon, the church will provide a
meal for church members and guests. Following the meal, Fitzkee will lead a historical tour in a coach bus. Sites will include a 1756 house on Chiques Road where early worship was held, an early outdoor baptismal site, the congregation’s former Mount Hope Meetinghouse, and the 1859 Kreider Meetinghouse near Manheim, where participants will view the historically preserved building and join in a brief hymn sing. The Kreider Meetinghouse is one location where the Chiques COB congregation worshipped prior to its separation from White Oak COB. Interested individuals are asked to sign up for the meal and the historical tour by Sunday, Sept. 2, by contacting Linda Bruckhart at 717-475-7731 or glbruckhart@gmail.com. According to Fitzkee, Brethren had settled in Rapho and Mount Joy townships, near where the present church
Teal Sisters Support Group Seeks To Raise Awareness
building is located, by the early to mid1700s. Initially, those Brethren worshipped in homes. The first meetinghouse was built on the site of the present church building in 1856. Chiques divided from White Oak to become an independent congregation in 1868, and the congregation’s territory initially extended from what is now Route 72/Manheim Pike west to the Susquehanna River, with Sunday worship rotating among various locations to share the burden of travel. In 1902, Chiques divided once again, forming three daughter churches - East Fairview COB in Manheim, Elizabethtown COB, and West Green Tree COB in Mount Joy Township. Since its beginning, Chiques COB has been served by a non-salaried, plural ministry, in which bi-vocational ministers are called from within the congregation to serve for life. Michael S. Hess See Chiques COB pg 8
By Chelsea Peifer
Kate Green, Kathy Kuhns, Maureen Lewandowski, and Connie Radziewicz are just a few of the 20-plus women who make up the Teal Sisters, a multigenerational support group for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer. After crossing paths at the office of Dr. Jacqueline Evans, a Lancaster-area gynecologic oncologist, the ladies began meeting together in 2015 on the fourth Tuesday of each month to talk and support one another. Teal is the color that symbolizes ovarian cancer, so the ladies also sport the shade for Teal Tuesdays. “We met informally at each other’s houses but decided in addition to talking about where we were and laughing, See Teal Sisters pg 8
Rev. Dr. Jeff Carter
Fall Beauty In Full Bloom On Marietta Garden Tour
By Chelsea Peifer
Eight gardens in the borough of Marietta - including five within one block will be featured on the seventh annual
Marietta Garden Tour on Sunday, Sept. 9. The self-guided tour will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine, offering tourgoers inspiration for the end of summer and autumn season. See Garden Tour pg 5
The Teal Sisters, represented by (from left) Kathy Kuhns, Maureen Lewandowski, Connie Radziewicz, and Kate Green, are a group of women from Lancaster and York who meet monthly to support each other as they navigate ovarian cancer. They will be participating in Turn the Towns Teal during September, which is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
The Marietta Garden Tour on Sept. 9 will offer tourgoers a self-guided stroll through eight properties in the borough and gardening seminars presented by area experts at the Marietta Community House. Homemade pork barbecue meals will also be available to purchase at the Community House.
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