Morgantown/Honey Brook APRIL 17, 2019
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SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
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EVENING OF MUSIC
Conestoga Mennonite Church, located at 2769 Main St. (Route 23), Morgantown, will be the site of an evening of music on Saturday, April 27, at 7 p.m. The program will be centered on the theme of “Peace,� performed by Swiss singers and yodelers, complete with six alphorns, guitar, piano, and flugelhorn. The religious concert is free; however, donations will be received at the end of the concert to cover travel expenses from Switzerland. For additional information, readers may call 610-286-9124. SPRING CONCERT
will present their spring concert at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, 5 Brooke Manor, Birdsboro, at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 27. The theme of the concert is “Exploring the Heart of Music.� The performance will include songs, spirituals, and choral arrangements of Moses Hogan, Randall Thompson, Gwyneth Walker, and others. There will be a freewill offering. For more information, readers may visit www.stmark birdsboro.org or call 610-582-8167. More information about the group is available at www.coventrysingers.org. CHICKEN BARBECUE
Geigertown Fire Company, 3433 Hay Creek Road, Robeson Township, will hold a chicken barbecue on Saturday, April 20, beginning at 10:30 a.m. For more information, readers may call 610-286-6481 or visit www.geigertownfireco.com or www.facebook.com/geigertown firecompany.
Staff members at the Honey Brook Elementary Center collected enough food and monetary donations for the Honey Brook Food Pantry to win the organizational division of the pantry’s March Madness Food Drive. teams, dubbed “Honey Brook’s Elite Eight,� competed against each other to become the 2018 Honey Brook Food Pantry champion.
This year, the event was expanded to include 18 teams in two divisions. Division 1 consisted of larger employers, including wholesale-oriented businesses See Food Drive pg 2
Beth Israel To Host Special Events Church Sets Mission: Birdsboro
5K, Fun Run, Family Fun Day
By Francine Fulton
Beth Israel Congregation of Chester County has planned several special events in April and May, and the community is invited to participate. The activities will include a Community Passover Seder and a Shabbat service and Holocaust remembrance. The Community Passover Seder will take place at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 20. The Seder is a Jewish traditional feast that marks the beginning of Passover, which celebrates the Jews’ freedom from slavery and flight from Egypt as told in the book of Exodus. The Passover Seder plate contains various symbolic foods. “Unlike a religious service where we sit in the sanctuary, we will sit around dinner tables,� explained Rabbi Jon Cutler. “We will do a half-hour service and then
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The second annual Mission: Birdsboro 5K and 1-mile Fun Run, along with Family Fun Day, has been set for Saturday, April 27. The event is being presented by St. Paul’s United Church of Christ (UCC), the originator of Mission Trip Birdsboro,
which is an annual event where volunteers perform home repair tasks for people in need in the community. As was the case last year, residents in the area will be invited to cheer on race participants by writing encouraging messages in sidewalk chalk. “We will distribute sidewalk chalk on April 18 See Birdsboro 5K pg 6
Beth Israel Congregation of Chester County, located at 385 Pottstown Pike (Route 100), Chester Springs, will host special events in April and May, including a Community Passover Seder, a reunion and a Holocaust remembrance. have a full meal.� The meal will include matzo ball soup; gefilte fish; brisket; roasted chicken; fresh vegetables; See Beth Israel pg 2
St. Paul’s United Church of Christ will present the Mission: Birdsboro 5K and 1-mile Fun Run, along with Family Fun Day, on April 27. Non-runners will be able to cheer on the participants at the finish line, where Family Fun Day activities will take place.
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The Honey Brook Food Pantry recently announced the winners of its second annual March Madness Food Drive, during which local businesses and organizations competed to see which one could collect the most food and monetary donations for the pantry. For the second year, the organizational winner of the competition in Division 1 was the Honey Brook Elementary Center (HBEC). The retail and service division winner in Division 2 was the Honey Brook Branch of M&T Bank. “The Honey Brook Food Pantry thanks all organizations who participated in the second annual March Madness competition. Every team did an outstanding job,� said Ken Ross, pantry director. “The competition this year has brought in 8,506 pounds of food and $2,517 for a grand total of 11,023 pounds and dollars a 37 percent increase over last year.� He noted that in terms of calculating the total, a donation of one dollar was equal to one pound of food. The march food drive began in 2018 when eight
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