Morgantown/Honey Brook JULY 10, 2019
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VOL XXVII • NO 25
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
CAR WASH
Boy Scout Troop 140 will hold a car wash on Saturday, July 13, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Sonic Drive-In, located at 850 Crossings Blvd., Elverson. Scouts will wash cars for a donation to the troop. For more information about the troop, which is sponsored by St. Peter’s United Church of Christ in Knauertown, readers may visit www.bsa140.webs.com. COMMUNITY MEAL
Weaverland Anabaptist Church, 210 Weaverland Valley Road, East Earl, will host a community meal on Wednesday, July 10. A hot, nutritious meal will be served in the fellowship hall from 5:30 to 6 p.m. The meal is open to everyone interested in friendly fellowship with others. Registration is not required. The meal is dine-in only. For details, call the church at 717-445-6348. CHICKEN BARBECUE
Weaverland Valley Fire Department will host a chicken barbecue event on Saturday, July 13, at the Goodville Fire Station, 1606 Main St., East Earl. It will take place from 10 a.m. until chicken and meals are sold out. For more information, call or text 717-419-2960.
4-Hers Score High At Livestock Contest pg 4
Farm Preservation Funds Available pg 7
100 Years Of Voting pg 6
Annual Event To Feature A Display Of Vehicles And More By Francine Fulton
St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, located at 1035 Old River Road, Birdsboro, in the village of Gibraltar, will present its 10th annual car show, rain or shine, on Saturday, July 13, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The show, which will feature a display of all makes, models and years of cars and trucks, will benefit the church, as well as Helping Harvest (formerly the Greater Berks Food Bank). Vehicle owners will be asked to pay a registration fee upon arrival. Spectators will be admitted free of charge. Between 150 and 200 vehicles are expected to be on display at the event. Those who bring a nonperishable food donation to the car show will receive a free ticket for a drawing to win a CD and record player combo. Additional tickets will be available for purchase. The food See Car Show pg 11
Cars and trucks of a variety of makes, models and years will be on display at St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church’s 10th annual car show on July 13.
OUTDOOR SERVICE
39 Horning Road, Mohnton, will be the site of an outdoor historical and inspirational service on Sunday, July 21, at 6:30 p.m. Lloyd Weiler of Manheim will speak on “The Life of Moses and Lavina Horning,” focused on a Weaverland Mennonite Conference leader (1830-1906) and his wife. Attendees should bring a lawn chair and a copy of the church and Sunday school hymnal. For more information or directions, contact jgsen@windstream.net or 717-278-8459. HISTORY PROGRAM
The Friends of Hopewell Furnace will present “World War I: Then and Now” on Sunday, July 14, at 2 p.m. at the Hopewell Furnace conference center, 2 Mark Bird Lane, Elverson. The guest speaker will be military historian Charles Miller. The program is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
Cavod Campers To Present “High School Musical Jr.” By Ann Mead Ash
Strong Faith Family Church Has A New Home By Francine Fulton
Long before Cavod’s musical theater camps begin, the students who are participating are cast in a show, receive the script, take part in a readthrough, and begin to learn their lines. “On the first day of camp, (students) come with the dialogue memorized, and then we choreograph and polish,” said Cordell Huyard, who oversees the camps for Cavod and is directing Disney’s “High School Musical Jr.,” which will be performed by students taking part in the camp being held from Monday, July 15, through Friday, July 26, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day at Cavod in New Holland. The camp will culminate with the show being presented in the Cavod
Campers who make up the cast of the Cavod musical theater camp’s production of “High School Musical Jr.” met for a read-through before camp began. The campers will present the show at Cavod Theatre on July 27 and 28. Theatre, 685 W. Main St., New Holland, at 2 and 7 p.m. on Saturday, July 27, and at the same times on Sunday, July 28. See Cavod pg 3
After meeting in a private home, at a firehouse and mostly recently at King’s Highway Elementary School, Strong Faith Family Church now has a permanent home at 211 W. Stewart Huston Drive, Coatesville. The church is housed in an office space that is located in the Sikorsky Helicopter complex. In addition to the sanctuary, the site features elementary and preschool classrooms, a nursery, a room for nursing mothers and a coffee area where congregation members may See Church pg 8
David Longenecker, pastor of Strong Faith Family Church, welcomes the community to worship at the church’s new facility, located at 211 W. Stewart Huston Drive, Coatesville.
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