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Morgantown/Honey Brook NOVEMBER 20, 2019

IN THIS ISSUE: YMCA LAUNCHES COLLECTION EFFORTS page 5

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL XXVII • NO 44

MOVIE NIGHT, AUTHOR TALK

St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 105 W. Main St., Terre Hill, invites the public to a family movie night and an author event. The movie night will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 26, at 6:30 p.m. This month’s featured movie will be “Newton’s Grace: The True Story of Amazing Grace.” Refreshments will be served. The church will host Lancaster County author Donna Stoltzfus on Nov. 26 at 10 a.m. Stoltzfus will give a presentation and sign copies of her novel “Captive.” Lunch with the author will follow at Terre Hill Restaurant. All are welcome. CRAFT BAZAAR

Living God Lutheran Church, 3200 Horseshoe Pike (Route 322), Honey Brook, will hold its annual Christmas Craft Bazaar on Saturday, Dec. 7, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Offered for sale will be gifts, crafts and decor. The kitchen will be open to provide breakfast and lunch. There will also be an opportunity to win gift baskets. Admission is free, and the church building is handicapped-accessible. For more information, call 610-273-9383. HOLIDAY CONCERT

The Ringing Hills Chorus of Sweet Adelines

GUEST SPEAKER

Cedar Lane Chapel,

Recognizing Women Of Achievement pg 2

By Francine Fulton

Tel Hai Camp invites local residents to “burn calories, not your turkey” during the annual Turkey Bowl to be held on Thanksgiving, Thursday, Nov. 28. The event will feature a 5K race and a 1-mile fun run for children. “This is our 28th year for the race, and we are looking forward to another great year,” said Bruce Gregory, camp director. The 5K (3.1-mile) cross-country race will take runners through the camp and around the lake. The course includes paved, gravel and grassy paths. While the course is primarily level, there are a few hills for runners to tackle. The 1-mile children’s fun run for youths age 12 and under will take place on main grounds of the camp. Parents may run alongside their children at no charge.

Registration and race packet pickup will be held from 7:45 to 9:20 a.m. on Nov. 28 in the camp’s dining hall. The fun run will begin at 9:10 a.m., followed by the 5K race at 9:40 a.m. All children who complete the fun run will receive a finishers’ medal. Firstplace trophies will be awarded to the overall female and male runners of the 5K. Medals will be given to the top three finishers in various age groups. To register, readers may visit www.telhaicamp.org/events/turkey -bowl-run. Online registration will end on Wednesday, Nov. 27. Participants may also print a registration form from the website and mail it to the camp, along with the registration fee. Gregory reported that last year there were 429 total participants. The top overall male winner was Ben Zook of Gordonville, with a time of 18 minutes, 10 seconds. The top overall See Turkey Bowl pg 6

The Stratton family, including (from left) Aidan, Eric, Gabe, Meredith and Rebecca, joined by the Turkey Bowl mascot, participated in last year’s Turkey Bowl at Tel Hai Camp. This year’s event will run on Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 28.

HiSet Testing Center Opens At CareerLink Friends Association Receives Shoes For Children In Need By Francine Fulton

People without a high school diploma pursuing their High School Equivalency credential now have two testing options to choose from. Students may take the General Educational Development (GED) exam or the High School Equivalency Test (HiSet).

Locally, both exams are offered by the Chester County Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) at the OIC testing center located in the CareerLink building, 479 Thomas Jones Way, Suite 500, Exton. HiSet testing hours are on Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and GED testing hours are on Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4 pm. See HiSet Testing pg 9

day of the week from Sunday, Nov. 24, through Sunday, Dec. 1. Because the event is a virtual 5K, participants can decide whether they run or walk - indoors or outdoors - and what time of day they participate. Children can also join in the 5K Your Way because they can move at their own pace. The event is being held to coincide

Max’s Kicks for Kids (MK4K), a new nonprofit organization that formed to provide new back-to-school shoes for children in need in Chester County, recently made its first donation of 32 pairs of shoes to the Friends Association for the Care and Protection of Children. The Friends Association distributed the shoes to children whose parents are served by the association, which provides an emergency family shelter, homelessness prevention programs, outreach to homeless families and a housing stability program.

See Virtual 5K pg 8

See Shoes pg 3

Charity Plans Virtual 5K Scholars’ Promise International Education Foundation, an online educational institution that provides educational opportunites to international high school students, is offering an alternative way for runners and walkers to complete in a 5K through the “5K Your Way Turkey Trot,” which will allow participants to run, walk, bike or even row the kilometers on any

By Francine Fulton

Displaying the shoes donated recently by Max’s Kicks for Kids to the Friends Association for the Care and Protection of Children are (back from left) Tom Engle, Lynn Engle, Claire Engle, Richard Marinari, Christopher Pawlowski, (front) Sandra Lawson, Jennifer Lopez and Christopher Murphy. R051080

located at 1401 Springville Road, East Earl, will host pastor Tim Darling as a guest speaker on Sunday, Nov. 24, at 6:30 p.m. This will be the final event in the church’s Harvest for the Hungry food drive. The public is invited to attend and bring nonperishable food items to donate to a local food bank. Darling has followed a call to communicate God’s Word as a teacher, through music ministry, and through theater. He has pastored two churches, Norma Mennonite Church and now Community Mennonite Fellowship. For more information, readers may call Ilene at 717-656-6618.

Farmers Field Day Event Set pg 2

Turkey Bowl To Run On Thanksgiving Morning

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will present a holiday concert on Saturday, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 355 St. John’s Circle, Phoenixville. A freewill offering will be received. There will also be an opportunity to win gift baskets. For more information about the chorus, which meets at St. Gabriel’s Episcopal Church in Douglassville, readers may visit www.ringinghillschorus.org.

Out Of Our Abundance pg 3


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