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Manheim Township JANUARY 2, 2019

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VOL XXXIV • NO 43

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

EXPLORING LIFE AND FAITH

The Alpha Course will meet at the Manheim Township Municipal Office, 1840 Municipal Drive, Lancaster, from 5:30 to 7 p.m. beginning on Thursday, Jan. 24. The Alpha Course helps people think and reflect on life, faith and meaning. The program will include food, a video, and small group discussion. The public is welcome. For more details, readers may email beirnsteve@gmail.com. CONSERVATION TALK

The Lancaster County Bird Club will meet on Thursday, Jan. 10, at 7 p.m. in the auditorium of the Farm and Home Center, 1383 Arcadia Road, Lancaster. After a short business meeting, Jeffrey Larkin, professor of wildlife ecology and conservation at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, will present a program on “Importance of Landscape-scale Forest Bird Conservation.” Larkin and his students have assisted state and federal agencies and other conservation groups with understanding the ecology and associated management implications for birds and other animals. Larkin is also the forest birds adviser for the American Bird Conservancy. The program is free and open to the public. For details, call 717-725-2717 or 717-984-2738. More information about the club is available at www.lancasterbirdclub.org or on Facebook at “Lancaster Bird Club.”

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Making Disciples In Uganda Pastor Earns Doctorate Through LBC By Ann Mead Ash

There are many quotes exhorting people to be part of something bigger than themselves. Richmond Wandera, a native of Kampala, Uganda, has lived them. On Dec. 14, 2018, Wandera graduated from Lancaster Bible College (LBC) with a Doctor of Philosophy in leadership, with the goal of taking what he has learned back to his home country to spread knowledge among pastors there. “Uganda has 40 million people and 85,000 pastors, but 70 percent of (the pastors have) had no training,” said

Wandera. “(Yet) they are forced to explain complex theology.” Wandera added that theological information is not easily available. Wandera realized that a biblical solution to the problem existed. “Jesus identified a few leaders and went deep with (teaching) them and then sent them out to multiply themselves,” said Wandera. “My mantra is ‘Train one to reach many.’” This biblical solution led Wandera to found a nonprofit called Pastors Discipleship Network after completing a year at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago in 2008. Pastors are now being trained through LBC’s blended program, which mixes online learning with regular visits to the campus. The See LBC Student pg 3

Richmond Wandera stands in the lobby of the Good Shepherd Chapel of Lancaster Bible College, where he graduated with his Doctor of Philosophy in leadership on Dec. 14, 2018. Wandera is the founder of a nonprofit called Pastors Discipleship Network and the recipient of LBC’s Wesley K. Stafford Leadership Development Scholarship.

Opera Lancaster will present “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” a one-act opera by Menotti, on Saturday, Jan. 5. Performances will take place at Fulton Elementary School, 225 W. Orange St., Lancaster, at 2 and 7 p.m. Opera Lancaster’s production will feature Ambrose O’ Neill as Amahl and Tamara Black as his mother. The three kings, Caspar, Melchior and Balthazar, will be sung by Christyan Seay, Tom Cozzoli and Kevin Durkin. The Page will be Moses Mariscal. Parking will be available across the street at Covenant United Methodist Church. See Opera Lancaster pg 8

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By Ann Mead Ash

The Gen. John H. Michaelis Chapter 327 of the Korean War Veterans Association (KWVA) will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 9, in the Eagle Commons of Woodcrest Villa, 2001 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster. The meeting will begin at noon. The speaker will be Larry Alexander, who will share the story of Merlin “Whitey” Groft, who fought in World War II. Membership in KWVA is open to all service members who served in Korea at any time from 1945 to the present or were in uniform serving anywhere from June 25, 1950, to Jan. 31, 1955. A special effort is being made to recruit those who served in Korea at any time following the armistice in July 1957. For more information, readers may call Paul Cunningham at 717-299-1990.

The 30th annual Frozen Foot 5K and 10K Race Series will offer three Sunday afternoon races at Elizabethtown College on Jan. 20, Feb. 17, and March 17. New for 2019 is the addition of finishers’ medals for those who complete all three races. By Chelsea Peifer

The Frozen Foot 5K and 10K Race Series is back for its 30th year. The

three-race series will kick off on Sunday, Jan. 20, at Elizabethtown College, 1 Alpha Drive, Elizabethtown. Participants who complete all three races will See Frozen Foot pg 3

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Back in 2004, Joan Espenshade noticed the large number of children waiting for breakfast outside a Lancaster city school on a Monday morning. Recognizing that these children may not be receiving adequate nutrition over the weekend, she founded Power Packs Project to help meet the nutritional needs of those children between Friday and Monday over the school year. The project sought to educate families as well by providing a recipe using low-cost ingredients that they could learn to replicate. Today, Power Packs Project has grown to help feed 1,600 families weekly 32 weeks per year by distributing ingredients for one low-cost meal in most Lancaster County school districts, but Jennifer Thompson, who became executive director in May, has identified several challenges Power Pack See Power Packs pg 2 After

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