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Lititz To Host Ice Walk BY ANN MEAD ASH
The town of Lititz is known for a festival that is normally held in midFebruary, but Holly DeKarske, executive director of Venture Lititz, wants to make it clear that the event that will happen in downtown Lititz
from Friday, Feb. 12, through Saturday, Feb. 20, is not that event. “We are not calling it Fire & Ice because it’s not (that),” said DeKarske, who made it clear that Fire & Ice will not be held for 2021. Instead, it will be replaced by the 2021 Lititz Ice Walk, which will include more than 50 ice sculptures and extended hours at many stores and restaurants. See Ice Walk pg 3
The Greene family includes (from left) Zaylah, Kevin, Alisha, and Kinsley.
evin Greene’s relatives are spread throughout two countries. He was born in British Columbia, then his family moved to Wilmington, Del., when he was 5. Kevin’s mother’s family lives in Manitoba, and his father’s sister lives near Niagara Falls. Kevin and his wife, Alisha, moved to Ephrata five years ago. Lancaster County, with its genealogical roots stretching back three centuries for some people, is quite different than Kevin’s experience. “Family connections in Lancaster are a lot,” Kevin commented. “(As a newcomer, I) have to make those connections in other ways.”
“We are here to help every person take their next step to becoming the person God wants them to be and do the things God wants them to do,” Kevin said. which Kevin recently founded. From its beginning as recorded in the biblical book of Acts, the Christian church has been a place where people can find support. ConnectUs Church aims to follow that example.
“We are here to help every person take their next step to becoming the person God wants them to be and do the things God wants them to do,” Kevin said. “Everyone’s trying so hard to be seen as important or feel valuable, but God offers us a life-changing identity that is received and not achieved.” ConnectUs Church has been about two years in the making. Kevin completed a church planting residency at Life Church Lancaster, and with the support of people he met while earning a digital communications degree from Lebanon Valley College, several Life Church members, and Alisha’s parents, who moved to Lancaster from Pittsburgh, he created ConnectUs Church, an independent congrega-
Lasagna Dinner Will Be Served Drive-Through Style BY ANN MEAD ASH
Some of the most important features of the annual Salem Hellers Evangelical Reformed Church lasagna dinner fundraiser will be the same this year. Organizers will still prepare up to 100 pans of lasagna in three varieties - hamburger, hamburger and sausage, and vegetable with a red sauce - on the day of the sale. Meals will each include a square of lasagna, a salad,
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Lititz’s 2021 Ice Walk will feature more than 50 ice sculptures for visitors to see from Feb. 12 through 20.