Octorara JANUARY 16, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: HISTORICAL SOCIETY SLATES SHOW-AND-TELL PROGRAM page 2
VOL XXVIII • NO 51
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
OPEN HOUSE
Our Lady of Consolation Early Learning Center will host an open house on Sunday, Jan. 27, from 12:15 to 1:30 p.m. at the Schneider Parish Center, 2995 Cemetery Road, Parkesburg. The Early Learning Center offers preschool for children ages 2 to 5. For more details, visit www.olcelc.com or contact 610-857-1163 or olcelc1163@gmail.com. PANCAKE BREAKFAST
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 107 S. 17th Ave., Coatesville, will hold a pancake breakfast on Saturday, Jan. 19, from 8 to 10 a.m. in the church fellowship hall. The community is invited. The meal will feature pancakes, French toast, bacon, sausage, eggs and omelets made to order, hash browns, dried beef gravy, baked goods, fruit, coffee, tea and juice. Suggested donation amounts have been set for adults and for children ages 5 to 13. Children under age 5 may eat for free. All profits from the breakfast will be donated to community causes. For more information, readers may call 610-384-2035 or visit www.luthgoodshep.org. TOURS AND MORE
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By Marcella Peyre-Ferry
Lovers of everything Scottish will relish spending an evening at historic Beale Manor in celebration of beloved poet Robert Burns. Burns Night at Historic Beale Manor will take place on Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Victorian-style mansion house, located at 200 S. Church St., Parkesburg. Beginning at 6 p.m., visitors will arrive to the music of a piper. The festivities will go into full swing with a traditional haggis ceremony, where the haggis will be brought into the company and Burns’ poem “Address to a Haggis” will be read. Harpist Kendrah Tozzo will provide music before and during the buffet dinner that will feature Scottish fare, including haggis, smoked salmon, salad,
trifle, shortbread, cock-a-leekie (leeks and chicken) soup and neeps and tatties (mashed yellow rutabagas or turnips and potatoes). Those who attend are invited to get into the spirit of the evening by wearing their family tartans, whether in a kilt, scarf or tie. Dress for the event is semiformal. Following dinner, there will be additional entertainment, including a musical program by Charlie Zahm entitled “A Tribute to Robert Burns.” There will be toastings, readings of Burns’ work and a sing-along of Burns’ songs, concluding with his popular “Auld Lang Syne.” This is the second annual Burns Night presented by the Octorara Covenanter Presbyterian Foundation, but this year marks the first time the event will be held at Beale Manor. See Burns Night pg 8
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Inviting the community to Burns Night at Beale Manor being presented by members of the Octorara Covenanter Presbyterian Foundation on Feb. 9 are (front, from left) Cordelia and Rosa Henderson; (back) Jonathan Welch; John Girvin; Becki, Clara and Donald Henderson; and Donna McCool. The event will feature a tribute to Scottish poet Robert Burns.
Atglen Church Reopens For Sunday Worship By Francine Fulton
After being closed for several months last summer, congregation members at Atglen Missionary Baptist Church have announced that the church has
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The Paradise Township Lions Club will present a family-oriented program titled “The 12 Anecdotes of Lancaster County” on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m. The event will take place in the Eagle Room behind the Bird-in-Hand Restaurant, 2760 Old Philadelphia Pike, Bird-in-Hand. The presenter will be writer Jack Brubaker, who shared Lancaster County culture, history, and humor for more than 30 years in his syndicated newspaper column. He has also authored a dozen historical books and magazine articles. Copies of some of his books will be available for purchase and signing. For more information, contact Bill Dodds at bill2anne@comcast.net.
WFCS Plans Open House Events pg 2
Burns Night Celebration To Feature All Things Scottish
reopened. The church, located at Main and Dallas streets in Atglen, is now holding Sunday services at 11 a.m. The worship leader is the Rev. Joe Newsome. According to church member Dora Yates of East Fallowfield, the historic See Atglen Church pg 7
Elizabeth Hoover (left) and Micah Leaman, co-leaders of the Factory Youth Center, are looking forward to expanding the center’s offerings with an after-school program for students in grades seven through 12 which scheduled to meet on Tuesdays beginning in early February. By Ann Mead Ash
Factory Ministries youth advocate Micah Leaman, who is co-leader of the
Factory Youth Center with Elizabeth Hoover, is looking forward to expanding the center’s offerings beginning in early February. “We will have an after-school See Youth Ministry pg 12
Congregation members at Atglen Missionary Baptist Church gathered for services on Nov. 4, 2018, when the church reopened its doors for a Sunday worship service at 11 a.m. The
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will host open house events at four of its campuses, including Lancaster, Locust Grove, New Danville, and Hershey. The events will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24. Refreshments will be available at 5:30 p.m. A welcome meeting will begin at 6 p.m., followed by tours and activities. For details, visit www.lancaster mennonite.org/openhouse. In the case of snow, the open house events will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 29, instead.
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