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Octorara OCTOBER 2, 2019
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXIX • NO 36
GUEST SPEAKERS
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BASIS (Brothers and Sisters in Support), a ministry to bereaved parents and their families, will meet at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 8. The topic will be “God’s Protection While We Grieve.” Readers may call Calvary Monument Bible Church, Paradise, at 717-4228161 for details, including location. CHICKEN BARBECUE
Russellville Grange 91, 245 Old Limestone Road, Oxford, will hold its fall chicken barbecue on Saturday, Oct. 5. Takeout lunches will be available from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will include a quarter-chicken, chips, applesauce, dessert, and a beverage. From 3 p.m. until sold out, eat-in and takeout dinners will be available. Dinners will include a half-chicken, potato salad, pepper cabbage, applesauce, dessert, a beverage, and a roll and butter. Pints and quarts of potato salad or pepper cabbage will also be sold. For information, call 610-255-5418. ROAST BEEF SUPPER
Ernstes, tenor; and Justin Beck, bass. Berdos noted that Ziglar and Beck are soloists at the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association, with which Berdos is also involved. Earlier this year, Berdos hosted rehearsals for a mass choir that performed at Ocean Grove. “I pulled people that I know (as soloists). Since I’m new to the area, I don’t know soloists here,” Berdos said. “I’m putting out an appeal to local people to join us in the chorus, and in the process, I’ll get to know new soloists.” He added, “It gives audiences new voices to hear, and that’s good too.” Some singers who have participated in Berdos’ previous “Messiah” productions will join the chorus for the performance at Memorial UMC, 101 S. Hess St., Quarryville, on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 4 p.m. “(They) are coming from New Jersey and
111 White Horse Road, Gap, will host a roast beef supper on Saturday, Oct. 12. Dining room and drive-through takeout service will be offered starting at 1 p.m. and continuing until 6 p.m. BLESSING OF THE ANIMALS
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 107 S. 17th Ave., Coatesville, will hold a Blessing of the Animals on Saturday, Oct. 5, at 10 a.m. After a short service, each animal will receive an individual prayer of blessing. Light refreshments for people and pets will be provided. All dogs must be on leashes, and cats and other small animals should be in travel carriers. For more information, call 610-384-2035.
Anyone who likes to sing is invited to participate in a performance of the Christmas portion of Handel’s “Messiah” in Quarryville this fall. Memorial United Methodist Church (UMC) worship director Tom Berdos will direct the choir and orchestra, as he did many times when he lived and worked in New Jersey. Berdos started his employment at Memorial UMC in January 2019. “We had a lot of participation, enthusiasm, and joy,” Berdos said of his previous productions. “I hope the Lord blesses (this one) and that happens.” Berdos has contracted about 20 professional musicians to accompany the singers. Soloists with professional opera careers will include Monica Ziglar, soprano; Hanne Ladefoged-Dollase, mezzo; Brian
making a weekend of it,” Berdos related. “It’s high quality, a real accomplishment for the people who participate, and they love it.” Auditions are not required to join the chorus. Rehearsals will be held on Wednesdays from Oct. 2 through Dec. 11 from 7 to 8 p.m. at. No rehearsal will be held on the day before Thanksgiving, Wednesday, Nov. 27. Additional rehearsals will include noon to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 14, and the dress rehearsal from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 15. Participants are asked to attend as many rehearsals as possible. Concert attire will include all black for women and dark suits with white shirts and a tie for men. Music scores will be available for purchase at the rehearsals. The concert will focus on Part One of “Messiah,” with the addition of the “Hallelujah” chorus and the final See Chours pg 6
Gifts Of Joy Seeks Christmas Donors By Ann Mead Ash
“We want to always provide that small glimmer of hope,” said Kim McDevitt, executive director of Mental Health America Lancaster County (MHALC). McDevitt noted that one of the organization’s main goals is to help prevent isolation among those in the county struggling with mental health issues and, by doing so, to prevent suicide. “(Gifts of Joy) is one of the things we do at Christmastime for those who have severe mental health issues,” McDevitt explained. Working with nearly 50 case managers with the Lancaster County Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, MHALC provided 800 gifts for 463 children and adults during the See Gifts Of Joy pg 2
Gretchen Gaudioso (left), client and family advocate with Mental Health America Lancaster County (MHALC), and a donor gathered gifts for the 2018 MHALC Gifts of Joy giveaway last year. Gifts for this year’s program will benefit area residents dealing with mental health issues.
Tom Berdos, worship director at Memorial United Methodist Church in Quarryville, is looking for singers to join the chorus for a performance of the Christmas portion of Handel’s “Messiah.”
Freedom 5K, Community Day Planned Freedom Life invites the community to participate in the Freedom 5K and Community Day on Saturday, Oct. 5. The event will take place at Salisbury Township Park, also known as Gap Park, located at 750 White Horse Road, Gap. All proceeds will benefit the A21 Campaign to help reach, rescue and restore individuals affected by human trafficking in the U.S. and abroad. The event will begin with the Freedom 5K Run/Walk starting at 9 a.m. It will be a fun run consisting of four three-quarter-mile loops around the See Freedom 5K pg 3
The Freedom Life team, including (from left) Addison Turk, Kelsey Bullock, Sally Englerth, Gina Turk and Stacey McNutt, invites community members to participate in the Freedom 5K and Community Day on Saturday, Oct. 5, at Salisbury Township Park.
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will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 15, at 7 p.m. at the Oxford Masonic Lodge Hall, 245 N. Third St., Oxford. Guest speakers will be Kevin M. Brown and Amy L. King, authors of “A Small Company of Faithful Ones: The Brandywine Guards of Chester County, Company A, 1st Pennsylvania Reserves.” The program will be free, and light refreshments will be served.