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Oxford OCTOBER 24, 2018
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXVIII • NO 39
FAMILY BINGO
Our Lady of Consolation Church (OLC)
FOOD TASTING
Shiloh Presbyterian Church (SPC) will present “Experience a Food Tasting in Oxford” in the cafeteria at the Oxford Area High School, 705 Waterway Road, Oxford, on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Doors will open at 1:30 p.m. In addition to the food tasting, the event will include crafts, vendors, door prizes, and live music. For more details or tickets, readers may call SPC at 610-932-9256. More information is also available by searching for “Shiloh Presbyterian Church” on Facebook and choosing “Events.” Proceeds will benefit the church Community Outreach Center programs. MUSICAL PROGRAM
will meet on Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Latta Memorial Presbyterian Church, located at 23 Green St., Christiana. The Americana Classics Singing Group from Christiana will present music from days gone by. The group features Naomi Thompson. A light lunch will follow the program. Free blood pressure checks will be available. For more information, readers may call the church at 610-593-5467. WOMEN’S RETREAT
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, 1199 Valley Road, Quarryville, will host a one-day retreat for women on Saturday, Oct. 27, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The title is “Made to Shine.” Lunch will be provided. A freewill offering will be received for the leaders. Registration is requested by calling Rose Griest at 610-636-5378 or Nancy Harnish at 717-786-6872.
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Arts And Crafts Show To Benefit Outreach Projects By Marcella Peyre-Ferry
Ovations at Elk View will host its annual arts and crafts show on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will take place in the site’s clubhouse, located at 285 Henrickson Lane, West Grove. Proceeds will go to the senior community’s Project Outreach, which provides support to local charities. The shopping opportunity will have a mix of returning favorite crafters as well as some new artists with work to display and sell. The wide selection of items available will include original art, photography, painted eggs, crocheted items, fabric crafts, pottery, felted handbags, embroidery, pillows, jewelry, wood turning and more. In addition to the arts and crafts, there will be a sale of baked goods, a chance to win prizes through a random
drawing and a silent auction. Chaired by Jimi-Lee Weber and Denise Malone, the arts and crafts show was started six years ago and is a function of the Ovations at Elk View Social Committee. Ovations at Elk View is an active adult community in West Grove for residents age 55 and over. Originally, the vendors selling items for the arts and crafts show were the talented residents of the community, including Malone, who makes aprons, decorative pillows, adult bibs, and children’s bibs, and Weber, who is a basket maker and wood carver. “ When we started, it was just residents in the show, but it’s grown,” Malone noted. Volunteers from the Social Committee totally redo the clubhouse for the event. “(Vendors are set up) in every See Arts And Crafts Show pg 2
Inviting the community to the upcoming arts and crafts show at the Ovations at Elk View are (from left) organizers Eileen Kuc and Jimi-Lee Weber; Annamary Padilla, director of The Bridge Compassionate Ministry Center; and organizers Ginny Bryson and Linda Kane.
Christian Life Center To Host Fall Fest And Run/Walk By Francine Fulton
Christian Life Center (CLC), 125 Saginaw Road, Lincoln University, will present a Fall Fest, featuring an indoor craft fair and children’s activities, on Saturday, Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The day will also include a 5K run and 3K walk, a children’s fashion show and an opportunity to win a handmade quilt. The “Many Hands Marketplace” craft fair will feature more than 40 craft vendors offering demonstrations all day. Activities for youths will include face painting, a moon bounce, carnival games and a photo booth. Food trucks will be on-site. According to CLC member Will Wallace, nearly 1,000 people attended the Fall Fest last year. He added that the event See Fall Fest pg 4
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Trinity AG Moves Family Event To New Location By Francine Fulton
Christian Life Center’s Outbreak Youth Ministry will sponsor its sixth annual 5K run and 3K walk on Nov. 3 at the church’s campus in Lincoln University. Proceeds will benefit El Centro Youth Center and School, founded by CLC missionaries in Guatemala City.
Trinity Assembly of God (AG) will present a free Fall Festival on Friday, Oct. 26, from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Charles A. Melton Arts and Education Center, a nonprofit community center located at 501 E. Miner St., West Chester. The event will include a rock wall and children’s games, a costume contest, inflatables, free food and candy. “We’ve done this for the past five years, but (this will be) the first time in the Melton Center,” stated Trinity AG youth pastor Craig Dunaway. “ We wanted be more in the community and not just at our own place.” He added that moving the Fall Festival to the center will make it more easily accessible to the community. See Trinity AG pg 2
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will host Halloween Family Bingo on Friday, Oct. 26, from 6 to 8 p.m. Doors will open at 5 p.m. at the Schneider Parish Center, 2995 Cemetery Road, Parkesburg. Prizes for people of all ages will be awarded for cutest, most creative, scariest, and best themed costumes. There is a cost to attend. Refreshments will be available to purchase. To reserve tickets, readers may call 610-857-0511 or email Janice Dagney, OLC director of religious education, at jdagney@olcchurch.org. Tickets will be discounted when purchased in advance and full price at the door. For more information, readers may visit www.facebook.com/olc church and choose “Events.”