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Siloam Ethiopia will host a fundraiser meal at Ethiopian Evangelical Church, 175 Church St., Landisville, on Saturday, Nov. 19, from noon to 4:30 p.m. A variety of meals will be available to purchase for curbside pick up, and the funds raised from the event will support the organization’s free clinic in Harar, Ethiopia.

Each meal will include a choice of three different Ethiopian dishes, such as doro wat, a spicy chicken stew; misir wat, containing spiced red lentils; atakilt wat, a cabbage and potato stew; and kik alicha, a stew with split peas. Each meal will also be served with injera, a type of Ethiopian flatbread.

The clinic in Harar provides free medical services for people who are in need or homeless throughout the city. “The people of Lancaster have always been so generous in supporting our clinic,” said Wegayhu Ketema, co-founder of Siloam Ethiopia. “You can’t accomplish a big dream like this by yourself, and we’ve seen the heart that people in the area have through their continued support.”

Ketema grew up in Harar, where she lived in a one-bedroom house with her grandmother. Each morning, she would see a nurse passing by on the way to work and wished to someday become a nurse herself and in some way be able to support the people in her hometown. She became a licensed nurse while living in India in 1985 and moved many more times before coming to the United States in 1989, fleeing religious persecution in Kenya.

Ketema has lived in Lancaster for 34 years now and works as a nurse at Lancaster General Hospital. She co-founded Siloam Ethiopia in 2015, and over the last seven years she has helped dig multiple wells to provide clean water for those in Harar in addition to offering the free clinic. Ketema has received abundant support from many people in the Landisville community, and several local missionaries have taken trips to Ethiopia to assist with projects there. “We knew that people would support us here,” she said. “Our fundraisers have always been very successful and allowed us to continue our work in Harar.”

For more information on Siloam Ethiopia, visit https:// siloamethio.netlify.app/.

ASCENSION LUTHERAN CHURCH: 600 E. Penn Grant Rd., (Mailing: P.O. Box 635, Willow Street, 17584) 717-464-5683 Pastor: The Rev. Maureen L. Seifried

Worship w/Holy Communion: Saturday

Eve. 6 pm & Sunday 9:30 am. Livestreaming Visit: www.ascensionws.org

BETHEL CHURCH: 3716 Main Street, Conestoga. Sunday worship at 10:15 AM. Pastoral Team: Paul Weitzel, Kevin Kumher, and Jake Farnham. For more information, call 717-872-6755.

BREAKOUT MINISTRIES: SeniorPastors

Ron & Mary Buch; Sundays at 10am.

Contemporary worship & messages of freedom, healing, deliverance and discipleship. Children’s ministry includes nursery through Sr. High. Wednesday

Night Prayer Meeting 7-8pm; Check our web site for scheduled home bible studies.; JA Jesus based recovery meeting

Saturday 7-8:30p. Men and Women groups meet monthly. Family Fun

Night bi-monthly 6:30-9:00, Jr. and Sr.

High youth group meets alternating months. Local and International outreaches. Web site: www.breakoutministries.org or Call for details. 2400

Anita Court, Leola, PA 17540. Ph.: (717)656-8366

FAITH BIBLE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH: 151 Donnerville Rd., Lancaster (one block south of

Columbia Avenue). Pastor: Keith M. Long. 8:45 am Sunday School (with nursery and classes for children, youth and adults); 10:15 a.m. SundayWorship Service (with nursery and children’s church). Wed.: 6:30 p.m.

AWANA Clubs (K-6); Wed.: 6:30 pm Youth

Group 717-285-1900. www.faithbfc.com

GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH OF MILLERSVILLE

121 Walnut Hill Rd., Millersville. Sunday

Worship at 8:15 am & 10:45 am. Sunday

School for ALLAges at 9:45 am Phone: 717-872-4581 www.findgracehere.org

GRACE COMMUNITY CHURCH OF WIL-

LOW STREET: 212 Peach Bottom Rd.,

Willow Street. Pastor- Mike Sigman.

Weekend Worship: 6pm Saturday, Contemporary; Sunday Worship: 8 a.m.

Traditional; 9:15am & 11am Contemporary. Sunday Schl from infant-5th grade, meets simultaneously with 9:15 am & 11am Worship Services. GCC

Young Adults - Tues. 7 pm. Youth Ministry- Wed. 6:30 pm . Numerous Small

Groups. 717-464-5333 www.gccws.net info@gccws.net

HABECKER MENNONITE CHURCH: Come join our Christian community as we strive to follow the way of Jesus together! We are an intercultural congregation in Lancaster, PA, that gathers to worship One God in two languages,

English and Karen. Everyone is welcome! Sunday Worship: 10 am. Weekly youth group. Location: 451 Habecker

Church Road, Lancaster, PA 17603.

Website: http://habeckerchurch.com.

MARTICVILLE UMC:Located at 641 Marticville Rd. (Rt. 324) between New

Danville & Pequea. Pastor: Kevin Kresge. 9:30am worship service. Casual dress.

Nursery, handicap accessible. Visit us online:MarticvilleUMC.org

E-mail: info@marticvilleumc.org

MILLERSVILLE COMMUNITY UM CHURCH

We are learning to live, love & lead like

Jesus. Join us Sundays at 9:00 AM for

Traditional Worship at Grace Campus, 163 W Frederick St or at 10:30 AM for

Contemporary Worship at Hope Campus, 242 Bender Rd. A children’s message will be offered at both campuses.

On-line worship is offered at our website: MCchurch.net

Members of Siloam Ethiopia will use the funds raised from the event to support the organization’s free clinic in Harar, Ethiopia.

Delivering Christmas Joy

Local volunteers (from left) John Meshey, Josh Birk, Jeff Seibert and Ken Kramer with some of the items that will fill the Christmas Food Boxes

BY CATHY MOLITORIS

For 40 years, food boxes have been distributed to residents in need in the Columbia area, and the tradition will continue this year. Organized by the Columbia Lions Club and Sunsnappers, the Christmas Food Box Delivery will take place on Sunday, Dec. 18. Families may register online by visiting www.columbia lions.org/christmas, emailing ColumbiaChristmas FoodBoxes@gmail.com or calling 717-715-3592. The registration deadline is Friday, Dec. 2, or when the project reaches 600 families, so early registration is encouraged.

“This project started in 1982 with one box, and it evolved from that,” said Lions member John Meshey. “It’s about fulfilling a need in our community.”

It takes hundreds of volunteers to make the project possible, Meshey stated. The boxes will include essential holiday dinner items as well as additional groceries - a turkey, bread, milk, canned vegetables, cereals and more. The community is invited to help deliver the boxes on Dec. 18. Volunteer drivers should arrive at the Columbia Borough Fire Department, 726 Manor St., at