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APRIL 21, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 18
A Timeless Message For Our Times Church Community Partners To Create Devotional BY ANN MEAD ASH
n the spring of 2020, after COVID-19 restrictions were in place, a group of pastors from Pequea Valley-area churches began meeting virtually, along with Adam Nagle, director of The Factory Ministries in Paradise. The idea was to share thoughts about what each was doing to help people deal with the uncertainties of the times. “I think (we wanted the) churches to be a voice of hope to the community in a time of chaos and insecurity,” said Greg Petersheim, executive pastor at Grace Point Church in Paradise and one of the authors of a new devotional that brought together writers from Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Gateway Church, Hershey Mennonite Church, Keystone Church, Maple Grove Mennonite Church, Ridgeview Mennonite Church, and Pequea Baptist Church, along with The Factory. “We wondered what we could do together with one voice to say there
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are promises you can rely on that stand true,” he shared. In January of 2021, the group began writing the devotional “Trust Me,” which is based on the promises of God found throughout the Bible. The devotional is available in booklet format and as emails delivered on Mondays through Fridays beginning April 5 and running through Friday, May 21. The idea of community was integral to the project from the beginning. “This felt like a way of saying, ‘It’s not just one of us. It is all of us,’” said Audrey Kanagy, pastor of Ridgeview Mennonite. Making that concept real included the devotional’s writers processing as a group why they were undertaking the project and what it would look like when completed. Nagle had experience writing a journal program that pulled together God’s promises, which was used to help organize the 23 writers to share their wisdom on God’s loving and unchanging nature, faithfulness, for-
giveness, and more. Kylie Stoltzfus, director of communications with The Factory, formatted the writings for email and the booklet. The booklet was printed by Factory Prints. Because the devotionals are timeless, the group brought them to the attention of Universal Bible, a phone app that could offer the writings to a worldwide audience. According to Scott Feather, pastor of Gateway Church in Parkesburg, the group is currently in the process of having its work added to the app. Nagle noted that there is beauty in the church community coming together during a time when division has been prevalent. “That’s the heart behind this,” said Tim Rogers, pastor of Grace Point. “The churches wanted to offer an alternative vision of what a community that heals should look like.” He believes that the group and the devotional draw attention to ways to move forward together that transcend division and worry. “The ‘Trust Me’
Pastors from a number of Pequea Valley-area churches began meeting virtually more than a year ago, and the group has now produced a devotional, “Trust Me.”
Rotary Bike More Than Cool - A Town For All Seasons Lititz Is The Perfect Place To Spend A Day Ride Planned Ludwig Von Zinzendorf, a Moravian preacher. The town For The The borough of Lititz, locat- has carefully worked the archied directly north of Lancaster tecture of the Moravian Community city, is a town still heavily Church, located at 8 Church BY ANN MEAD ASH
The Lancaster Sunrise Rotary has planned its 17th annual bicycle ride for 2021, dubbing it the Ride for the Community. Club member Steve Bareuther noted that in the wake of COVID-19 restrictions, the 2020 ride was postponed and then finally canceled, but this year, the ride is set to go live. See Bike Ride pg 5
influenced by the Moravian colony that once stood in its center. The community was founded in 1753 on nearly 500 acres that John George Klein, one of the area’s first residents, donated to Count Nicholas
Square, into newer buildings and successfully combined the past with quaint shops and attractive dining venues. The efforts helped earn Lititz the title of “America’s Coolest Small Town” back in 2013.
INSIDE THIS ISSUE LMHS To Present “All The World’s A Stage” . . . . . . . .2 Railroad Museum Sets Opening . . . . . . . . . .4 War Memorial To Host First May Market . . . . . . . .7 Business Directory . . . . . .8 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
See More Than Cool pg 9
In cold weather or warm, the town of Lititz has much to offer to visitors - beautiful surroundings, quaint shops, and interesting cuisine that combine to make Lititz a lovely place to spend a day.
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