Pequea Valley SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE: THE POINT TO PRESENT “AN EVENING WITH TIM TEBOW” page 6
VOL LV • NO 42
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
HOT MEAL
The Mission Committee of the Leacock Presbyterian Church,
ARTS AND CRAFTS
Stumptown Mennonite Church, 2813 Stumptown Road, Bird-in-Hand, will host a fall art and craft fair on Saturday, Oct. 12. Local crafters and artisans will sell handmade crafts from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Vendors will offer handbags, greeting cards, needlework, paintings, jewelry, and more. Table/vendor space is still available. Readers may contact the church office at 717-656-7878 or office@stumptown.church for more information. Food will also be sold, and proceeds from food sales will benefit a mission trip to Honduras in January.
VOLUNTEERS SOUGHT
is seeking volunteers to serve as tax preparers in the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program, which provides free tax preparation assistance to low-income families. Volunteers do not need tax experience. United Way will provide free training from November 2019 to January 2020 for those willing to volunteer. VITA requests four hours of volunteer time per week during tax season. The Factory Ministries will offer tax appointments on Tuesdays and Thursdays from Tuesday, Jan. 28, to Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Anyone who makes less than $62,000 may call 2-1-1 or visit www.FreeTaxPrepLancaster.org to schedule an appointment starting in January. To volunteer or learn more, contact Jesse Brubacher at Brubacher@UWLanc.org or visit the aforementioned website.
Girl Scouts Plan Information Night pg 3
School District Launches C.O.R.E. pg 3
BVI Schedules 60th Anniversary Banquet
Piercing Word To Perform At WordUP Ministries By Marcella Peyre-Ferry
Piercing Word will present “Parables of Jesus” at WordUP Community Ministries in Gap on Saturday, Sept. 21, at 6 p.m. The presentation will be free, with no need for advance reservations. The performance will feature parables from the Bible, such as the Sheep and the Shepherd, the Good Samaritan and the Prodigal Son. “It’s like the Scripture comes to life. It’s very moving to watch and see what they do,” said Lloyd Murphy, WordUP leadership board member. Piercing Word, which is based in Lancaster, performs dramatic and musical presentations using word-for-word text from the ESV translation of the Bible as the script. The group aims to entertain, inform and spread the Word of God, while promoting memorization of the Bible. “I love the visual of it. It’s an outreach to our community in Gap and the See Piercing Word pg 7
By Ann Mead Ash
“Our key words are accessibility, affordability, and adaptability as far as creating Gospel-rich materials and getting them out (to missionaries),” said Tom Luttmann, executive director of Bible Visuals International (BVI), 650 Main St., Akron. In employing those principles, Luttmann emphasized that the message is not compromised. “Jesus Christ - yesterday, today, and forever,” said Luttmann. “How we do what we do has changed, but not the message.” BVI will celebrate 60 years of supplying missionaries around the world with ways of delivering that message at the organization’s annual banquet at Shady Maple Smorgasboard, 129 Toddy Drive, East Earl, on Friday, Oct. 25, at 6 p.m. See BVI pg 14
Inviting the community to attend “Parables of Jesus” at WordUP Community Ministries in Gap on Sept. 21 are (from left) leadership board member Lloyd Murphy and lead follower Buck Mowday from WordUP and Piercing Word executive director Aaron House.
Garden Railways Tour To Support Museum
The Trust Announces 2019-20 Season By Ann Mead Ash
By Ann Mead Ash
“This will be our sixth season, and we will have six concerts,” said Jessica Pavelko, public relations and marketing director with The Trust Performing Arts Center, 37 N. Market St., Lancaster. “ We will have an assortment of concerts and theater.” The Trust season will kick off on Thursday, Oct. 3, with Mike Block, cellist and vocalist, and Sandeep Das, playing the tabla, a percussion instrument that originated in India. The pair met through The Silk Road Project coordinated by Yo-Yo Ma with the goal See The Trust pg 2
VOCES8 will play at The Trust Performing Arts Center on Feb. 13 and 14, 2020. The group will be among several guest performers at the venue during the upcoming season, which will kick off on Oct. 3 with cellist and vocalist Mike Block and percussionist Sandeep Das.
Located in the courtyard of the Aspen personal care building at Landis Homes is a miniature setting that is home to a steam engine, three diesels, a trolley, two train stations, and a number of houses, churches, and businesses. “We call it the Garden Railroad Village,” said Bob Landis, one of the members of the club that keeps the trains moving from spring to fall. The village will be one of 10 stops on the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania’s 13th annual Garden Railways Tour on Sunday, Oct. 6. The self-guided, See Garden Railways pg 5
Members of the Garden Railroad Village Club at Landis Homes include (from left) Dale Groff, Tom Burkins, Bob Landis, Bruce Allison, John Buckwalter, and Charlie Parmer. The village will be a stop on the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania’s Garden Railways Tour on Oct. 6. Ephrata
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