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JUNE 1, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIX • NO 6
American Idol Contestant To Perform At Wesley Church Event BY MARCELLA PEYRE-FERRY
Community members of all ages are invited to Wesley Church in Quarryville for Undivided, a free event featuring music and a message. Taking place on Wednesday, June 15, from 2 to 9 p.m., the event will be headlined by American Idol contestant Colton Dixon.
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more of what we would like to do. The whole building gives us an additional 3,000 square feet.” Currently, the SNMinistries building includes the food bank, warehouse space and two offices. The new building has three floors, and the first floor will be dedicated exclusively to the food bank. The second floor will offer room for seven offices, a conference room, a large program room and a commercial kitchen. The ministry plans to offer space to partnering organizations that currently offer resources in Lancaster city.
“We reach more children in the summer than during the school year because each week we are in a different location,” said Nadine Welk, children’s ministry specialist coordinator with Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF), perhaps best known for the Good News Clubs the organization runs after school. Over the summer, CEF organizes Five-Day Clubs, vacation Bible school (VBS) programs, and Good News Camps. This year, summer programs will be held at 17 locations in Lancaster County.
See Capital Campaign pg 3
See Good News Club pg 10
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n order to better serve its clients, including those who utilize the food pantry, Solanco Neighborhood Ministries (SNMinistries) will relocate to a new and larger facility at 14 S. Church St., Quarryville. The new site is more centrally located, offers ample parking and will include meeting space where classes and workshops will be offered. The organization recently kicked off a capital campaign to support
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Capital Campaign To Fund New Summer Of SNMinistries Community Center Good News the new Community Center. The theme of the campaign is “Faith.Community.Cares.” The kickoff event was held in Huffnagle Park, which is situated behind the new building. “We rent the space at 355 Buck Road in Quarryville near the Quarryville Library,” explained Teresa Dolan, SNMinistries executive director. “ We are moving about a mile down the road into Quarryville borough (to) the former Masonic Lodge. It is really exciting, and it will allow us to do so much
See Wesley Church pg 8
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Kicking off the capital campaign for the new community center are (from left) Andrew Gordon, Teresa Dolan and Tracy Fornwalt.
BY FRANCINE FULTON
Undivided originated last year as the idea of Wesley Church youth director Nathaniel Lacy. After seeing how much division was being generated during the COVID-19 pandemic, he wanted a way to reunite the community, particularly youths. “(Lacy) just really wanted to get young adults together to have a time of worship, have a speaker and have an artist. It’s really a community outreach,” said worship director Craig Deibler, who is organizing the event along with Lacy. “Wesley Church is hosting it, but it’s not for Wesley Church. We’re putting this on for the community and beyond.” Undivided was a great success last year, even though rain forced the event indoors. Organziers hope that the weather will be better this time. On the day of the event, a wide range of food will be available for purchase from food trucks that will be on-site from 2 to 5 p.m. There will also be plenty of free, waterthemed activities such as a water slide and a dunk tank.