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SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 23
Same Mission, New Location BY COURTNEY MENGEL
hirteen years ago, Oak Hill Fellowship opened in Quarryville with the vision of sharing the Gospel with the Solanco community. Since then, the congregation has met in two different buildings before its most recent location at the former Zion United Church of Christ, 902 Winter Hill Road, Strasburg. However, that property was sold to another entity a couple months ago. Around the same time, the Mount Hope United Methodist Church congregation merged with Memorial United Methodist Church, 101 S. Hess St., Quarryville, which resulted in a vacancy at the former Mount Hope building and new home for Oak Hill Fellowship at 75 Mount Hope Road, Quarryville. This merger was completed on Aug. 29, and Oak Hill signed the lease on Sept. 7. According to Oak Hill pastor Ben Miller, the entire process was timed perfectly.
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“The fact that we can use this place for ministry to serve our community and our church members is a really important thing to us,” said Miller. “It’s a nice, central location to the people who are already part of our congregation but also to the area we want to reach.” Since moving to its previous location on Winter Hill Road, Oak Hill began reaching people in Strasburg, Lampeter, and Willow Street. People also come from Pequea and Holtwood. At its new Quarryville location, the congregation believes it can use the facility as a mission center for the church to continue reaching the Solanco area and beyond. “We believe at Oak Hill that the church is the people, not the building,” stated Miller. “No matter where we are, we are still here to serve both the people in our church and the people in our community the best way we possibly can. While big things are changing, the core of who we are is not changing.” See Oak Hills pg 3
Oak Hill Fellowship pastor Ben Miller
Recognizing Achievements At The Fair Walk To constructing some of the buildings End Human on the fairgrounds. He has spent Every year, hundreds of people his entire life in the lumber busiput time and effort into making the ness and has worked at Walter & Trafficking Solanco Fair a success. Two individ- Jackson’s Quarryville Lumberyard
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
BY COURTNEY MENGEL
uals had special roles at this year’s fair: Carl Hess and Irelyn Boos. Hess served as the grand marshal, and Irelyn was the winner of the fair book design competition. A Solanco High School graduate, Hess has been involved with the fair for 23 years and currently holds the position of director of commercial exhibits - a role he assumed in 2003 during his second year as president of the Solanco Fair Board. As the commercial exhibits director, Hess has assisted in designing and
According to Polaris, the nonprofit that operates the U.S. National Human Trafficking Hotline, 540 victims of human trafficking were identified in Pennsylvania in 2019. That same year, 524 phone calls, 104 webforms, 13 emails, 86 texts, and 19 webchats were made from Pennsylvania to the National Human Trafficking Hotline. See Freedom Walk pg 10
and Hardware store for 34 years. As grand marshal, Hess represented the fair and rode in the first vehicle at the parade. Having been a person who works behind the scenes for so long, Hess felt some hesitation about being in the spotlight. “I found out at the fair meeting,” explained Hess. “Someone made a nomination, someone seconded it, and that was it. I didn’t have time to think about it and say, ‘No, not me!’ But they’ve been after me for about three years.”
Carl Hess
Oxford UMC To Host Events . . . . . . . . . . .2 Solanco Inducts Hall-Of-Famers . . . . . . . . .2 Business Directory . . . . . .4 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 House Of Worship . . . . . .12 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . .13
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