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MARCH 3, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXII • NO 3
Dayspring To Welcome Metaxas And Cahn Remember America Series To Debut Interview Format BY ANN MEAD ASH
The proposed entrance to United Zion Retirement Community (main photo) will welcome visitors to the reception area, where the new chapel (inset photo) will greet them in the former activity center area. Construction is scheduled to begin this month.
Putting The Chapel At The Heart BY ANN MEAD ASH
egan Weiss, director of marketing and development for United Zion Retirement Community (UZRC), cannot contain her exuberance over the remodeling project the organization is preparing to undertake. “I am just so excited for this project,” she said. “It is going to be so great for the residents.” The project, scheduled to begin in March, will relocate the UZRC chapel from its present spot near the Lexington apartments and Lexington dining room to the current activity room just behind the reception area. “The change here is that the chapel will now be right in the heart of the home and right as you come in the main entrance,” Weiss explained. The construction will also include a porte cochere outside the reception area to provide shelter for those entering the building. “(The chapel) really gives residents and their families a space to gather as a community; to explore and feel comforted by their faith; to enjoy music, performances, and education talks,” said Weiss. The new chapel, which will seat about
“I am just so excited for this project.. It is going to be so great for the residents.” “Leadership and the board began discussing how we could best use the space this freed up as well as address the space concerns with the chapel,” she said, noting that the chapel is phase two of a two-year project that previously enlarged dining space for personal care and residential living. The current chapel was built 50 years ago, when the organization served only about half the 170 resi-
dents it does today. The renovations will offer a larger worship space and lobby improvements to cut down on drafts and discomfort when entering and exiting, but it will not change the footprint of the building. To accumulate the $1 million necessary to complete the project, UZRC has begun a fundraising campaign called Heart of the Home. UZRC is a Life Plan Community located at 722 Furnace Hills Pike, Lititz. The home’s history dates back more than 100 years to a time when a local family began taking in area residents in need in accordance with the family’s Christian faith. That faith is still in evidence today, according to UZRC resident Betty Pesce, who said, “The chapel is a place we can connect more intimately with our God, and at this time in our lives that connection and closeness with Christ becomes even more important.” Paul Risk Construction has been contracted to complete the project. Readers who would like to know more about the Heart of the Home campaign may visit www.uzrc.org/giving/heart or email marketing@uzrc.org.
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Eric Metaxas
Jonathan Cahn
See Dayspring pg 5
Celebrating People With Special Needs
INSIDE THIS ISSUE Spring Course Options Slated . . . . . . . . .2
BY CATHY MOLITORIS
Luthercare Honors Health Workers . . . . . . . . .3
For the past five years, the coordinators of Night to Shine, Lancaster Collaboration have had to change the location of the event to accommodate an ever-growing number of guests. This year, they had to completely revamp the celebration, but it still offered a fun night out - and in. The Night to Shine is an annual event sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation to give people with special needs a prom experience.
Ease The Burden: Local Orginizations To Focus On School/ Community Service . . . . .4 House Of Worship . . . . . . .8 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . . . .9
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125, will be used regularly for daily devotions, Sunday worship services, Bible study, and choir. Weiss credited current UZRC CEO Sue Verdegem with the vision for the project. “The fact that we had outgrown the chapel space has been discussed for at least the last couple years,” said Weiss, who referenced the need to complete a recent renovation to the health care area of the community before beginning this project.
For 2021, Dayspring Christian Academy has chosen the theme “Return to the Foundation: Reviving the Seed of Our Nation” for its 11th Remember America Speaker Series event. Dayspring has also chosen to change its presentation format from individual speakers to an in-depth interview between two well-known authors. “Our events have always had a strong spiritual foundation, but we really sensed that the Lord was taking the lid off that this year,” said Dayspring headmaster Mike Myers. “The focus will truly be on revival for America.” Remember America, which will feature author and radio host Eric Metaxas interviewing pastor and author Jonathan Cahn, will be held on Saturday, May 1, at the Lancaster County Convention Center. Tickets to the livestreamed event are available on a pay-what-you-can basis.
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