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IN THIS ISSUE: BRUNNERVILLE UMC WILL HOST BAZAAR page 6

DECEMBER 4, 2019

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL LX • NO 48

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Chester and Berks counties •Holiday Lights at Gring’s Mill, Reading - Thursdays through Sundays through Dec. 29 •Christmas at Joanna, Historic Joanna Furnace Iron Works, Geigertown - Dec. 6 to 8 •Christmas at Langoma, St. Mary of Providence, Elverson Dec. 14 Dauphin and Lebanon counties •“The Homecoming” at Hershey Area Playhouse - select dates from Dec. 5 to 15 •“Joy to the Burg: A Live Christmas Concert” at Rose Lehrman Performing Arts Center at HACC, Harrisburg - Dec. 8 •Wreaths Across America ceremony at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery - Dec. 14

Tour Of Homes Set In Manheim pg 2

Lititz United Methodist Church (LUMC), 201 Market St., Lititz, will host its eighth annual Simply Christmas Celebration on Sunday, Dec. 8, from 4 to 7:30 p.m. Simply Christmas is a simple, old-fashioned celebration of the birth of Christ that offers activities for young and old alike. “It’s a God-inspired evening meant to intentionally slow people down (so they might) enjoy the true spirit of Christmas and spend time with family and friends and new acquaintances,” said Simply Christmas coordinator Patti Bergman. “Sometimes we can get so caught up in all the details of Christmas, we

totally miss the love and joy of the season,” she noted. “Over the years, many families have shared that this special celebration has become an annual tradition.” Simply Christmas includes games, crafts, cookie decorating, and plenty of free food. Returning this year will be themed Christmas rooms with a decorated miniature Christmas Village, trains, and more. Children who visit often enjoy the special Gift of the Magi room, which provides them with a chance to pick out free gifts for parents or guardians. Free wrapping is offered. S’mores by the fire will also be served. See Simply Christmas pg 10

Area children enjoy a story time at a previous celebration of Simply Christmas. This year’s event will be held on Dec. 8 beginning at 4 p.m. at Lititz United Methodist Church.

Journey To Bethlehem Continues Annual Show Will Celebrate 15 Years Of Granting Wishes By Ann Mead Ash

•Performance of Handel’s “Messiah,” Memorial United Methodist Church, Quarryville Dec. 15 York County •Christmas Magic - A Festival of Lights, Rocky Ridge County Park, York - through Dec. 31 •The Midstate Ballet of Greater York Dance’s “The Nutcracker,” Appell Center, York Dec. 15

The ninth Journey to Bethlehem, an interactive live Nativity presentation, will be held at Woodcrest Retreat Center, Ephrata, on Dec. 13, 14, 20, and 21.

•Winter walks at Gifford Pinchot State Park, Lewisberry select dates starting Dec. 20

Adam Fox, summer camp director at Woodcrest Retreat, has been involved in the annual Journey to Bethlehem - an

By Ann Mead Ash

interactive Nativity held at the camp - for six years, but some parts of the program still amaze him. “I still get that sense of awe when the angels appear, (even though) I know it’s going to happen,” See Journey To Bethlehem pg 6

Lisa Kalinowski, founder of CoJoMotion Dance Company of the Lititz Academy of Dance and the organizer of “A Season for Wishes,” is getting prepared for the 15th annual “A Season for Wishes” event this year. “I am getting super excited for it,” said Kalinowski, whose past efforts have raised more than $330,000 to help grant nearly 50 wishes for area Make-A-Wish children. The 2019 presentation of “A Season for Wishes” will take place at Manheim Township High School, 115 Blue Streak Blvd., Lancaster, on Saturday, Dec. 7, beginning at 6 p.m. All proceeds from See “A Season For Wishes” pg 8

Dancers with CoJoMotion Dance Company are preparing to stage the 15th annual “A Season for Wishes” at Manheim Township High School on Dec. 7 beginning at 6 p.m. Funds raised by the event will be donated to Make-A-Wish Philadelphia, Delaware, and Susquehanna Valley to help grant the wishes of seriously ill children.

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•Gifts That Give Hope Lancaster Alternative Gift Fair, The Junction Center, Manheim Dec. 7

Library Slates Train Display pg 3

“Simply Christmas” Will Return To LUMC

Lancaster County •The Train Guys’ holiday train display at Elizabethtown Public Library - select dates in December

Servant Stage Plans “Joy To The World” pg 3


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