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Exploring Food, Faith and FallRotary Festival Will Deliver Mennonite Traditions BY CAT SHANNON
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Shine Bright at Hope Within 5K BY CAT SHANNON
Support a local nonprofit, enjoy beautiful surroundings and get some exercise all at the same time by participating in the Hope Within Ministries’ Let Your Light Shine 5K Walk/ Run. The event will be held on
to elementary children attending public school during the school day,” explained Arlene Heistand, treasurer. “Trained volunteers engage the children in lively worship and Bible stories. Children and volunteers discuss how they can apply the Bible lessons in their lives and pray together.” Students are bussed from school to the host location, the one-room Rissers Schoolhouse, located on the property of Rissers Mennonite Church, 8360 Elizabethtown Road, Elizabethtown. Classes take place See Bible2School pg 2
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Saturday, July 19, beginning at 8 a.m. at Stone Gables Estate, 1 Hollinger Lane, Elizabethtown. “The idea came about as a means to represent what Hope Within Ministries is - a health care, dental and counseling center,” said Laurie Reichert, director of development for the See 5K pg 2
2024 MS FitEffect participants and trainers with program director Mark Mueller (far right)
MS FitEffect Puts Strength Into Motion explained. “We have sessions there are no two people who available Monday through Sat- share the same set of symptoms urday in the morning, afternoon at the same intensities with the and some evenings. It is based same presentation of symptoms.” While specifics vary for each on the participant’s and trainer’s participant, the program focuses availability.” on strength, stamina and stability for all sessions. “ We use a combination of “We meet each stretching, relaxation techniques, participant where they weight training, cardiovascular training, balance and gait training are at and move them and functional training,” Mark forward from there.” said. “We meet each participant where they are at and move them forward from there. We focus on As Mark shared, MS FitEffect is helping them achieve a better qualpersonalized. ity of life by working with them on “The program is different for activities of daily living that have everyone, as the trainer cus- become difficult for them.” tom-designs the program for the MS FitEffect is open to anyone particular participant,” he stated. with MS or any demyelinating “MS is different for everyone; disease.
The historic Star Barn will be one of the sights to see along the route of Hope Within Ministries’ Let Your Light Shine 5K.
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ark Mueller and his wife, Jackie, took a diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (MS) and turned it into an opportunity to help others. Jackie was diagnosed with MS in 1998, and the couple sought to treat the disease as naturally as possible, without medication. They experimented with nutrition and exercise to see what worked and what didn’t, and their research led to MS FitEffect, a free, 10-week program for people with MS. The next session will run from Saturday, Sept. 6, through Saturday, Nov. 15, at Elizabethtown Fitness Club, 626 S. Market St. “Each participant selects a time with their trainer for their private one-hour weekly session,” Mark
A World of Wonder Awaits Inside the Bookmobile
BY JEFF FALK
It ’s more than books on wheels. The Library System of Lancaster County’s (LSLC) bookmobile delivers knowledge, creativity, inspiration and joy. The bookmobile is kind of like a food truck serving up nourishment for the mind and soul. “Reading in general is very important,” said Audrey Lilley, the bookmobile’s driver, curator and full-time coordinator. “It’s important for kids to be reading. It’s important for them to
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Bible2School Will Launch New Season
be able to pick up a book and see characters who look like them. Reading can be inspirational, and with retirees, it kind of comes full circle. I think retirees can find comfort in reading. For all people in between, it’s a way to relax and unwind.” W h e n n o t o n t h e g o to multiple locations all across Lancaster County, Lilley parks the bookmobile at LSLC’s main office at 1866 Colonial Village Lane, Suite 107, Lancaster. The bookmobile is a 22-foot-long box truck with a single entrance
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Bible2School will kick off its new season in Elizabethtown on Tuesday, Sept. 30, and this year, a fourth-grade class has been added to the program. Classes will be offered on Tuesdays for second-graders from East High Elementary School and on Wednesdays beginning Oct. 1 for third- and fourth-graders from Bear Creek Elementary School. “Bible2School is a program that provides free elective Bible classes
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“The Rotary Fall Festival is a great opportunity for families to enjoy outdoor fun and learn more about the important organizations that help support the Lancaster community,” said Bill Weik, treasurer of the Rotary Club of Lancaster Sunrise. “They can see firsthand the positive results from organizations working together.” The festival will be held on Sunday, Sept. 28, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Aberdeen Acres, 495 Mark Drive, Elizabethtown. The Uptown Band will provide live music from noon to 6 p.m. A kids’ area and mechanical bull riding will be offered during the festival. “The Kids Zone is a combination of items from Big Bright Bounces in Elizabethtown - bounce house and 90-foot obstacle course,” Weik shared. “There will also be pony rides for the kids.” Hachet and ax throwing will be featured from noon to 5 p.m., and members of the Millersville University equestrian club will be on-site to provide riding demonstrations at 3 p.m. A silent auction will run from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and the event will feature a live auction portion beginning at 4:30 p.m. “We will have a food truck all day, and kids’ and adult beverages are provided by Altana,” Weik said. “Lori’s Lattes will also be on-site.” This is the club’s sixth fall festival, he noted, explaining that the event began during the pandemic after the club lost its two major fundraisers at the time
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ow does someone eat like a Mennonite? Find out when Marlene Epp, a professor from the University of Waterloo in Ontario, presents a talk on Mennonites and food, focusing on what food traditions tell us about faith and culture. She will speak on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 7 p.m. at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies, 400 Campus Road, Elizabethtown. Epp, a Mennonite historian, is the author of “Eating Like a Mennonite: Food and Community Across Borders.” “The book is about the role of food in religious group identity, ritual and service, drawing on her research in Canada, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Mexico and Paraguay,” said Steven Nolt, director of the Young Center and a history professor at the college. He
noted that at her talk, Epp will discuss the role of foodways in Anabaptist communities, past and present, and highlight the complex intersection of religion and culture in a global context. “For example, food and what people eat becomes a part of how they think about themselves as they immigrate from one continent or country to another and how they talk about their history,” he explained. “For religious communities, food is also central to service - people collect money for food relief or ship food to areas experiencing famine as part of their sense of extending compassion to others. In the Christian tradition, eating and drinking is woven into the rituals of communion, and in the Brethren tradition, the Love Feast includes an entire, albeit simple, meal.” Churches often compile and