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MARCH 26, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXI • NO 14
A chance to power up Faith-based sports camps scheduled BY ANN MEAD ASH
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hen young people ages 8 to 12 who attend Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) Power Camp asked for more sports to be offered at camp, area representatives Diana Roth, Kyle Martin, and Emily Johnson responded. This year, the New Holland camp will offer
Campers at Fellowship of Christian Athletes Power Camps practice athletic skills.
A supportive environment BASIS stands for Brothers And Sisters In Support. The ministry, which serves bereaved parents and grandparents, holds a number of area support groups, but once a year a special breakfast is held to give participants from around Lancaster County and others in the surrounding area who have experienced the loss of a child a chance to meet in a supportive environment. The 2025 BASIS Breakfast will be held at Yoder’s Restaurant & Buffet, 14 S. Tower Road, New Holland, on Saturday, April 26,
from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The buffet breakfast is free to attend. A freewill offering will be received near the end of the event. Those wishing to attend the breakfast must register by Monday, April 21, at www.hvmi.org/upcoming-events/ basis-breakfast. This year’s speaker will be Lynn Eib, whose talk is titled “ T h e Tr u t h A b o u t G r i e f.” Eib’s life as an award-winning reporter was interrupted by a cancer diagnosis in 1990 when she was only 36 years old. Her experience with surgery and chemotherapy inspired her to follow God’s call to begin the See BASIS pg 5
Bible study is an important part of Fellowship of Christian Athletes Power Camps.
Brethren in C hr ist C hurch, 54 N. Penryn Road, Manheim, from Monday, July 14, through Thursday, July 17. Roth said that the theme for this year ’s camps is “Glor y,” based on II Corinthians 3:18. The faith-based curriculum will focus on the question “What are you chasing?” by examining the quest for individual glory versus reflecting God’s glory. In addition to baseball and track and field, the New Holland camp will offer basketball, field hockey, flag football, lacrosse, and soccer. Roth and Martin are the camp directors. The Manheim camp, which is directed by Johnson, will offer baseball, basketball, field hockey, soccer, volleyball, and wrestling, in addition to lacrosse. Camps begin at 9 a.m. each day and run until 3:30 p.m. Lunch is provided. Each day has a different dress-up theme. Although the themes for this year’s camps have not been chosen, Roth noted See FCA pg 3
A place for seniors BY ANN MEAD ASH
Beth Coblentz (standing) directs activities at Terre Hill Area Senior Connections on Mondays and Thursdays.
Long before there was a Terre Hill Area Senior Connections group, there was a group of members of St. Paul’s United Methodist Church (UMC), 105 W. Main St., Terre Hill, who read a book called “Dream Like Jesus.” Led by pastor Dave Kling, the Dream Team, as the group came to be known, began musing about what the congregation could offer to the ELANCO area. “We started talking about this in June of 2023,” recalled Kling, who noted originally the process was supposed to take 15 months. See Seniors pg 4
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baseball and track and field in addition to five other sports, and the Manheim camp will offer lacrosse, in addition to six other sports. The New Holland Power Camp will be held at Petra Church, 565 Airport Road, New Holland, from Monday, June 16, to Thursday, June 19. The Manheim Power Camp will be held at Manheim