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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 40
Blessing The Community BY ANN MEAD ASH
e feed not only your body, but your soul,” said Deb Kuhn, who is active with the New Holland Church of the Nazarene’s King’s Closet ministry. Kuhn was referring to the outreach the church now holds on the first Saturday of each month, which provides food, clothing, and prayer to the community. “People can get a food box if that is all they need,” explained senior pastor Frank Short. “But we (also) have a team that will pray with them. We hand out Bibles if that’s something they need, and we also provide breakfast.” Kuhn and Short are enthusiastic about the monthly ministry the church, located at 428 Ranck Road, New Holland, began in June. By partnering with Blessings of Hope, the church has been able to distribute boxes of food to the community on the monthly outreach day. The next distribution will be held on Saturday, Oct. 1, from
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9 a.m. to noon. All families in the ELANCO area are welcome to participate. King’s Closet, a free clothing ministry, started opening those same hours on first Saturdays beginning Sept. 3. “The boxes are put together at Blessings of Hope,” explained Short. Blessings of Hope, a ministry that stores and redistributes food that would otherwise have been wasted, provides boxes of food to be handed out. “It’s a mixture of perishable and nonperishable items,” said Short, who noted that the items arrive in a refrigerated truck for food safety purposes. “There could be bacon, a gallon of milk, pudding mix, bread.” Short pointed out that while not every box contains exactly the same items, a lot of the same components are present. The church has been giving away more than 200 of the 30- to 40-pound boxes each month since the ministry began. Recently, a prayer station, free baked goods, and breakfast, which in September included a breakfast wrap, have been added.
Discover Denver Offers So Much To Do! BY ANN MEAD ASH
“(Discover Denver) started at the request of the community asking for things to do within the borough at a Visionary meeting,” reported Sandy Flory, one of the organizers of the event. Flory noted that the first Discover Denver day was held in 2018. This year’s Discover Denver, which is designed to promote and encourage visits to local businesses and organizations, will be held on Saturday, Oct. 8, with a variety of activities taking place around town. See Discover Denver pg 8
Working to distribute blessings in New Holland are (from left) Nevin Good, Patti Martin, Deb Kuhn, and Frank Short.
Celebrating Five Years Of Recovery
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12-Step Program Is Still Going Strong recovery program for individuals age 18 and up. ELANCO Karl Stoltzfus, one of the CR meets from 6:30 to 9 p.m. leaders of ELANCO Celebrate each Thursday at Petra Recovery (CR), is clear about Church, 565 Airport Road, why many attendees come to New Holland. “Honestly, I the weekly meetings. “Some don’t care why they’re here,” folks are here because a pro- Stoltzfus said. “We take the gram (they are taking part in) opportunity to make them says they need to be here,” he feel welcomed and at home said. “Others get to a place and comfortable.” where they want to try someELANCO CR celebrated its thing different.” fifth anniversary in SeptemStoltzfus is just glad that ber. The group is still supportattendees have made the ed by Petra Church, WeaverELANCO Celebrate Recovery volunteers dischoice to attend the 12-step, land Anabaptist Faith Complay chips that participants earn for specific Christ-centered discipleship munity, and Bethany Grace accomplishments. The program recently celeBY ANN MEAD ASH
brated its fifth anniversary.
See Celebrate Recovery pg 3
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