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Hempfield To Host Holiday Shoppe

The skills and interests of Hempfield School District students will be on display during the Hempfield Holiday Shoppe, set to take place on Friday, Dec. 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. It will be set up in the Franklin Gymnasium at Hempfield High School, 200 Stanley Ave., Landisville.

Students from the district’s elementary, middle, and high schools participate in the event. The shop is special to those involved, as it extends beyond the processes of classroom learning by providing community interaction and skill-building opportunities all while showcasing student strengths and skill sets.

This year’s event will feature the

largest number of participating mini-businesses in the Holiday Shoppe’s 10-year history, with 22 student-run mini-businesses slated to take part. Crafts that will be sold include holiday ornaments, home decor, hand-painted cookie plates, pine centerpieces, magnets, natural wood tic-tac-toe boards, and notecards and notepads.

Zyler H., a student whose group will sell trees and snowmen this year, shared that he appreciates looking at “all the cool things” at the Holiday Shoppe. “You can shop while you’re there,” he said of the participating students. Shoppers who appreciate the facial expressions on the snowmen at Zyler’s mini-business may want to let him know, as he helped to add faces to the products.

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East Petersburg PTO Hosts Fun Run

On Oct. 17, almost 500 East Petersburg Elementary School students participated in a fun run to raise money for enrichment activities and supplies.

The event was hosted by the East Petersburg Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) and was sponsored by 17 local businesses, including Son’s Ice Cream, Plaskolite MXL, S. Clyde Weaver, Sporting Valley Turf Farms, Ayers Accounting, S.C. Poultry, and Lancaster County Motors Subaru.

The fun run included optional obstacles, fun music, and an opportunity to “race a firefighter”

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Without hope, there is nothing. Services that provide hope where there once was none or little can be life changing.

Now I Can Foundation deals in the business of hope.

“Only God can make miracles happen,” said Allison Ebersole, Now I Can’s executive director.

Saturday With Santa Event Planned

West Hempfield Fire & Rescue, 3476 Marietta Ave., Lancaster, will present Saturday with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Photos with Santa will be by donation. Every child will receive a special token from Santa himself.

Also as part of the event, attendees will be able to shop from vendors, mail a letter to the elves at the North Pole, take part in holiday crafts, learn holiday fire safety tips and enjoy free cookies. The event will benefit the volunteer fire department. Funds will be used for new firefighter gear, equipment, training and basic

building maintenance. In addition to this event, Tara Moyer, the department’s event coordinator, was able to host a holiday bus trip to New York City. With profits from the sold-out trip, the department was able to help four families within the Hempfield School District with Thanksgiving meals, assist two families who recently went through tragedy with their Christmas wish list and sponsor 15 additional children to help brighten their holidays.

For more information on Saturday with Santa, visit www.facebook.com/ westhempfieldfire.

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Student Aidan D. is a veteran of the Holiday Shoppe. “I’ve done this for a long time,” he said, noting that one of his favorite parts of the event itself is seeing old friends and especially his sister.

“When I see her,” he noted, “I give her a big hug.” The mini-business operated by Aidan and his classmates will sell snowman ornaments and other ornaments. “I like making all the snowmen,” said Aidan, noting that everyone has a part in making the craft.

“(At) one of the stations, we have to put wooden balls on a metal stick,” he explained, calling the process “fun work.”

school, as well. He is looking forward to selling items such as ornaments, snowmen, reindeer, and painted rocks at the upcoming event.

The students officially began preparing for the event in September. Each year, they hold classroom meetings to decide what to sell, and they review sales from previous years and decide what materials they need to buy. Some students experiment with preparing and selling new products each year via their mini-businesses, and some offer the same types of products from year to year, having found a niche that works for them and that the customers love.

The cash-only event is open to members of the community. The Holiday Shoppe draws students, district staff members, and community members, along with people visiting from outside Lancaster County.

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Connery P., another student returning to participate in the Holiday Shoppe, noted that she gets to see friends from current classes and former classes at the event. She enjoys many components of the experience, including “making money and seeing my friends and going shopping.” She also thrives while talking to customers and selling products, which this year will include gnomes that she helped to paint.

Students representing many of the mini-businesses work year round on their projects, incorporating math skills and critical thinking skills into their work and also enhancing interpersonal skills.

According to student Sean C., handling money at last year’s Holiday Shoppe helped him improve his math skills, and he and his classmates have worked on related skills during

Representatives from the Hempfield Foundation will be available wrap gifts. Donations will be accepted and will benefit the Help Thy Neighbor fund, a program that was started in 2009 to support families in the school district that are experiencing financial difficulty.

The profits from the Holiday Shoppe benefit extracurricular activities and items for the district’s classrooms, such as field trips, classroom events, and school supplies. Students also use some of the profits to fund next year’s product.

Historical Society Posts Open House

The East Petersburg Historical Society will host a Christmas open house on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 5 to 8 p.m. in the Daniel Wolf House, which will be decorated for the holiday. The house is located at 1905 State St., East Petersburg.

The event will include refreshments; an electric train display; a silent auction; music; and a display of East Petersburg artifacts, documents and historic photographs. At the gift shop, visitors will find a variety of items, including wooden replicas of local historical buildings, artwork by Dorothy Hollinger, old calendars with historic photographs, fraktur, East Petersburg Historical Society T-shirts and East Petersburg afghans. There will be a silent auction offering paintings from a local artist and donations from East

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Church Plans Christmas Programs

from the East Petersburg Fire Company No. 23. The fun run raised just over $30,000 for field trips, enrichment tools and activities, and assemblies. With 47% of children who attend the school being economically disadvantaged, the fundraiser is essential to promoting equitable learning opportunities for all students.

Denise Porambo, an East Petersburg Elementary School alumna who currently works for new sponsor Plaskolite MXL, shared her company’s reason for supporting the event. “Plaskolite MXL was thrilled to be able to help support our local elementary school

and support the students this year,” she stated. “It’s great when a community can come together and provide opportunities for our young children to experience a year full of stimulating learning and have fun while doing it. We were happy to contribute.”

PTO volunteers arranged a school glow party, free Italian ice donated by Son’s, and a special assembly to celebrate the entire school’s achievement.

The school hosts smaller events and activities throughout the school year. For more information, contact the PTO at epes.pto@ gmail.com.

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Additional parking will be available at the church across Lemon Street from the Daniel Wolf House. In addition, the East Petersburg Historical Society offers programs during its monthly meetings. The society is in need of people who have lived the history of the area and are willing to share their

interesting stories of past experiences, past public events and their knowledge of the East Petersburg Borough. Those who are interested in becoming a program speaker or may be aware of anyone who is willing to speak are asked to send a message at www.eastpetehistory.org or www.facebook.com/ EastPeteHistory.

Church of the Apostles United Church of Christ (UCC), 1850 Marietta Ave., Lancaster, invites the community to celebrate Christmas at its upcoming events.

A Children’s Christmas Celebration will be held on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 10 a.m. The event will include a short, kid-friendly Christmas service; games and crafts; cookies and hot cocoa; and a visit from Santa. Registration is encouraged.

Carols of Comfort and Hope, an online service, will be available to stream on Facebook and YouTube beginning Monday, Dec. 15. The service will be avail-

Christmas Concert and Carol Sing Set

The Mountville Welfare Association will sponsor a community Christmas concert and carol sing at the Mountville Church of the Brethren, 60 Clay St., Mountville, on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 2:30 p.m.

The Bainbridge Band, directed by Phil Smith, will play Christmas arrangements and accompany the Christmas carol sing.

The concert is free, and the church is handicapped-accessible.

able on demand throughout the season for those who may experience grief, loneliness, or tension during the holidays or for anyone who appreciates a quieter, more reflective worship experience. The service will offer music, Scripture, and space for peace and healing.

A Christmas Hymn Sing will take place on Sunday, Dec. 21, at 3 p.m. Music director Lars Potteiger will lead attendees in singing carols. The hymn sing will be followed by light refreshments provided by the church’s adult choir.

The church’s traditional Christmas Eve services will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 24. A service with Commu-

nion will take place at 3 p.m., and a candlelight service will take place at 7 p.m. Both services will include Scripture, music, and a message of hope and love.

For more information, visit www.apostlesucc.org or contact the church office at office@apostlesucc.org.

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Now I Can

“But we’re helping make miracles happen, and we’re giving families hope. The sooner we can (start working with) kids, the better chance we have of making a change.”

Located at 100 W. Millport Road, Lititz, Now I Can Foundation Northeast aims to provide hope to families with children disabled by disorders like cerebral palsy, spina bifida and other gross motor delays and genetic conditions. The results don’t lie.

“Some of our patients come in not walking. Some leave walking. Some leave running,” said Ebersole. “I love being able to see the change that the therapists can make. I like being able to connect with families. I love when moms cry, because that was me with my daughter. They’re tears of happiness. Until you live it, you can’t understand it. I’ve been in a similar boat for 16 years.”

At Now I Can, pediatric patients condense 57 hours of physical therapy into a three-week period, something like four hours a day, five days a week, depending upon the age of the patient and the condition. Many traditional models offer 40 hours of physical therapy a year45-minute sessions once a week for 48 weeks.

“Children with neurological challenges need repetitions and they need thousands of repetitions,” said Ebersole. “It’s that concentrated effort that makes a difference. It’s teaching the brain new paths to do things in a different way.”

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The secret to the Now I Can Foundation’s success is the relatively basic concept of intensive physical therapy. It’s similar to regular physical therapy, only ramped up a few intensity notches.

Now I Can’s intensive physical therapy is designed for patients between the ages of 10 months and 18 years. Partly due to the intensive nature of the therapy, Now I Can treats between two and eight patients during any three-week time frame.

Those patients reside in Lancaster County and the surrounding counties of Lebanon, York, Dauphin and Bucks. Thirty percent of Now I Can’s kids come from outside of Pennsylvania.

Among the 10 individuals that Now I Can employs, two practice physical therapy on a fulltime basis, and two practice it on a part-time basis.

The foundation accepts insurance and makes grants available to families that apply and meet eligibility requirements.

“They are children whose parents have hope for them to be able to reach goals others have thought impossible for them,” said Ebersole. “There are very few providers who use intensive physical therapy around. We’re the only one in the state of Pennsylvania. There’s an extreme need for it. One of the biggest problems we have is that locally people don’t know that we exist. To me, that’s a really big issue. As much as we want to help the world, we really want to help local families.”

Now I Can Foundation Northeast opened its doors in 2022 after borrowing some of its treatment models from Now I Can Foundation in Orem, Utah. Ebersole’s daughter Lauren, now 16, made significant progress in her experience with cerebral palsy during family visits to Now I Can in Utah when she was younger.

“This year is a pivotal year for (Now I Can) because we’ve really been growing,” said Ebersole. “Each year we’ve been growing, and we have tons of space. We’re looking to add more therapists so we can treat more kids. We want to help kids with disabilities reach their full potentials.”

For additional information, go to www .nowican.org.

“When some of our patients come here, they can’t do certain things,” said Ebersole. “When they’re here, we hear kids say, ‘Now I can.’ We hear it from parents too. We have kids coming here needing walkers and then not having to use walkers anymore.”

Lancaster Chamber Singers To Perform Christmas Concerts

The Lancaster Chamber Singers will perform Christmas concerts on Saturday, Dec. 6, at 2 p.m. at Christ Church United Church of Christ, 247 S. Market St., Elizabethtown, and on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 3 p.m. at St. Edward’s Episcopal Church, 2453 Harrisburg Pike, Lancaster.

The program will feature beloved carols, baroque masterpieces, memorable new compositions, and a sing-along opportunity for the audience.

This year, the group is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of American composer Alice Parker and will perform her arrangements of the

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classic carols “God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen,” “Fum, Fum, Fum,” and “I Saw Three Ships.” The singers will also present their first performance of a new setting of Robert Frost’s poem “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” composed by Eric Whitacre, and the world premiere of “Peace Forever Shall Reign,” a

new composition by local composer and Lancaster Chamber Singers member Lyndon Gehman.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.lancasterchamber singers.org. Tickets will be available at a discount if purchased before noon on Friday, Dec. 5, and people age 18 and under will receive free tickets.

DCA and Lions Club Set Food Drive

Members of the Dayspring Christian Academy (DCA) chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS) will partner with the Mountville Lions Club for the fifth annual food drive to benefit the Columbia Food Bank. Local residents are encouraged to stop by the Mountville Church of the Brethren, 60 Clay St., Mountville, on Friday, Dec. 5, from 8 to 11:30 a.m. to help fill the donation truck with nonperishable goods. In the case of snow, the food drive will be held on Friday, Dec. 12. Members of Dayspring’s NHS chapter, as well as the Mountville Lions Club, will be on hand to help unload donations.

Donations that will be accepted include unexpired nonperishables, such as canned fruits, vegetables, soups, meats, peanut

butter, jelly, pasta sauce, and boxed cereal.

DCA students will collect food in their classrooms between Dec. 1 and 5.

Classes that collect an average of four items per student will be eligible for a dress-down day later in the school year. The class with the highest average of donated items will receive a pizza party.

Last year, Dayspring’s NHS members collected more than 2,200 pounds of food for the Columbia Food Bank. The food bank’s mission is to help end food insecurity in Lancaster County. Since January 2010, the Columbia Food Bank has served more than 35,000 people, assisting over 17,000 households in areas such as Columbia, Mountville, West Hempfield Township, and Manor Township.

Global Disciples Names New CEO

Church Sets Concerts

First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange St., Lancaster, will present a concert, “Organic Reflections: O Come, Emmanuel” on First Friday, Dec. 5, at 8 p.m. Doors will open at 7:30 p.m. The 30-minute program will feature organist Larry Hershey and trumpeter Doug Albert. The concert will include “Sleepers, Awake!” by Johann Sebastian Bach and the well-known “Ave Maria” by Franz Schubert. The audience will join in “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel,” and the program will conclude with Christina Harmon’s arrangement of “Joy to the World,” highlighting Albert playing the piccolo trumpet.

The concert is free and open to the public.

The Heritage Chorale of Lancaster will present “In the Bleak Midwinter” at the church on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 4 p.m. The concert will include “In

the Bleak Midwinter,” arranged by Dan Forrest; “Sussex Carol,” arranged by Elaine Hagenberg; “Silent Night” by Philip Stopford; “Glow” by Eric Whitacre; “African Noel” by Andre J. Thomas; “All Bells in Paradise” by John Rutter; “Sing We Now of Christmas,” arranged by Fred Prentice; “Light the Legend” by Michael Isaacson; “What Is This Lovely Fragrance,” arranged by Healey Willan; “Deck the Halls,” arranged by Parker & Shaw; “The Little Road to Bethlehem” by Michael Head; “The Yearning” by Craig Courtney; and other sounds of the season.

Jessica Kistler, a wellknown local flautist, and Andrew Pickett, percussionist and chorale member, will accompany the chorale on several pieces.

For more information on the concerts, contact the church office at 717-397-5149.

René Dekker, a Netherlands native, was recently named CEO of Global Disciples, an international missions organization focused on the third of the world that has yet to hear the Gospel of Jesus. ‚Ä®From 2021 to earlier this year, Dekker served as the lead pastor of the Evangelical Church of Bangkok (ECB), Thailand - an international church with over 70 nationalities. For the three years prior, he was ECB’s executive and worship pastor. Dekker also has 20 years of experience as an international business leader working in finance, strategic planning and implementation, business development, and organizational leadership for various international organizations, including Synova, Nidera, Sara Lee, and Eli Lilly. He holds a master’s degree in business economics from Erasmus University in the Netherlands, as well as a master’s degree in ministry leadership from Crown College in Minnesota.

Dekker was unanimously approved by the global board of directors to lead the missions organization, which provides locally sustainable discipleship training in more than 70 countries. In Global Disciples’ last reporting year, over 30,000 disciple-makers were trained, resulting in more than 75,000 new believers established in fellowships around the world.

ENB Announces Letters to Santa Contest

Ephrata National Bank (ENB) has announced the three finalists for its fifth annual Letters to Santa Contest, an initiative created to support and celebrate the nonprofit organizations making a meaningful difference across the communities ENB serves.

Each year, Letters to Santa invites community members to nominate their favorite 501(c)(3) organizations by submitting a letter describing the impact the organization has on the lives of others. Entries include stories of hope, service, education and support, reflecting the many ways nonprofits strengthen Lancaster, Lebanon and Berks counties.

After receiving and reviewing the first 50 eligible submissions, ENB’s internal judging committee evaluated entries based on story impact and the potential impact of a financial gift.

The first entry that has been selected as one of this year’s finalists is One Luv Outreach. Based in Reading, the nonprofit aims to bring “love and light” to the community through weekly family-friendly gatherings and weekly distributions of essentials, including food, clothing, toiletries and toys. The outreach is rooted in Christian faith and emphasizes sharing hope through the Gospel.

The second finalist is Milagro House. Located in Lancaster, Milagro House empowers women with children who are experienc-

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ing homelessness through a holistic, two-generational model. Its core programs include residential housing, education, life-skills training and intensive case management. Since education is central, Milagro House supports mothers working on their GED or pursuing postsecondary education to break the cycle of poverty.

Green Meadow Farm in Leola is the third finalist. The farm provides free, individualized mentoring and equine-assisted lessons to children and teens who have experienced trauma or emotional hardship. Through interaction with horses and farm life, the organization aims to bring healing, trust, responsibility and renewal, all grounded in Christian faith.

Community members are encouraged to visit the ENB Letters to Santa Contest Page at https://santa.epnb .com to read the finalists’ letters, view accompanying photos and cast their vote for the organization they believe deserves a special holiday gift. Public voting will remain open through Monday, Dec. 8, and the organization receiving the highest number of votes will be named the first prize winner.

This year’s prizes are $15,000, first place; $5,000, second place; and $3,000, third place.

Winners will be notified on Tuesday, Dec. 9, and an official announcement will be shared on ENB’s social media channels by early January 2026.

Named to the Team of the Week

Jacob Karkoska of Mountville, a member of the Lebanon Valley College (LVC) football team, was named to the D3football. com Team of the Week for the week ending Oct. 19.

The junior had a careerhigh eight tackles with all eight being solo stops in an LVC win over Widener. The linebacker had a 10-yard sack and led a

strong defensive effort that allowed just 166 yards of total offense. The Dutchmen limited the Pride to 57 rushing yards and eight first downs. This is the first weekly award for Karkoska in his career. Karkoska, a graduate of Hempfield High School, is pursuing a bachelor of science in health and physical education at LVC

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Bird Club Posts Program, Meeting

The Lancaster County Bird Club (LCBC) has posted an upcoming special program and meeting.

The program will take place on Wednesday, Dec. 10, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Middle Creek Wildlife Management Area Visitor Center, 100 Museum Road, Stevens.

Ted Nichols, LCBC president, will present “It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year - Christmas Bird Count Season!”

The Christmas Bird Count (CBC), the world’s longest-running citizen science survey, began in 1900 as a new tradition to replace Christmas “side hunts,” where participants competed to see how many birds they could kill. The Lititz Christmas Bird Count, which covers Middle Creek and the surrounding area, dates to 1905, even before Middle Creek existed.

Nichols, who has been the compiler for the Lititz CBC since 2017, will share how the CBC brings bird enthusiasts together to celebrate conservation and community. He will also tell about the CBC’s origins, its influence on birding in Lancaster County and beyond, and how bird occurrences in this area have evolved since the first count was conducted.

The program is free and open to the public. For information, call Nichols at 717-856-3851.

The club will meet on Thursday, Dec. 11, at 7 p.m. at the North Museum of Nature and Science, 400 College Ave., Lancaster. Jeff Larkin and graduate students from Indiana University of Pennsylvania will present “Ornithology Research Update: Forest Birds.”

Larkin will introduce two of his graduate students, who will report on their master’s level research on ovenbirds and whip-poor-wills. Colin Lynch will present on his studies of the effects of forest structure on ovenbird abundance using LiDAR data. Nick Logan will discuss his use of autonomous recording units and a machine learning classifier to study the relationship between whip-poor-will abundance and time since prescribed fire. These research findings are part of a long-term ongoing effort to better understand the factors that affect the occupancy and abundance of at-risk species and diverse eastern forest bird communities.

Larkin is a biology professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and an American Bird Conservancy forest bird adviser.

The meeting is free and open to the public. For more information, call 717-856-3851 or 717-725-2717.

Heritage Chorale Sets Winter Concerts

The Heritage Chorale of Lancaster will present its winter concert program, “In the Bleak Midwinter,” on Sunday, Dec. 7, at 4 p.m. at First Reformed Church, 40 E. Orange St., Lancaster; Sunday, Dec. 14, at 3 p.m. at Highland Presbyterian Church, 500 E. Roseville Road, Lancaster; and Sunday, Jan. 4, at 4 p.m. at Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, 3131 Columbia Ave., Lancaster.

The chorale will celebrate its 31st year with a program of songs chosen by artistic director Barry L. Sawyer. The selections will include “Sussex Carol” arranged by Elaine Hagenberg, “Silent Night” by Philip Stopford, “Glow” by Eric Whitacre, “African Noel” by Andre J. Thomas, “All Bells in Paradise” by John Rutter, “Sing We Now of Christmas” arranged by Fred Prentice, “Deck the Halls” arranged by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw, and other holiday songs and carols. Jordan Groh

will be the accompanist. Admission is free, and no tickets or reservations are required. Freewill offerings will be accepted.

Founded in 1994, The Heritage Chorale of Lancaster is a volunteer, nonprofit group of singers dedicated to excellence in the choral art form. With a repertoire spanning the 16th through 21st centuries and encompassing both a cappella and accompanied works, the chorale has performed at Colonial Williamsburg, Longwood Gardens, the Washington National Cathedral, and churches and historical institutions throughout the Lancaster County area. The chorale presents two programs each year - one in the spring and one at Christmas. For more information about the chorale, visit https://theheritage chorale.org/ or email info@ theheritagechorale.org.

Local Author Slates

Book Launch

Marichelle Roque-Lutz, a resident of New Holland, has written “The House by the Beach.” The novel, based on Roque-Lutz’s family on her mother’s side, mixes fiction and truth and is set in Cuyo, an island in the Philippines.

For more information about the LCBC, visit www.lancasterbirdclub. org, www.facebook.com/ lancasterbirdclub, or www.instagram.com/ lancasterbirdclub.

The story spans four generations, starting in the final years of Spanish rule and ending in the 1960s, and is a portrait of a family’s love, sacrifice, and enduring struggle to make sense of its past.

At the center of the story is Carlos, a man whose actions leave a trail of

pain, misery, and consequences that his family has to carry. Lupe, a daughter who immigrates to the U.S., endeavors to write her family’s story and deal with her father’s complexities as she builds a new life in Manheim Township.

“The House by the Beach” is on its second printing. People may purchase copies of the book during a book launch and signing at Community Mennonite Church, 325 W. Orange St., Lancaster, on First Friday, Dec. 5, starting at 7 p.m.