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NOVEMBER 16, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIX • NO 28
Wesley UMC Posts Holiday Bazaar And Christmas Pageant BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
esley United Methodist Church (UMC), 40 W. Main St., Strasburg, will host a holiday bazaar and cookie sale on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Members of the congregation will sell various Christmas items such as decorations and ornaments during the free-to-attend event. The bazaar is a new addition to Wesley UMC’s tradition of holding a yearly cookie sale. “We were cleaning out decorations from storage at the church and the idea blossomed from there,” said Kay Graybill, an organizer of the event. Church members will sell a variety of homemade cookies during the bazaar, including the community favorite sand tarts. Last year, the vendors sold out of cookies within a few hours. Wesley UMC also announced that its Christmas pageant will return this year, after a six-year hiatus. The pageant will be held on Friday, Dec. 9, and Saturday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m. and on Sunday, Dec. 11, at 4:30 p.m. The pageant will include a live, indoor re-enactment of the
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Wesley UMC recently added a bazaar to its long standing tradition of hosting a cookie sale.
years were too old to play the same parts, and the church did not have enough young families still active in the congregation. Wesley UMC’s plans to bring the pageant back last year were thwarted by the
See Sketch It pg 8
their holiday season, and news of its return was met with a wave of excitement. “It’s always been a part of everyone’s holiday, and we look forward to working on it together as a group again,” said Graybill.
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BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
BY ADRIAN ESCHENWALD
In October, Poiema Visual Arts introduced Sketch It! Sunday, a new program that partnered with multiple local churches to connect with members of the community via visual learning techniques. The organization invited churches across Pennsylvania to participate by providing the churches with drawing paper and writing utensils and encouraging them to invite members of their congregations to sketch and take notes during the service.
COVID-19 pandemic. This year, the church has enough young members to bring the pageant back. For many in the community, the pageant marks the beginning of
Christmas Rolls Into The Railroad Museum
A conductor will welcome children aboard a historic rail car for a reading of “The Polar Express.”
The Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania, 300 Gap Road, Strasburg, will once again welcome the holiday season with its annual Christmas With the Conductor events on Saturdays, Dec. 3 and 10, at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. There will be a set fee per child in addition to regular museum admission, and the activity is recommended for children over the age of 3. As guests arrive at the museum, a conductor will greet them in the lobby and lead them to one of many historic railroad cars. Once inside, the conductor will read the Christmas story “The Polar Express” to children. After the story is finished, the conductor will take the party to Jack Frost Station, where everyone will decorate their own gingerbread cookies and receive a small goodie bag to wrap up the event. See Railroad Museum pg 2
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Nativity and will be accompanied by narration and music. Members of the congregation of varying ages will play the roles of angels, shepherds, village children, King Herod and the Holy Family. “We’re very excited to welcome it back,” said Graybill. “I always loved the tradition of it. When I was a little girl, I was in the pageant. Now my granddaughters and grandsons will be in it.” The tradition of the Christmas pageant was started in 1955, and it continued until 2017, as the church no longer had enough children to participate. A key factor in the decision to halt the re-enactment was the church’s inability to cast an infant in the role of baby Jesus. Children who had played Jesus and other roles in recent