Manheim Central townlively.com
MARCH 5, 2025
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LXVI • NO 6
Lanco Senior Softball league seeks players BY GEORGE DEIBEL
If you are 58 years old or older and enjoy staying active, the Lanco Senior Softball league is looking for you. Men and women within a
100-mile radius of Lancaster city who are interested in playing can contact league president Dave Dean at 610-334-1124 or email treasurer Dave Zerbe at dzerbe@comcast.net. “We are looking for players,” See Softball pg 3
William Spence (right), funeral director with Manheim-based William P. Spence Funeral & Cremation Services, presents a check to Megan Risser of Bible2School.
Bible2School receives donation BY CAT SHANNON
“My hope is that the children will hear a message of how much they are loved by God.” recipients must be recommended by a Matthews Aurora funeral home partner. William P. Spence Funeral & Cremation Services Inc. of Manheim sponsored and recommended Bible2School to
Matthews Children’s Foundation. “I’m delighted with the board’s choice of Bible2School to receive our most recent donation,” said Derek Miller, business development director for Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions. “It was very rewarding to hear ... firsthand that our funds will help them upgrade necessary technology needed for their local program in Manheim Central.” Bible2School, a public school ministry, equips communities to provide free Bible classes to elementary school children during their public school day typically over lunch and recess. Children walk or are bused to a nearby church where volunteers engage them in lively worship, interactive Bible lessons,
Feed My Starving Children event planned for March 28 to 30 BY GEORGE DEIBEL
The seeds for the annual Lancaster County Feed My Starving Children (FMSC) event were planted in 2013 when pediatrician Dr. Lora Mangus Wenger and her family visited Haiti with members of Willow Street Mennonite Church as part of a Mission of Hope mission trip. “At that time, (Mission of Hope) was feeding 50,000
See Bible2School pg 12
children a day by distributing meals to their school, other schools, and or phanages,” Mangus Wenger said. “A warehouse (of food provided by FMSC) was stacked from floor to ceiling with boxes.” Mangus Wenger had never heard of FMSC before that and decided to do some research after returning home. She discovered there were no MobilePack events taking place in Pennsylvania, so See FMSC pg 5
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he mission of Bible2School, a Manheim-based organization, is to introduce children to the Word of God and guide them in building a relationship with Jesus. It just became a little easier for the nonprofit to do just that. Matthews Children’s Foundation recently presented Bible2School with a check for $1,000. Matthews Children’s Foundation of Pittsburgh is a nonprofit organization associated with Matthews Aurora Funeral Solutions, manufacturers and distributors of caskets, urns and other funeral-related products. The foundation exclusively supports children’s charities across
the U.S. by awarding grants three times a year. Since its inception in 1992, the foundation has granted nearly $5 million to community-based, nonprofit children’s organizations nationwide. All
Caruso’s Pizzeria senior softball team won the National Division Playoff Championship last season. The team includes (front, from left) Ebiel Morales, Norm Summers, Kevin Weinhold, Mike Hostetler, Fredy Lopez, (middle)Joe Ives, Phil Maxey, David Garcia, Steve Murphy, Keith Ingram, (back) Bob Ricedorf, Rich Lucchese, Eric Kronawetter, Kevin Allen, Greg Henkel, Angel Torres-Perez, (not pictured) Jim Weller, Tom Hollow, Edwin Rodriguez, and Jon Fodor.