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SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
Queen for a Day
Apple Festival to feature a slice of family fun
Event planned for caregivers
BY FRANCINE FULTON
BY FRANCINE FULTON
A fter a four- year hiatus because of the pandemic, the Apple Festival at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Douglassville will return on Saturday, Sept. 28, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The family-friendly event will feature children’s games, entertainment and apple desserts, including pie and dumplings.
Admission is free, but wristbands will be sold for all of the children’s activities. There will be a fee for the first child, with discounted admission for each additional sibling. “We want it to be a community event and have families come out and have a nice (day) where it’s fun and affordable,” said Bill Kutz, one of the event organizers. Activities for children will See Apple Festival pg 4
Allison Ueland of Party Animals Express, who presented a live animal program at the Apple Festival in 2019, will return for this year’s event.
Birdsboro church offers programming for people of all ages BY FRANCINE FULTON
The event will include a pressed flower craft (top photo) and manicures (bottom photo).
explained. “After the ceremony, all of the volunteers that are present come in and make a circle around the guests. That helps (the women) to know how many people are loving on them that day.” She said that youths who are washing the ladies’ cars
in the church parking lot also participate. Lunch will include a baked potato bar served buffet style, along with soup. Tables in the church’s fellowship hall will be set up by church members. “Each table has its own setting of china.
A group for mothers, activities for families, Bible studies for adults and programs for children and teens are all being offered at the Birdsboro campus of Moving Communities to Christ (MCC) Church. All events are free and open to the community. Family Nights, which are themed “Eat, Pray, Learn and Play!” and started on Sept. 10,
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are held every Tuesday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Each session begins with dinner from 5:30 to 6:15 p.m. “Each week it is something different, and the dinner is by donation,” said Lynnette Hess, MCC Birdsboro campus director and relationship/events coordinator. Past dinners have included pulled pork sandwiches and baked spaghetti. All attendees enjoy dinner together, after which separate See Birdsboro church pg 2
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ueen for a Day, a time to honor and pamper women who provide care for a family member with a disability, will be offered at Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Throughout the event, women will enjoy a free lunch, craft activities, manicures and more. According to event organizer Carol Hoke, this is the 19th year that the church has offered the Queen for a Day program, which is designed to provide the women with support and encouragement. “(Sometimes you feel) you are the only one walking this road,” said Hoke. “(Seeing) all of these people having a more difficult than normal life because of a disability day in and day out is an encouragement.” The event will begin with registration, and muffins, yogurt and coffee will be served. Women can also sign up for the various free programs that are being offered. “We are offering haircuts and styling, AromaTouch therapy and a Bible discussion group,” said Hoke. Also offered will be a pressed flower craft, a flower arranging class, a pen and ink drawing craft, a nutrition seminar and a sewing activity. “Registration will be for an hour. You can come in and learn to know other people and enjoy the quietness,” said Hoke. Following registration, there will be a worship service in the church sanctuary with music, Scripture readings, a talk by a guest speaker and a symbolic Blessing of Hands ceremony. “There is a pitcher and a bowl, and (attendees) wash their hands because their hands are what are being used to serve,” Hoke
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