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Manheim Township Is Taking Self-Governing to New Level BY JEFF FALK
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anheim Township residents are intelligent and skilled. Manheim Township residents are civically minded. Manheim Township residents are forward thinkers. Local residents are exactly what Manheim Township needs to plan and shape a brighter future. “We’re really looking for township residents who want to see the township become the best version of itself,” said Porter Stevens, Manheim Township’s community development director. “We’re wanting folks who are excited to come to these meetings and give feedback on things staff have been working on. Overall, we’re just looking for folks who are energetic and who are interested in their community. We Manheim Township community development director Porter Stevens
works on plans to create three new advisory committees for the township
See Advisory Committees pg 3 board of commissioners.
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Simply Christmas Shall Celebrate True Meaning of Season R122606
BY JEFF FALK
Simplify means getting back to basics or returning to one’s roots or removing unnecessary hindrances. There are very few events more basic than the birth of a Savior. “As a church family, we want to share the love of Christ with our neighbors,” said Patti Bergman, the coordinator of Lititz United Methodist Church’s Simply Christmas. “It’s an opportunity to slow down and experience the greatest reason Volunteers re-enact the Nativity scene at last year’s Simply See Simply Christmas pg 6 Christmas event.
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Choir’s Singing Will Lift Holiday Spirits BY JEFF FALK
Christmas spirit may indeed originate from within, but it can be positively affected by outside stimuli. One particularly festive outside stimulus is music. “Music began in the church,” said Debbie Kline-Smith, the director of the Lititz Area Community Choir. “It has always been a part of worship and entertainment. Music allows people living in a current situation to go to a different place. It might make them think of things from the past. I think that’s one of the reasons people come. Musicians have been part of celebrations forever. People find great joy in music. It’s a way to remember and reminisce.” The Lititz Area Community Choir, Warwick Alumni and Friends’ upcoming performance is designed to put ever yone involved in a specific frame of mind for Christmas. This year’s seasonal concert by the local choir, titled “The Majesty Glory of Christmas,” will be presented at 7 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 21, inside Warwick High School’s 1,400-seat Performing Arts Center, 301 W. Orange St., Lititz. The concert is free to attend, and a goodwill offering will be accepted. “It’s kind of like an awe-inspiring Christmas,” said Kline-Smith. “The glory of Christmas is always tied to a lot of power, which is accompanied by the birth of Baby Jesus. The glory is like the restoration of humanity. It signifies hope for the future, and not just the biblical part of it. It’s like the rebirth of a new year.” See Community Choir pg 4
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