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Freedom Life Releases Worship Album BY FRANCINE FULTON

“A lot of these songs come from personal testimonies, tractor without a things we walked through - good running motor and and bad - and the songs that covered in rust was came out of them,” said Bryar transformed into a replica Bullock of Paradise, the worship of a “Spirit of ’76” patriotic pastor at Freedom Life Church, bicentennial-edition tracwhen announcing the release of tor by FFA members from “High Praise,” a new album proOctorara Junior Seniorduced by Freedom Life Worship. High School. The students “All of these songs are songs that won two awards for their we regularly sing at our church efforts as part of a restoon Sundays, and we did a night ration competition held where we sang all the songs live at the Pennsylvania Farm and hit the record button. The Show in January. album is the result of that.” Students who restored T he new worship album, the tractor under the guidreleased on Jan. 9, features six ance of FFA adviser Ryan original songs written in-house, King were Gabe Kreider, and one cover song. “The team Hector Vergara, Lisandro all of the singers and musicians Esquivel-Lopez , Grant - put together the album. They Umble, Scott Danby and volunteered their time and taladviser Ryan King (far left) and the students who restored the tractor, Jackson Ranck. The young FFA ents to create the sound,” noted including (from left) Hector Vergara, Jackson Ranck, Gabe Kreider, Lisandro Caleb Masteller of Cochranville, See Tractor pg 2 Esquivel-Lopez, Scott Danby and (not pictured) Grant Umble. Photo by Francine Fulton creative director at Freedom Life. “The music that we put out is songs that we wrote together as a team that really capture the heartbeat and the sound of church and our worship team,” BY FRANCINE FULTON Bullock added. “We were BIXLER singingSOFA $ these songs on Sunday mornings “There is a magic that is happening with this group and really enjoying them and of students,” said K.C. Testerman, who is directing hearing a lot of feedback about “Into the Woods,” this year’s spring production at how much (the congregation HOT HOT to HOT Octorara Junior-Senior High School. “They wanted was) enjoying worshipping BUY BUY BUY to have practice on snow days. They know their lines these songs.” and they know the music. They like to be around The goal of producing the each other, and they love the show.” album was to share the church’s “I never had a group of kids like this,” added Testermusic with congregation memman, who has been directing plays at Octorara for more bers, as well as the community. BIXLER SOFA BIXLER SOFA $ $SOFA $ than 20 years. “First, we decided to put them 499 499 BIXLER 499 The community is invited to enjoy a performance together so church members of “Into the Woods,” which will be presented in the The cast includes (from left) Sophia Rothenberger as could worship wheneverHOT they school auditorium on Thursday, March 5, at 7 p.m.; Cinderella, Eva Elboubkri as the baker’s wife, Andrew wanted to in their cars or their BUY HOT Blomiley as the baker and Lauren Bierlein as Little Red BUY See “Into the Woods” pg 4 Riding Hood. Photo by Francine Fulton See Album pg 6 BY FRANCINE FULTON R118677

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