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JANUARY 11, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 3
So Many Smiles Bible Clubs Offer Fellowship And Respite BY ANN MEAD ASH
articipants at Challenger Clubs - monthly Bible studies for individuals age 15 and up with physical or intellectual disabilities – do not always express their enjoyment of the experience verbally. “A grandmother told me recently that her grandson, who (shows little emotion) around his family, is so excited to attend,” said Meghan Martin, disability ministries assistant, Handi-Vangelism Ministries International (HVMI), which oversees the clubs. “There are so many smiles.” HVMI has run Challenger Clubs at several Ephrata-area churches, including New Joy and Highpoint, along with the HVMI offices at 300 W. Chestnut St., Ephrata, and private residences, for several years. Now, the organization has expanded to the area south of Route 30 with a new club, which began serving residents of the greater Paradise area in
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Skits (left photo) are often part of the Bible lesson (right photo) at Challenger Club meetings.
October 2022. The Challenger Club at Calvary Monument Bible Church, 1660 Mine Road, Paradise, meets the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m. The club will continue to meet through April.
Martin said each club meeting begins with worship, followed by a Bible lesson and often a skit to enhance understanding of the lesson, and a memory verse. During small group time, participants work
on a booklet, which can be taken home at the end of the year, focused on life application of the lesson. Martin shared that the lessons are structured to be more palatable to participants. “We write
our own curriculum, and we are able to write in a way that we know has been successful in the past,” she said. “Parents can see the growth in their kids when they see them understanding and answering questions. See HVMI pg 3
National Recognition
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
PVHS Ag Is Among Top Programs In U.S.
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BY ANN MEAD ASH
Whether recounting stories of catching black mambas by hand or surviving a shipwreck off the Alaskan coast, outdoorsman, author, and Christian musician Brent Henderson has one goal for his audiences. “They are listening to more than great outdoor stories,” said Henderson. “(Because) there’s a relationship (they) can have with the One who made it all.” See RTCM pg 2
Pequea Valley High School agricultural educators Doug Masser (left) and Jasmine VanSant display the National Association of Agricultural Educators award they received.
BY ANN MEAD ASH
Child’s Play . . . . . . . . . . . .5
At the end of November 2022, Pequea Valley High School (PVHS) agricultural educators Doug Masser and Jasmine VanSant traveled to Las Vegas to accept an award from the National Association of Agricultural Educators (NAAE). The program the teachers oversee at PVHS and Pequea Valley Intermediate School was recognized as the top program in the northeast region - one of six outstanding programs in the country to receive the award.
Music, Art Program Planned At GSV . . . . . . . .6
See PVHS pg 4
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