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MARCH 8, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LIX • NO 11
A question for Christians BY ANN MEAD ASH
n explaining why Eric Metaxas was chosen as the speaker for the Linville Hill Christian School spring banquet, head of school Matt Buckwalter quoted the school’s mission statement. “Linville Hill is a community of faith where students learn to think deeply about who God is as they discover their God-given purpose in preparation for a lifetime of service to the King,” said Buckwalter. Explaining that a few of the author’s many books are utilized in the high school curriculum, Buckwalter added, “(Metaxas’ words) help students think about looking back to those who’ve gone before us for answers to (the question), ‘How do we live in a time when maybe the prevailing values of the culture are out of sync with the heroes of faith from old?’ We need someone who can help draw our young people back to those voices.” Metaxas will be the featured speaker at the Linville Hill 2023 spring banquet on Tuesday, March 28, at Beechdale Farms, 458 Beechdale Road, Bird-in-Hand. A meet-and-greet will be
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Metaxas to speak at school banquet held from 5 to 5:45 p.m. Appetizers historian.” Buckwalter also noted that will be served at 5:15 p.m., and dinner, Metaxas’ most recent book, “A Letter which will feature pot roast and chick- to the American Church,” is “a wake-up call for Christians to think about what en cordon bleu, will begin at 6 p.m. Metaxas is a New York Times best- they are doing with their voices.” “Are selling author, known for his books they sitting silently or using the liberty “If You Can Keep It,” “Bonhoeffer,” this nation provides to speak in accorand “Amazing Grace,” among oth- dance with their convictions?” Buckers. He has also appeared as a cul- walter asked. Linville Hill was started by a tural commentator on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, and he is the group of local families nearly 80 host of “The Eric Metaxas Show,” a years ago. The elementary school at 295 S. Kinzer Road, Paradise, curdaily syndicated radio program. Buckwalter heard Metaxas speak rently serves kindergarten through twice since fall of 2022, and he was fifth grade. The upper school, which impressed. “Metaxas is a voice that is now serves grades six through 12, is so important for our church and com- located at 835 Houston Run, Gap. The munities to hear,” said Buckwalter, who upper school was first envisioned in noted an effort is underway to provide 2016, with an internship program as a sponsorship for the banquet to the central feature. The program takes pastors of the 70 congregations repre- students to local businesses and orgasented by Linville students. Delving nizations for six hours each Friday for into Metaxas’ past, Buckwalter pointed 12 weeks in the fall semester and out that the author’s parents were again in the spring. The program took immigrants from Greece and Germany off with 30 students the first semester who met in an English class. “(Metaxas) it was offered. The two campuses now has a very tangible grip on what Ameri- have an enrollment of 480 students. Sponsorships and tickets are availca stands for (because) his family came here for that,” said Buckwalter, who able at www.linvillehill.org or at called Metaxas a “phenomenal http://one.bidpal.net/lhcsspring23.
Photographic history NHAHS presentation to explore the life of H. Clifton Thorbahn PEQ
For Gap resident Brett Snyder, acting vice president with the Historical Society of Salisbury Township, history is not merely a hobby. Snyder’s business, PAST paper.com, deals in rare magazines and other vintage paper items. Snyder first became interested in the life of noted Lancastrian H. Clifton Thorbahn about 10 years ago when he came across some photos and clippings of the man mounted on a board. “It was band and orchestra stuff and WGAL radio photos,”
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Building a legacy Servants Inc. plans annual gala BY ANN MEAD ASH
BY ANN MEAD ASH
H. Clifton Thorbahn (center) was the director of Lancaster’s first jazz band.
Eric Metaxas
Servants Inc. has its roots in a mission trip that founder and CEO Trent Davis took to Guatemala around the year 2000. Davis wanted to share his experience with others, and he began coordinating mission trips, but that was just the beginning. In 2005, Hurricane Katrina inspired Davis to do home repair work stateside. Flooding in York County in 2010 brought the program home. Servants now has a presence in Adams and Lancaster counties as well. In Lancaster County, Servants is mostly active in the
ELANCO area as well as Columbia and Marietta. Servants Inc. completed more than 110 projects and had more than 10,000 volunteer hours total in 2022. To raise funds to help area families in need, Servants holds a spring gala. The 2023 event, which will be the fifth for the organization, will be held on Friday, April 14, from 6 to 9 p.m. at Stone Mill Inn, 305 S. Broad St., Hallam. The event will include a cocktail hour, a sit-down multicourse meal, videos, live and silent auctions, and live music, and Davis will give an update on the work of the ministry.
See NHAHS pg 2
See Servants Inc. pg 4
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