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The Matt & Nimmie Band
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bout a year ago, Alliance Network organized its first Concert Fundraiser. Dave Smucker, director of Alliance Network, said that the success of the 2024 event was the impetus for holding a second concert, but with a few changes. The initial concert attracted about 700 attendees and raised $24,000 for a mission to
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Kenya. “The Lord always gives the provision for the vision, so we just want to host a great gathering for this convergence,” said Smucker, who went on to detail a change in venue and the addition of food offerings at this year’s event. The 2025 Concert Fundraiser, hosted by Alliance Network and benefiting Preparing the Way Ministries, will be held in the Good Shepherd Chapel at Lancaster Bible
College, 901 Eden Road, Lancaster, on Saturday, March 15. The concert will feature three live gospel acts. Doors will open at 5 p.m., and the concert will begin at 6 p.m. The Matt & Nimmie Band, which took part in the first event, will return for the follow-up. The band has been playing music together for more than five years. The goal of the family and friends who are band members is to share
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the Gospel and the hope of Jesus through their songs. The band’s greatest desire is to bring honor and glory to God through music. New this year will be Paradise Road, a five-member Lancaster band that seeks to share the Gospel through music. Harmony of Hope features seven members, a group of friends who love the Lord. According to a summary they shared with
Smucker, they all have a “desire to share the hope of Jesus Christ with others and make a difference in the community through music.” Another addition to this year’s event will be three food trucks, which will be open to serve food outside the Good Shepherd Chapel beginning at 5 p.m. Skip’s Food Truck will sell chicken sandwiches and loaded fries, and Divine Grind, a mobile coffee café, will See Alliance Network pg 13
BY GEORGE DEIBEL
If you are 58 years old or older and enjoy staying active, the Lanco Senior Softball league is looking for you. Men and women within a 100-mile radius of Lancaster city who are interested in playing can contact league president Dave Dean at 610-334-1124 or email treasurer Dave Zerbe at dzerbe@comcast.net. “We are looking for players,” said Zerbe, who resides in Strasburg. “Anybody interested
in playing should call or email and give us your contact information so we can follow up with you. But if there are people who can’t play anymore, but would like to help coach, we’d be interested in those people.” Each team has a coach and an assistant coach, and some serve as league officers and board members. Lanco Senior Softball, which started in 1990, currently has about 200 players divided among 12 teams split into two divisions, American and National. See Softball pg 6
Library Friends plan spring book sale BY FRANCINE FULTON
A popular event that usually takes place as part of the Summer Reading Program at Moores Memorial Library in Christiana is the appearance of Jesse Rothacker, known as The Reptile Guy. Founder of Forgotten Friend Reptile Sanctuary, Rothacker’s programs feature live animals, including snakes, lizards and turtles. To assure that the program will be financially possible, the Friends of Moores Memorial Library will utilize proceeds from their upcoming spring book sale to raise funds for the appearance. “We hope the book sale will allow us to make enough money to hire him back,” explained Friends vice president Jeannette Kolb. “This year, we are having the book sale for something special. Maybe people who like him will come to the book sale.” Displaying some of the items that will be for sale are See Book sale pg 2 Jeannette Kolb (left) and Karen Woods.
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