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NOVEMBER 30, 2022
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVIII • NO 49
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Thoughts On Carols Pastors Unite For Christmas Devotional BY ANN MEAD ASH
n one word, Tim Rogers, lead pastor with Grace Point Church of Paradise, can pinpoint the impetus for the new daily devotional titled “All You Want for Christmas.” “‘Yearning,’” said Rogers. “This whole devotional sprang up around that idea. We want Emmanuel (God with us) to come. We yearn and call for that.” “All You Want for Christmas” features writings from 25 area pastors and church and ministry members, who shared their thoughts on Christmas carols and other holiday songs to help bring deeper meaning to the holiday season. Churches that took part, in addition to Grace Point, were Gateway Church, Calvary Monument Bible Church, Hershey Mennonite Church, IMPACT Church, Keystone Church, Maple Grove Mennonite Church, Ridgeview Mennonite Church, and Pequea Baptist Church. Also involved were The Factory Ministries and ServeNow. The devotional will be available at
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Here,” written for “A Charlie Brown Christmas.” Writers who took on the assignment grappled with lyrics ranging from Fisher’s exploration of the third verse of “Joy to the World” to Pequea Baptist’s Clint Shondelmyer opting to discuss the seldom-sung verse of “Angels From the Realms of Glory” that discusses judgment. Greg Petersheim of Grace Point wrote on “What Child Is This?” and
pointed out the importance of God’s attention to the small and seemingly insignificant, and Audrey Kanagy of Ridgeview tackled “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas,” with a reference to Luke 1:78-79. Kanagy investigated the arrival of Christmas decorations and the range of feelings they can inspire from delight to disillusionment. “To believe that the hope we have in Jesus is more than the
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Tina Edgell (left) and Kim Nichols in the bar of the Revere Tavern, which recently closed after nearly 60 years in business
Tina Cosgrove Edgell cannot remember a time when her parents, James and Kathy Cosgrove, did not own the Revere Tavern in Paradise. The Cosgroves purchased the property at 3063 Lincoln Highway with a man named Buzz Myers when Tina was just a child nearly 60 years ago. “It was just this bar and one dining room,” recalled Tina. “When Buzz wanted out, my dad bought his part.” In the early 1970s, an employee
named Betty Hottenstein was looking forward to her son returning from serving in Vietnam, and she asked the Cosgroves if he could work in the restaurant. “Ray Hottenstein came to work for my parents and helped to develop the business,” said Tina, who noted that the expansion included adding the banquet room and, in the 1990s, the hotel and theater located behind the restaurant, along with the suites located next door. Ray eventually went on to own the Olde Greenfield Inn. See Revere Tavern pg 4
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fancy decorations and allow God’s tender mercy and grace to break into whatever we are experiencing,” said Kanagy. Adam Nagle, director of The Factory, noted that “Away in a Manger” is really a prayer to stay close to God. “All humans yearn for that,” he said. “We don’t all feel it or experience it because, (although) God is always present, (we are) not always relationally in tune with that.”
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The Gap Town Clock Lions Club will hold its annual Christmas bazaar at the Gap Fire Hall on Saturday, Dec. 3, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The event will feature shopping from local vendors, food items and an opportunity for children to visit with Santa. About 20 crafters and artisans will be featured, selling items such as jewelry, woodcrafts and home décor. Home-based business vendors,
A group of pastors, church members, and ministry workers from the Pequea Valley area have written a daily devotional for the holidays called “All You Want for Christmas.”
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www.youversion.com/the-bible-app starting on Thursday, Dec. 1. Those who prefer a printed version may contact jen@gracepointparadise.com. Brandon Fisher of Keystone Church provided the framework for selecting carols and other songs for the writings. The devotional has its roots in a booklet called “Trust Me,” which the group released in 2021 with the idea of reassuring area residents and beyond with the promises of God found throughout the Bible. “Trust Me” garnered close to 8,000 subscribers. For “All You Want for Christmas,” Rogers said that the group wanted to offer spiritual sustenance to the holiday season. “We felt like it could be a good way to bring value to our community and show that there is unity and hope around Christmas time,” he said. Songs that were chosen for devotionals included both the traditional “Angels We Have Heard on High” and the more modern “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.” One writer shared the story behind Vince Guaraldi’s “Christmas Time Is
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