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Wesley Network group empowers women
BY GEORGE DEIBEL
at the Hoffman Building, Park Avenue, Quarryville. Doors will open at 11 a.m. Bingo will begin at 1 p.m. It will be the boosters’ first bingo fundraiser. “We decided to tr y something different, something we could get more people to attend,” Solanco
Solanco Football Boosters are trying something new to provide a fun activity for the community that generously supports the group’s mission. Solanco Football Bingo will be held Saturday, March 22,
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Solanco High School football players (front, from left) Kris BurgosWise, Andersen Miller, Johnny Garcia, Brock Harris, (back) Frank Lucarino, and Bryce Cox are among those who help at Solanco Football Boosters’ fundraising events.
Wesley Network director of congregation care Beth Foss (left) and Women Empowering Women program director Alexa Gruber
birthed because during COVID we started seeing at the church a lot of women within our congregation and in the community who had a variety of needs,” said Foss.
“Women needed a place they could grow, and this fosters growth.” “I started seeing these patterns of women who needed help creating a budget and had mental, emotional, and health needs. Women wanted to gather together, not only because we were so isolated,
but also to form friendships and encourage one another in a really trying time.” The program continues to evolve. “At the beginning, the meetings were all about equipping women and providing the tools and resources they need to do as God directs them (and understand) what their family needs and what they need,” Foss said. Program director Alexa Gruber stated that the monthly meetings are “live coaching sessions on a particular topic that is geared around the theme.” She brings in experts in a particular field. “I give them the floor and let them run with what they are good at,” said Gruber.
Lancaster County WoodCarvers to hold 50th festival BY GEORGE DEIBEL
The Lancaster County WoodCarvers group will hold its 50th annual Woodcarving Festival on Saturday, March 15, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday, March 16, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Millersville University’s Student Memorial Center, 108 Shenks Lane, Millersville. Parking is free. Admission is free for those with a military ID and for students with high
school or post-high school student ID. “It’s going to be the largest show we’ve had,” said Jeffrey Pretz, who is a member of the Lancaster County WoodCarvers. “We’re having commemorative carving knives created that will be for sale. We’re having the Caricature Carvers of America. There will be a lot of bird carvers and spoon carvers and other kinds of carvings, as well.” The featured guest carver will
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Solanco Football Boosters plan bingo fundraiser
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esley Network is providing a place where women can discuss difficult topics while surrounded by support. The group’s Women Empowering Women program began Feb. 22 and will run until early November. T he group meets the last Saturday of every month from 9 to 11 a.m. at Crossing Jordan, 7 Wesley Road, Quarryville. Free child care is provided along with a light breakfast. Women can join at any point during the year and do not need to be a member of the Wesley Network, which is made up of three churches: Wesley Main, Crossing Jordan, and La Cosecha. More than 60 people signed up before the program started. There is no limit to the number of participants. “This is an atmosphere where every woman will be welcomed and feel encouraged,” said Beth Foss, who is Wesley Network’s director of congregation care. “The program is for women of every age and stage. I think that’s one of the best things about it. One of the greatest attributes of the group is it’s nice to have women from different stages of life.” This year’s program theme is “Living With Courage.” “Every year we pray to see what God wants us to do and what the women of this community need,” Foss said. “Speakers from the community and the region will talk about all aspects of living courageously as a woman.” This is the fourth year Wesley is holding Women Empowering Women. “This group was
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