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and items especially for pets. Plants quart; hot dogs; and beverages. and baked goods will also be sold. Those who attend the craft fair “New this year will be a Kids Corner, are encouraged to bring nonper(which) will feature ishable food items various items for to be donated to the sale made by kids,” “We provide food, Solanco Neighborreported Aukamp. hood Ministries’ food but the profit Vendor participation bank. Attendees may fees benefit Wesley goes to help other also donate items of Church’s discretionwinter clothing, such people. … When ary fund. as hats and gloves, you give, you Food items that for the church mitten always get back.” will be available for tree. p u rc h a s e i n c l u d e Funds raised by coffee, doughnuts, food sales will benbreakfast sandwiches, and a crispy efit the Solanco Neighborhood potato side dish. Among the lunch Ministries’ food bank, Solid Rock items available will be chicken corn Youth Ministries, and Joyfully soup, which is also sold by the Made Fellowship. Neidig said that
T he Octorara Covenanter Foundation will present its annual Celtic/Traditional Advent Service on Sunday, Dec. 7. The service will be held at 3 p.m. at Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church, 1199 Valley Road, Quarryville. Refreshments will be served following the event. “We build it around our culture here in the Southern End, the Scots-Irish background, which gets the Celtic part,” said event organizer John Girvin. “We also wanted to focus on some of the traditions, so that’s why over the last few years when we put this together, we wanted to get different instruments involved, obviously focusing on getting a piper, but also bringing in some other things this year, a trumpeter and the organist.” The Schoolhouse Museum at the Covenanter Church will be open from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. The service will feature music from Middle Octorara organist Boni Henry, piper Rhys Weibel, and trumpeter Kenton Green from Solanco High School; a duet from Donald and Becki Henderson; and a performance by Donald, Becki, and Rosa Henderson along with Luke and Marsha Marchant. “Donald Henderson, who is on the board, plays a key role in presenting Christmas readings from the Bible in the Braid-Scots dialect,” said Girvin. “And he also has a group, and he sings with his family. They’ll be here for that program, and then him and his wife and daughters will then sing
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Wesley Church’s craft fair will feature a wide assortment of items.
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or about 10 years, MaryLou Neidig has worked with the kitchen crew to serve food at the Wesley Church Craft Fair, a fundraiser that has been held since 2011. Neidig likes that funds raised by the food sales benefit those in need in the community. “We provide food, but the profit goes to help other people,” said Neidig. “When you give, you always get back.” This year’s craft fair will be held at the church, 1104 Kirkwood Pike, Quarryville, on Saturday, Dec. 6, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Co-chaired by Bonnie Aukamp and Julie Walton, this year’s event will feature more than 50 crafters, door prizes donated by vendors, and breakfast and lunch items for purchase. “It is always exciting to see what creative items people make,” shared Aukamp, who noted that with the high number of crafters taking part, a large variety of items will be available for shoppers to peruse and purchase. Among the vendors will be those selling artwork, upcycled crafts, kitchenware, wood crafts, knitted and sewn items, jewelry,
Organizers of the Wesley Church craft fair have recruited more than 50 craft vendors for the annual holiday event.
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