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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5, 2025 • VOLUME LIX, NO. 47 • READ THE DIGITAL EDITION ON THE WEB: SNEWS.COM
In This Week’s Issue:
Ephrata Community Auxiliary Supports Fourteen Organizations
Section A
Do You Know...? Page 2A Biblical Message ............. 14A Births.................................... 15A Crossword Puzzle......... 12A “Happy Birthday”.......... 15A Obituaries ............................3A Professor Beam’s “Deitsch Eck”......................7A Things To Do ................... 11A
Section B
Who’s Hiring in Healthcare
Student Spotlight Ephrata High School Ethan Hultzapple Lititz Area Mennonite School Laura Buch
First Church Ephrata Sermon Series
First Church Ephrata’s series on the Gospel of John continues. Due to weather conditions they have had, they have shuffled the schedule. If you are watching on TV, using their website streaming or coming to their services, they hope you are getting a better understanding of what is being said in the Gospel of John. So, even if you’ve heard preaching on this Gospel before, come, listen and learn. First Church Ephrata is on their fifth group of sermons in this series. They are located at 68 North Church Street, Ephrata, and have a Traditional service at 8:30 a.m. and a Contemporary service at 10:30 a.m. The TV broadcast is on Blue Ridge at 12:00 noon on Sunday. Their website is https:// ephratafirst.org/. If you have any questions, please call the church office at 717738 2465. Scripture Passages For Each Sunday in March • Sunday, March 9 John 10:2242 • Sunday, March 16 John 11:14 • Sunday, March 23 John 11:516 • Sunday, March 30 John 11:1744
33rd Annual
The Ephrata Community Auxiliary (ECA) recently held their donation night in which fourteen community organizations received a total of $7,000. Shown, from left to right, are (seated) Jessica Gehman (Akron Elementary PTO); Toni Hershey (Akron Elementary
PTO), Lori Dietrich (Make AWish), Jessie Pierce (Beacon House, Akron), Casey Ellis (Ephrata Area Social Services), Abby Bal mer (Ephrata Public Li brary); (middle row) Thomas Reinhold (Ephrata War Memorial Association), Jennifer Dissinger (ECA
Recording Secretary), Kath leen Dissinger (ECA 5Year Trustee), Peggy Croft (ECA President), Gale Martin (ECA Vice President), Kristi Myers (ECA Member), Dennis Townsley (Ephrata Fire Company), Kathy Barr (ECA 1Year Trustee); (back row) Pastor Mark Luscombe
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese (Holy Trinity Lutheran Church), Randy Gockley (Lincoln Fire Company), Michael Lyons (Ephrata Ambulance), Roger Stauffer (Martindale Fire Company), Nate Hoffer (Good Sam aritan Services) and Richard
“Dick” Mayer (ECA Finan cial Secretary). Missing from the photo was Ralph Dissinger (ECA 3Year Trustee) and representatives from Akron Fire Company and Highland Elementary School PTO.
Adamstown Library Friends Annual Basket Bingo Benefit
Grab your dabbers! Another great Basket Bingo is coming your way from the Friends of the Adamstown Area Library. The event will be held Sunday, March 16 at the Reamstown Fire House,
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123 West Church Street, Reamstown. The doors will open at 12:30 p.m. There will be an advance ticket game at 1:45 p.m. and Bingo will begin at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are available at the
Adamstown Area Library, 110 West Main Street in Adamstown. Besides the popularly filled baskets, there will be raffles and a 50/50. On the lunch menu will be the Friends’ famous
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese chicken corn soup along with hearty snack plates and many scrumptious desserts. All proceeds of this fundraiser benefits the Library.
Shown in the photo, from left to right, are Ann Roseboro, Barbara Noel, Ronnie Heston, Joni Hoppel, Judy Nichol and Margaret Harting.
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