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Families are invited to Ruhl’s Church on Saturday, Sept. 24, for a free Carnival Night. The event will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at the church, 4810 Elizabethtown Road, Manheim.

“We are going to have six stations set up,” said Kris Gray, church member and an organizer of the event. “Each one will have a fun activity and a faith lesson.” People will be invited to try a fishing game, play cornhole, participate in a parachute toss and complete coloring pages. “We have a member of our church who will leading a learnhow-to-juggle station,” Gray noted, “and we’ll have a dart game, but it’s with Velcro balls.” After families go through the stations, they will be invited to enjoy ice cream at a makeyour-own-sundae bar. All activities will be held in the church gym.

Gray explained that the church had been holding community movie nights but decided to try something new. “We really hope families will go through the stations together and try the games together,” she remarked, noting that parents, grandparents and guardians are all invited. “It’s fun for all ages.”

Faith lessons that will be shared at each station will correspond to the station’s theme. For example, Gray said, church members running the fishing station may discuss how Jesus taught the disciples to be fishers of men.

Barb Dunmire, who is organizing the event with Gray, noted that the Carnival Night offers a way for people to have a fun evening out for free, while also enjoying fellowship with other families. “We want people to come into our church, spend some good-quality wholesome family time together - some family bonding - and get to meet new friends,” she stated. “We’re excited to meet new families.”

Reservations are recommended for the Carnival Night to ensure there are enough supplies for everyone, but they are not required. To make a reservation, call the church at 717665-3400 and leave a message with your last name and the number of people who will be attending. “People can reserve up until the day before the event,” Gray said, “but if they decide on the day of the event that they want to come, that’s OK, too. We want everyone to come.”

Speaker To Share About Prison Ministry

The Cedar Hill Community Church will host Del Burkholder on Sunday, Sept. 18, at 10 a.m.

Burkholder is a Christian evangelist who serves as director of Support for Prison Ministries, which supplies the chaplaincy at Lancaster County Prison and Youth Interventions. Burkholder also speaks at state correctional institutions as a guest chaplain. At Cedar Hill, he will share stories of God’s recent miracles both behind bars and after prisoners were released. Special music will be provided by Nathan and Karen McLaughlin.

The Cedar Hill congregation meets in the Prayer Hub at the Doug Lamb Construction Company, 1180 Zeager Road, Elizabethtown. For more information, call or text pastor Wayne Lawton at 717-341-1755.

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Breakfast Bowl Slated

Florin Church of the Brethren, 815 Bruce Ave., Mount Joy, has relaunched its Breakfast Bowl, a free community breakfast that takes place on the third Saturday of each month. The next event will be on Saturday, Sept. 17, from 9 to 10 a.m. Breakfast will be served at 9 a.m., with a short devotion at 9:30 a.m., with the goal of providing for attendees’ physical and spiritual needs. The menu will feature pancakes, eggs, sausage, hash browns, muffins, fruit, juices, and coffee.

The community is invited to enter through the carport and double glass doors leading into the fellowship hall. Ample parking is available.

“James and the Giant Peach Jr.” features a cast of colorful characters.

whose parents die, and he moves in with his mean aunts,” explained Charlotte Evans, who plays Aunt Sponge. “There’s a magic peach tree that grows very large. James gets into the peach, and then he goes on lots of adventures.”

The show is a Children’s Workshop Production of Susquehanna Stage, and it features a cast of 33 children, all between the ages of 7 and 14, said Aiden Thomas, who is directing the musical. The theater regularly performs youth shows as part of its mission, she noted. “We are very much a community-centered organization. We believe in giving everyone a chance to get involved,” Thomas stated. “We’re hoping that leads to them staying involved.”

Remington Shaeffer, who plays James in the show, said audiences can expect to go through a variety of emotions while watching the performance. “There are a lot of twists and turns in the show,” he remarked. “You’ll laugh a lot, and there are a lot of fun parts, but there are also some sad parts.”

And, although the show starts off a little sad, with orphaned James living with his unloving aunts, it’s ultimately full of hope, said Brady Smith, who portrays the narrator, Ladahlord. “The message is about family and how you can find your family in any person,” he explained. “It’s about choosing your own path no matter who you are. Anyone can make their own way.” Thomas noted that Susquehanna Stage will be collecting books to donate to the Boys & Girls Club of Lancaster before and during the run of the show. Books for children reading at a kindergarten level through grade 7 level may be dropped off at the theater, 133 W. Market St., Marietta, any day during the week leading up to the show, or audience members may bring books to donate when they attend a performance. “James and the Giant Peach Jr.” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. on Sept. 16; at 2 and 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 17; and at 2 p.m. on Sept. 18. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.susquehannastage.com.

GOAL Project Slates Workshop

GOAL Project will present a workshop, “Open My Eyes That I May See,” on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 8:45 a.m. to noon at Elizabethtown Grace Church, 305 Anchor Road, Elizabethtown.

The presenter will be Scott Theurer, director of recovery environments at R3 Recovery Houses in Lancaster. In this interactive, “conversational” workshop, Theurer and another speaker will share their winding recovery paths, reactions from parents and loved ones, and their own attitudes toward addiction, recovery, faith, religion, and family. Attendees will learn about the biological, medical aspect of addiction as well as how to communicate to aid recovery and help prevent addiction.

To register by Thursday, Sept. 22, visit www.goalproject.org/training. For more information, email mail@goalproject.org or call 717824-3310. PCB credits are available.