Ephrata Library Programs

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• Thursday, May 4, 18, 4:00 p.m. - Tween Gamers Club. Join them for some relaxation and video games on their Nintendo Switch! Feel free to bring any multiplayer (4 or more players) games you wish to share with the group. Ages 10-12.

• Thursday, May 4, 7:00 p.m. - Late Night at the Library. Join them after hours for 3 hours of video games, board games, flashlight tag, laser tag and more! Attendees are invited to bring their favorite multiplayer games for Nintendo Switch. Ages 1318. Teens must be dropped off no later than 7:00 p.m. Ages 13-18.

• Friday, May 5, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. – Mystery Lovers Book Sale. Join them for their annual mystery book sale, held in the Community Commons building next door to the

Library. All books by donation. Credit cards, checks and cash accepted.

• Saturday, May 6, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. – Mystery Lovers Book Sale. Join them for their annual mystery book sale, held in the Community Commons building next door to the Library. All books by donation. Credit cards, checks and cash accepted.

• Tuesday, May 6, 6:00 p.m. - Adult Night Out: Hooray for Buttons. Fun, relaxing and free! Every month it’s adults only for unusual frivolity. It’s Hooray for Buttons Day! Celebrate by joining them as they make adorable button crafts. Ages 18+.

• Monday, May 8 & 22, 10:00 a.m. - Story Time.

Preschoolers are invited to this story time that integrates songs and concept-enriched finger plays. Early literacy skills, including letter and sound introduction, are included in each story time. Large and small motor skills are practiced with simple art activities. Ages 4-7.

• Mon., May 8 & 22, 3:30 p.m. - Dungeons & Dragon for Teens: Group A. Dungeons and Dragons is a game of imagination, fun, chaos and story. Play as a character you create and let the Dungeon Master take you on a journey to a mystical land. Cast spells, talk to and befriend NPCs. Everything is possible as long as you can roll the dice. Designed by teens, for teens. New players are welcome! No prior experience needed. Ages 13-18. You must be registered to attend.

• Monday, May 8, 4:30 p.m. - Pop Open a Good Book. Children can enjoy getting to know different children’s authors. They’ll explore plots, illustrations and story structure with games, activities and stories. Popcorn will be served while reading books.

Ages 5-9.

• Monday, May 8, 6:30 p.m. - Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes. You find yourself trapped alone in a room with a ticking time bomb. Your family members or friends have the manual to defuse it, but they can’t see the bomb, so you’re going to have to talk it out – fast! This game of challenging puzzles will test the limits of your communication skills…and relationships. Ages 10 and up.

• Tuesday, May 9, 16, 23 & 30, 10:00 a.m. & 11:00 a.m. – Toddler Time. Toddlers and their caregivers are invited to this 30-minute story time that includes songs, short stories and learning-enriched art activities. Ages 2-4.

• Tuesday, May 9, 16, 23 & 30, 12:30 p.m.—Mahjong Club. Matching tiles has never been this much fun! Learn and play American Mahjong right here at the library. All skill levels welcome. Ages 18+.

• Tuesday, May 9, 1:00 p.m. – Homeschool Club for Tweens. Homeschoolers are invited to join them on the second Tuesday of the month for an afternoon of fun activities like painting, playing games and cool science experiments! Ages 10-12.

Adamstown Library Events

Adamstown Area Library hosts a variety of free programs and events for children and adults. These programs are open to everyone, with or without a library card. The library is located at 110 West Main Street in Adamstown, next to the post office. Regular library hours are Monday through Thursday 9:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Friday 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Saturday 9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Learn more and register for events at AdamstownAreaLibrary. org.

On Thursday, May 18, Adamstown Area Library will host the Food & Wine Pairing Dinner at IronSpire. Live music and appetizers in the courtyard will be followed by a delicious five-course dinner with expert wine pairings from the kitchen of Chef John Moeller. There is a cost for tickets, which can be purchased through the website or at the library. Proceeds benefit the library.

May Events at Adamstown Area Library

• Friends Book Sale –

Every Tuesday in the community room. Hours are from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. every Tuesday except on the second Tuesday of the month, when the sale will end at 5:30 p.m. due to a library program.

• Young At Heart –Wednesdays, May 3 and May 17 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. REAL Life Community Services invites you to Young at Heart, with free events for anyone age 60 and up. Join them at the library for coffee, chatting, games, crafts, and more on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month. For more information, call 717-3367797 or visit REALLCS. org.

• Young at Heart: Special Presentation – Wednesday, May 3 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Summer produce will soon be here! On Wednesday, May 3, learn more about healthy eating with a special presentation from Registered Dietician

Charlotte Scheid. Charlotte will share ideas on how to build a better salad. Samples included.

• Doggie DowntimeWednesday, May 3 from 10:45 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. Do you need some tail-wagging tranquility in your life?

Gaze into “Twinkle’s” big, beautiful, calming eyes to help wash your troubles away! For all ages.

• Tech Q & A – Wednesday, May 3 from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Drop into the library to get one-on-one help with your devices. Tech help and software training is also available other times by appointment.

• “Budding Bookworms”

Preschool Storytime –Every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Stories and an easy craft for ages

3-6 with adult. May 3, 10, 17, 24 & 31.

• “Twinkling Stars” Baby Storytime – Every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. Simple stories, rhymes, puppets, songs, and fingerplays. Bring along your 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten packets to help achieve your goal! For babies with adult.

Thursdays, May 4, 11, 18 & 25.

• “The Young and the Restless” Toddler Time –Every Thursday at 11:00 a.m. Stories, songs and fingerplays, followed by an easy craft and free play. Bring along your 1,000 Books Before Kindergarten packets to help achieve your goal! For toddlers with adult. Thursdays, May 4, 11, 18 & 25.

• LEGO Activity Bag

Pickup – Monday, May 8, while supplies last. On the 2nd Monday of each month there will be a new LEGO® packet for you to pick up, with instructions for a special project. Starting that day, you can pick up a kit in the library foyer. 1 per family please. For ages 5-12 years.

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6. SCIENCE: Entomology is the scientific study of what?

7. CHEMISTRY: Which natural element is the most unstable?

8. FOOD & DRINK: What is the condiment tahini made of?

9. LITERATURE: What is the setting for John Kennedy Toole’s novel “A Confederacy of Dunces”?

10. ANATOMY: How many lobes are in the human brain? Answers

1. “Desperate Housewives.”

2. The Nile River.

3. Dreamt.

4. Sitka.

5. More than 40.

6. Insects.

7. Francium, because it has 49 more neutrons than protons.

8. Sesame seeds.

9. New Orleans. 10.

The Noble Bereans

By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam

“These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the Word with all readiness of mind, and searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so” (Acts 17:11).

Why did God call the Bereans noble? Why did He place them among the spiritual aristocracy of Paul’s day? Wherein lay their true greatness?

1. “They received the Word with all readiness of mind.”

2. “They searched the Scriptures daily, whether those things were so.”

Let us put first things first.

THEY WERE OPENMINDED

They were broad as well as narrow. They were progressive as well as conservative. If they listened to Paul’s strange words with open eyes and open mouths, they at least listened with open minds too. This is the first lesson we must learn from the noble Bereans. To really appreciate the spiritual greatness of these people, we must remember that they were Jews who met in a synagogue each Sabbath day. This was apparently the very first time that they had heard the gospel of grace proclaimed. It must all have seemed very strange and impossible to them but they were big enough to listen attentively and respectfully. They did not immediately shake their heads in refusal of the message and deem it unworthy of investigation.

It was not so at Thessalonica. There Paul reasoned out of the Scriptures for three Sabbath days with men who were not willing to listen. The result was that “some” of them believed in comparison to “many” at Berea. And while only “some” of the Thessalonian Jews believed, we read that “a great multitude” of the Gentiles believed. The Gentiles had put God’s chosen people to shame.

Thessalonian bigotry not only kept them in spiritual darkness, but moved them to bitter opposition to the truth itself. After persecuting the apostles in their own city they even followed them to Berea to stir up the people against them. This was the natural result of their blind refusal of the apostle’s message. And why should they have acted so? Could