Ephrata Library Programs

The Ephrata Public Library, located at 550 South Reading Road, Ephrata, has announced their programs for August. Programs are open to the public and free of charge. Registration is required for programs and can be made by visiting the events calendar on the Library’s website (www. ephratapubliclibrary.org), by calling the Library at 717-738-9291 or stopping into the library during normal business hours.

• Tuesday, August 15 & 29, 12:30 p.m. - Mahjong Club. Matching tiles has never been this much fun!

Learn and play American Mahjong right at the library. All skill levels welcome. Ages 18+.

• Tuesday, August 15, 22 & 29, 3:30 p.m. - Teen Gamers Club. Join the Library 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 13-18.

• Tuesday, August 15, 6:30 p.m. – Concerts by the Creek: The Big Takeover. Join the Library in Ephrata’s Grater Park for a free, allages concert sponsored by the Borough of Ephrata. Held rain or shine. Food trucks onsite. In the event of inclement weather, concerts will be held in the Ephrata Performing

Arts Center. Fronted by the charismatic Jamaican-born singer and songwriter Nee Nee Rushie, the sevenpiece New York band The Big Takeover plays original music that is rooted in and reverent toward the genres and rhythms of Jamaican pop: reggae, rocksteady, ska. They are devotees of Desmond Dekker and (Continued On Page 11A)

1. Is the book of Barabbas (KJV) in the Old or New Testament or neither?

2. From Mark 10, James and who else asked to sit at Jesus’ right and left hand in heaven? Thomas, Peter, John, Philip

3. Who said, “It is not meet (right) to take the children’s bread and cast it to the dogs”? Jesus, Judas, Joshua, Jacob

4. From James 4, what will happen if you resist the devil? He will ... Fight, Anger, Mislead, Flee

5. Who proclaimed a fast at the river of Ahava? David, Adonikam, Ezra, Ariel

6. How many thieves were crucified with Jesus? 1, 2, 3, 4

ANSWERS: 1) Neither, 2) John, 3) Jesus (Matthew 15:26), 4) Flee, 5) Ezra, 6) 2

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