Five Fun Free Family Things To Do This Weekend – August 12-14, 2016

5. Twenty-Third Annual Ice Cream Festival tomorrow (Saturday, August 13) 11am-5pm at Baughman Memorial United Methodist Church, Bridge Street, New Cumberland . Homemade ice cream, pie a la mode, Concerts by Keystone Concert Band, West Shore Youth Band and CCM Group Raspberry Carpet. More Info: BaughmanUMC.org

4 Cornwall United Methodist Church Peach Festival, Tonight (Friday August 12) 5-7:30pm at the Church on Freeman Drive in Cornwall. Peach Sundaes, Peach Cobbler, Peach Pies, Children’s Carnival, bounc houses, music and more. More Info: www.cornwallchurch.org

3 Praise In The Park at Myerstown Community Park, tomorrow (Saturday, August 13) 9am-2:30pm. Children’s games, live music, puppets shows, and a juggler. More Info: at the WJTL.com events page.

2 Fifty-Sixth Annual Chicken Barbecue, Car Show & Auction tomorrow (Saturday, August 13) 9am-4pm at Cross Keys Village in New Oxford, PA.  Classic Cars, Hot Rods and more.  More Info: CrossKeysVillage.org

1 Free family movie night tonight (Fri. August 12) at 7pm at The Junction Center. Free tickets available at the door. Come early to ride the pedal cars and a meet and greet with Jesse Rothacker and a couple of his Forgotten Friend Reptiles. More Info: The Junction Center tab of WJTL.com

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Q and A Segment explores the question “How can I draw near to God?”

The writer of Psalm 73:28 said, “As for me, it is good to be near God. I have made the Sovereign LORD my refuge.”

You can sense peace and security in that statement, and when we experience that kind of intimacy with God, we recognize that there is no better place to be.

But sometimes we might feel far away from God. This might happen because trouble surrounds us. We need help, yet we feel alone. Those are times to speak truth to ourselves. This is what the writer of Psalm 42 said in a similar situation. He said, “Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.”

At other times, we might feel far away from God because we have moved. In those cases, James 4:7 gives us this insight for moving closer to God. “Submit yourselves then to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Come near to God, and he will come near to you.”

Submission to God moves us closer to God where we can experience His peace once again in the Year of Exploration.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Q and A Segment explores the question, “What is the connection between the judgment seat of Christ and the Olympics?”

Second Corinthians 5:10 says that we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him, for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.” Romans 14:12 says that each of us will give an account of ourselves to God.

This judgment seat of Christ is sometimes described as the Bema Seat. In Greek culture, the Bema seat was the place where the judges gave out awards after athletic competitions. This might be compared to the Olympic ceremonies where various medals are awarded to athletes.

A day is coming when believers in Christ will appear at the judgment seat of Christ to have our lives evaluated for the deeds we have done in the body. This is not a judgment to evaluate salvation. That is settled through faith in Jesus. The judgment seat of Christ will determine rewards, based on various types of faithful service.

The judgment seat of Christ is a future reality that motivates us to run for the prize of God’s lasting crown in the Year of Exploration.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Your playlist for your August 5th & 7th episode as we celebrate Some Sort of Rock Show turning 3 years old:

2013

7.  Gravity Bomb – I Am Empire

6.  Space Cadet – After Edmund

5.  Break The World – Nine Lashes

4.  Throw It Away – Manafest—

3.  Eye On It – TobyMac

2.  Sick Of It – Skillet

1.  Light Up The Sky – Thousand Foot Krutch

2014

7.  The River – Decyfer Down

6.  We Are The Brave – VERIDIA

5.  We Are The Broken – Seventh Day Slumber

4.  You Can’t Stop Me – Andy Mineo

3.  Radical – Disciple

2.  Nuthin’ – Lecrea

1.  Hearing Voices – Anberlin

2015

7.  Staring At The Sun – Roelant

6.  Breathe Again – Spoken

5.  Mr. Roboto – Rapture Ruckus

4.  Sweep The Leg – Family Force 5

3.  Mercy – Ravenhill

2.  Resuscitate – Fireflight

1.  Darkest Part – RED

2016

7.  Wasn’t Enough – XXI

6.  Run Devil Run – Crowder

5.  Bummin’ – Relient K 

4.  I Just Wanna Know – NF

3.  Don’t Bring That Trouble – NEEDTOBREATHE

2.  Float – Switchfoot 

1.  Black Honey – Thrice

 

It’s a Twin Spin edition of the Praise & Worship Show tomorrow!  See the pairs below including brand new songs from Leeland’s “Invisible” project, a duo of covers by Rita Springer, two from Zealand Worship and more.

Name	Artist	Album	Year
6:00 a.m.
Great Are You Lord	All Sons & Daughters	All Sons & Daughters	2014
Christ Be All Around Me	All Sons & Daughters	All Sons & Daughters	2014
What Joy Is Found	Jeremy Riddle	Full Attention	2007
In Your Light (feat. Jeremy Riddle)	Bethel Live	For The Sake Of The World	2012
Shining	Phil Wickham	Cannons	2007
Your Love Awakens Me	Phil Wickham	Children Of God	2016
In Your Presence (feat. Kim Walker-Smith) [Live]	Jesus Culture	Let It Echo (Live)	2016
Spirit Break Out (Live)	Kim Walker-Smith	Still Believe (Live)	2015
Come Everyone	Brian and Jenn Johnson	We Believe	2006
Have It All	Bethel Music & Brian Johnson	Have It All	2016
Let It Be Jesus (feat. Passion)	Christy Nockels	Passion: Take It All (Deluxe Edition)	2014
Sing Along	Christy Nockels	Into The Glorious	2012
7:00 a.m.
Come Thou Fount (Above All Else)	Shane & Shane	The Worship Initiative, Vol. 1	2014
Before the Throne of God Above	Shane & Shane	Pages	2007
I Can Only Imagine	Rita Springer	Effortless	2002
Rain Down	Rita Springer	I Have To Believe	2005
Emmanuel	Martin Smith	Back To The Start	2014
Back To The Start (Gods Great Dance Floor)	Martin Smith	Gods Great Dance Floor Step 1	2013
I Am Free	Jared Anderson	51 Must Have Modern Worship Hits	2007
Great I Am (feat. Jared Anderson)	New Life Worship	You Hold It All	2011
Revelation Song (feat. Kari Jobe)	Gateway Worship	Cover The Earth	2006
Forever	Kari Jobe	Majestic	2014
This I Believe	Hillsong Worship	No Other Name	2015
O Praise The Name	Hillsong Worship	Open Heaven River Wild	2016
Perfect Love	Leeland	Invisible	2016
Lion and the Lamb	Leeland	Invisible	2016
8:00 a.m.
At The Cross (Love Ran Red)	Chris Tomlin	Love Ran Red	2015
Jesus Loves Me	Chris Tomlin	Love Ran Red	2014
Fierce (feat. Chris Quilala) [Live]	Jesus Culture	Let It Echo (Live)	2016
One Thing Remains (feat. Chris Quilala)	Jesus Culture	Come Away	2010
Alive	Hillsong Young & Free	We Are Young & Free	2013
Wake	Hillsong Young & Free	We Are Young & Free	2014
After All (Holy)	David Crowder Band	Give Us Rest-A Requiem Mass In C (The Happiest of All The Keys)	2012
How He Loves	David Crowder Band	Passion: Awakening	2010
King of My Heart	John Mark & Sarah McMillan	You Are the Avalanche – EP	2015
Future / Past	John Mark McMillan	Borderland	2014
Here I Am To Worship	Tim Hughes	Here I Am To Worship	2002
Pocketful of Faith	Tim Hughes	Pocketful of Faith	2015
9:00 a.m.
God of Miracles (Live)	Chris McClarney	Everything and Nothing Less (Live)	2015
Everything and Nothing Less (feat. Chris McClarney) [Live]	Jesus Culture	Let It Echo (Live)	2016
My Heart Is Yours (feat. Passion)	Kristian Stanfill	Passion: Take It All	2014
The Stand	Kristian Stanfill	Passion: Awakening (Deluxe Edition)	2010
Holy Spirit	Bryan & Katie Torwalt	Here On Earth	2011
Let There Be Light	Bryan & Katie Torwalt	Let There Be Light – Single	2016
Good Good Father (feat. Phil Joel)	Zealand Worship	Zealand Worship – The EP	2015
Your Love Is Wild	Zealand Worship	Your Love Is Wild	2016
Ever Be	Aaron Shust	Ever Be	2016
God Of Brilliant Lights	Aaron Shust	Morning Rises	2013
Unstoppable God	Elevation Worship	Wake Up The Wonder	2015
God Who Answers Prayer	Elevation Worship	God With Us	2009
Christ In Me	Jeremy Camp	I Will Follow	2016
Same Power	Jeremy Camp	I Will Follow	2015

Five Fun Free Family Things To Do This Weekend – August 5-7, 2016

5 The Pennsylvania Artist Blacksmiths’ Association annual “Blacksmith Day” tomorrow (Saturday, August 6) from 9am to 4pm at Old Dry Road Farm in Wernersville. Forging demonstrations, a hands-on instruction area, a children’s activities, and a forging contest among the blacksmiths.  More Info: pabasite.org

4 25th Season of St. Peter’s Musical Arts Concert Series featuring Lancaster British Brass Band at the church on Delp Road in Lancaster Sunday (August 6) at 7pm. Dr. Stephen Allen conducts the Lancaster British Brass Band in a program borrowing from classics, marches, hymns, pop arrangements, solos, and original compositions. More Info: StPetersLutheran.org

3 The Annville-Cleona Washington Band is celebrating their 160th Birthday Sunday (August 7) at 2pm at the Annville-Cleona High School auditorium. Bring your instrument along and play with the band during the second half. More Info: WashingtonBand.com

2 Free Leola Community Waterslide Day on Sunday (August 7) From 1 to 4pm at the Zion Lutheran Church in Leola. Bring your towels. Free food, 4 huge waterslides, and more. No registration required. Bring your lawn chairs. More Info: ZionLeola.org

1 Lancaster Family Fest tomorrow (Saturday Aug. 6) 10am-2pm at Musser Park in Lancaster. Over 20 local Foster Care and Adoption Agenecies on hand to raise awareness and to celebrate local Foster Families.  Free games & activities, Food trucks, Cavod Academy of the Arts, Juggler Chris Ivey and more.  KCB pop up party with games, free goodies and Lisa Broadcasting Live. More Info: LancasterFamilyDay.com

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Exploration, today’s Reason to Believe is the dove.

This bird is a powerful symbol of the Christian faith in various ways.

The dove is a symbol of peace. After the storm in Noah’s day, it was a dove that brought back an olive branch signifying peace and the new start that God was offering the world.

The dove is a symbol of purity. Perhaps that is why Jesus instructed us to be innocent as doves as we share His gospel.

The dove is also a symbol of faithfulness. Turtle doves have a tendency to have one mate for life.

The dove is also a symbol for the Holy Spirit. At Jesus’ baptism, the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus in bodily form like a dove. Since doves tend to hover, that is probably how the Holy Spirit descended on Jesus, hovering over Him.

The characteristics of the dove highlight various dimensions of the Christian faith and are reasons to believe in God’s good news.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Exploration, today’s Reason to Believe is the making of a disciple.

This process begins at the point of conversion to Christ, where faith begins to take root in the believer’s life. From that foundation, the new believer walks with Christ and learns to follow Him as Lord and Savior. As this happens, the believer in Christ grows in godly character and becomes a witness for Christ, testifying of His saving grace.

One of the compelling characteristics of the disciple’s progress is their spiritual growth, whereby they become more and more like Jesus in character. There is a reason for that.

In Luke 6:40, Jesus said, “The student is not above the teacher, but everyone who is fully trained will be like their teacher.”

The making of a disciple into the likeness of Christ is the result of adequate training from a qualified Teacher and is a reason to believe in God’s good news.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – In the Year of Exploration, today’s Reasons to Believe are life, purpose and identity.

These three experiences of the Christian life are described in a single statement made by the Apostle Paul. When he was in Athens, he linked these experiences to a relationship with God. He said in

Acts 17:28, “In him, we live and move and have our being.”

In a relationship with God, we have life, eternally and abundantly through faith in Jesus Christ. Our spirit comes alive to God’s grace.

In a relationship with God, we move. He puts the purpose into the steps we take. That purpose is to glorify God. This focus will affect the choices we make day-to-day.

In a relationship with God, we have our being. As we know God as He is, we come to understand how He sees us. First John 3:1 says, “How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God! And that is what we are!”

Life, Purpose, and Identity in Christ are reasons to believe in God’s good news.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Five Fun Free Family Things To Do This Weekend – July 29-31, 2016

5 New Cumberland Town Band Concert on Sunday (July 31) from 6:30-7:30pm at Anna & Bailey Streets Park in New Cumberland. Music will include marches, popular tunes, patriotic numbers, and classic wind ensemble compositions. Bring your lawn chairs or blankets for a shady concert in the park. In case of rain, the concert will be moved indoors to Trinity United Methodist Church, New Cumberland. More Info: NCTownBand.org

4 Mount Joy Music In The Park Outdoor Music Series, Sunday (July 31) 5:30-7:30pm at Memorial Park in Mount Joy featuring the music of husband and wife duo – SweetLife. More Info: sweetlifemusic.com

3 The 50th Annual Lititz Outdoor Fine Art Show tomorrow (Sat. July 30) from 9am-5pm at Lititz Springs Park.   Art from over 125 artists ranging from several states along the East coast as well as Pennsylvania. Admission is free and the show is held rain or shine.  More Info: LititzArtAssociation.com
2 Annual Day African American Festival tonight (Friday, July 29) and tomorrow (Saturday, July 30) beginning at 6pm each evening at Martin Luther King Elementary School  in Lancaster. Dance, music, seminars and more celebrating African American Culture. Also a Parade Saturday beginning at 1pm forming at Hand Middle School.  More Info: AnnualDay.org

1 33rd Annual Hispanic Cultural Festival tonight (Friday, July 29) 6-11pm and tomorrow (Saturday, July 30) 4-11pm at San Juan Bautista Catholic Church, Duke Street in Lancaster.  Carnival Games, Arts & Crafts, Native Costumes and live music.  More Info: SanJuanBautistaLancaster.com/2016-Festival