Five Fun Free Family Things To Do This Weekend
February 23-25, 2018

5 Servant Stage Company presents, THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES, featuring the top hits of the ‘50s and ‘60s at Emerald Foundation Community Campus, Lancaster, tonight, tomorrow and Sunday (Feb 23-25). THE MARVELOUS WONDERETTES, is a cotton-candy-colored musical trip down memory lane to the 1958 Springfield High School prom. All performances are Pay-What-You-Will. More Info: ServantStageCompany.com

4 Fourth Friday at the River Towns, tonight (Friday, Feb 23) 5-9pm. Fourth Friday is a special community celebration in the Susquehanna River Towns of Columbia, Marietta, and Wrightsville featuring special events at restaurants, shops, galleries, antique shops, specialty shops, music and more.More Info: PARiverTowns.com

3 From Tree to Table: Maple Sugaring 101, tomorrow (Saturday Feb. 24) 1pm-3pm at Angora Fruit Farm, Reading. Explore maple sugaring from start to finish: tap trees, boil the sap, and taste the final product. More Info & To Register: 484-509-2667 ext. 3

2 Folk duo Homestead Collective in concert at Emmaus Road Cafe, Lincoln Highway East in Lancaster, tomorrow (Sat. Feb. 24) Doors open at 7pm and the music starts at 7:30pm. Homestead Collective is an indie-folk duo based just outside of Philadelphia. More Info: 717-478-3672.

1 Strasburg Spring Consignment & Mud Sale today 5-8pm and tomrrow starting at 8am (Friday & Saturday February 23 & 24) at The Strasburg Fire Company. Antiques, Quilts, Crafts, Tools, Sporting Goods, Horses, Farm Machinery, Sheds & more. More Info: StrasburgFire.com

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Eye on Integrity is based on Psalm 19, verses 12 and 13.

“Who can discern their own errors? Forgive my hidden faults. Keep your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, innocent of great transgression.”

These thoughts express the earnest desire of a man to be cleared of wrongdoing and to have a right relationship with God. Prayer and surrender are good starting places for making things right with God. Prayer and surrender are good starting places with God every day.

Jesus came to set us free from the tyranny of sin. If we follow Jesus daily, His truth reigns over us, and sin no longer has control over our lives. His peace will fill our hearts, and enable us to live without fear of condemnation.

Walking a blameless life is a virtue to embrace for our lives in the Year of Integrity.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Have you caught any of the Winter Olympics this week?  It takes such incredible dedication and determination to get to the games — and take home a prize!  I think it’s a good time to get in the zone and set our hearts and minds on Christ.  Here’s the playlist for our “Fixed & Focused” theme.

Kristi Leigh – WJTL DJ

Kristi@WJTL.com

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Eye on Integrity is based on Psalm 37, verses 4 to 6.

“Delight yourself in the LORD and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the LORD, trust in him, and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.”

The starting place for standing for righteous causes is a relationship with God where we delight in Him. He then plants holy desires in our heart that become righteous causes.

For Billy Graham, that cause was preaching the Gospel.

For Mother Teresa, that cause was helping the poor.

For George Mueller, that cause was helping orphans in their distress.

For Chuck Colson, that cause was reaching out to prisoners and their families with the love of Jesus.

What will your righteous cause be? Let God be the One to move you and guide you. Commit that cause to God.

Walking with delight in the Lord is a virtue to embrace for our lives in the Year of Integrity.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Five Fun Free Family Things To Do This Weekend
February 16-18, 2018

5 Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ, Sunday (February 18)6:30pm-8pm at Westminster Prebyterian Church Lancaster featuring the David Kim Quartet. David is concertmaster of the Philadelphia Orchestra. The quartet will present Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ. Originally an orchestral work commissioned in 1787. More Info: WestPCA.com

4 Random Act of Kindness Day tomorrow (Sat. Feb. 17) at 1pm at East Shore Area Library in Lower Paxton Twp.Musician and artist Mark DeRose will celebrate kindness and encourage doong nice things for others. Registration required.More Info: DCLS.org

3 Community Free Day at The National Civil War Museum in Harrisburg, tomorrow (Saturday, February 17) 10am-4pm. Activities and entertainment celebrating Black History Month, ncluding a period station for children and adults to try on clothing and other items; a coloring activity station, music throughout the day by the Long Hill String Band, and actors portraying Abraham Lincoln, Major Martin R. Delaney and others. More Info: NationalCivilWarMuseum.org

2 The Paloma Irish Arts Foundation 2018 Rose & Shamrock Festival, Friday, Saturday and Sunday (Feb. 16-Feb 18) at the Downtown Marriott Convention Center, Lancaster. Celtic Bands, Irish Dance Competition, Celtic Living History, vendors, food and more. More Info: RoseAndShamrock.org

1 13th Annual Lititz Fire & Ice, tonight 5pm to 9pm and tomorrow (Friday, Feb 16 & Saturday Feb 17) in downtown Lititz. Live music in the square, Ice carving, Ice sculptures, Chili Cook-off, Kid’s Carnival, and the Vendor Fair at Warwick High School. Look for WJTL, broadcasting Live Friday Night. More Info:LititzFireandIce.com

JOHN SHIRK-Today’s Eye on Integrity is based on First John 4:19.

“We love because he first loved us.”

God is our teacher on the lessons of love. He initiated love at creation, and at the cross in the midst of our sinfulness. He gave His best for our worst, so that we might have the opportunity to be restored to Him through faith in Jesus Christ.

There is a Portuguese Proverb that says, “To love God is the greatest of virtues; to be loved by God is the greatest of blessings.”

There is a way for us to grow in love every day, and that is to embrace the grace that Jesus offers us and to walk in the footsteps of His love day by day.

Walking in the way of Christ’s love is a virtue to embrace for our lives in the Year of Integrity.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

JOHN SHIRK – Today’s Person of Integrity from the Bible is the Prodigal Son.

This person is mentioned in a story taught by Jesus in Luke 15.

The word “prodigal” describes someone who spends money recklessly. In this story, the Prodigal Son left home and squandered his father’s wealth on wild living. There is nothing noble about that. But that is not where his story ends. People with godly integrity are not perfect, but they are purified.

Jesus said, “When he finally came to his senses, he said to himself, “I will go home to my father and say, ‘Father, I have sinned against both heaven and you, and I am no longer worthy of being called your son. Please take me on as a hired servant.” That is exactly what he did, and his father welcomed him with open arms. He was filled with love and compassion for his son as he returned home.

The faithfulness of the Prodigal Son to make things right with his father inspires us to be reconciled with our Heavenly Father through Jesus and to live a life of integrity.

John Shirk

john@wjtl.com

Kristi Leigh – WJTL DJ

Kristi@WJTL.com

Five Fun Free Family Things To Do This Weekend
February 9-11, 2018

5 Second Friday in Lititz, tonight (Friday, February 9) 5-9pm in Downtown Lititz. Music, Special Events, downtown shops, restaurants, galleries & more. More Info: LititzPA.com

4 . Candy Land House Extravaganza, tomorrow (Saturday, February 10) 10:30am-1:30pm at East Pennsboro Branch Library, Enola. Play Life-Size Candy Land! Sign up as a family or a team. All ages welcome. Under 13 must be accompanied by an adult. More Info: EastPennsboroBranch.org

3 Neffsville Christian PreSchool Winterfest, tomorrow (Sat. Feb. 10) 9am-11am at Long Memorial United Methodist, Lititz Pike, Lancaster. Games, activities, snacks and crafts to get ready for the Winter Olympics. More Info: NeffsvilleChristianPreschool.com

2 Carlisle’s Ice Art Fest today 4pm-9pm, tomorrow 9am-9pm and Sunday10am-5pm (Feb 9-11) in downtown Carlisle. Ice Sculptures, food vendors, digital scavenger hunt, glass blowing demonstrations, carriage rides, live ice carving, a chili cook-off, movies, concerts and more. More Info: IceArtFest.com

1 FREE Winter Carnival at Central Manor Church of God tonight (Friday, Feb. 9) 5pm-9pm. Indoor Winter Carnival including games, juggler Chris Ivey, bounce houses, a craft, balloon animals, photo booth, free food and more. More Info: CentralManorChurch.org

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