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The Rev. Edward Bailey stands March 24 in the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, where he has led the congregation for the past
28 years. Bailey credits God for bringing him through a difficult ordeal after catching COVID-19. He said his Easter sermon will focus on the
Resurrection and how it has the power to bring people through tough times.
INSPIRING
HOPE&RENEWAL
ANIYA THOMAS
AND ENELLY BETANCOURT
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OVID-19 nearly killed him, but
the Rev. Edward Bailey was nev-
er afraid.
The 72-year-old senior pastor
of Bethel African Methodist Episcopal
Church in Lancaster city recently re-
called his ordeal after testing positive in
November 2020.
The oxygen tube that helped him
breathe. The brain bleed that led to sur-
gery. The walker and wheelchair he need-
ed to get around.
Bailey credits God with bringing him
through his ordeal, and that will be a
prevalent theme in his Easter sermon to-
day at the historic city church founded in
1817 at 450 E. Strawberry St.
F I V E O T H E R S W E TA L K E D T O A B O U T T H E I R E A S T E R S E R M O N S
The Rev. Luis Rodriguez,
San Juan Bautista
Catholic Church
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LOCAL AGRICULTURE
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Bird flu
found in
county
flock
E. Donegal farm quarantined;
layer birds to be euthanized
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Pennsylvania has confirmed its first case
of highly pathogenic avian influenza for the
year in poultry.
A layer flock was infected in East Donegal
Township, the U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture reported Saturday.
USDA and the state are working on a joint
incident response. State officials quaran-
tined the affected premises, and birds on the
SUZETTE WENGER | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER property will be depopulated — euthanized
— to prevent the spread of the disease. Ad-
ditional surveillance and testing will be con-
ducted in the area.
Samples were tested at the state veterinary
lab and confirmed by USDA’s lab in Iowa.
Avian influenza has been spread across the
PA S T O R S F O C U S O N country by wild fowl this spring. Only one
wild bird has tested positive for the disease
U P L I F T I N G M E SSAG E S
in Pennsylvania — a bald eagle found dead in
IN CHALLENGING TIMES Chester County last month.
Some 190 premises have been infected
BIRD FLU, page A5
LEGISLATIVE PROCEDURES
Rules foil
On that first Easter morning, darkness was replaced animal
with light, and sadness was replaced with joy. ...
measure
Just when you think everything is ruined, God
comes to our rescue in the presence of Jesus Christ.
— The Rev. Luis Rodriguez, San Juan Bautista Catholic Church
Power of committee chairs can
LNP | LancasterOnline reporters asked authority to bring people through tough
Bailey and five other pastors in Lancaster times. keep popular bills from moving
County what their Easter messages will Recalling his ordeal with COVID-19,
be in light of the extraordinary times we he said his wife of 39 years, Lavonia, a MIKE WERESCHAGIN
MWERESCHAGIN@CAUCUSPA.COM
are living in. registered nurse and first lady at the
Following are their responses: 150-member church, left the hospital in Inside the doors of the Capitol, democracy
tears worried she wouldn’t see her hus- can get a little baffling.
THE REV. EDWARD BAILEY, band alive again. Animal-welfare advocate Grace Kelly
BETHEL AFRICAN METHODIST “She’s seen multiple patients, and she Herbert has spent years organizing support
EPISCOPAL CHURCH could tell that I was near ‘the door,’” he for a bill called Victoria’s Law, named for a
Bailey said his Easter sermon will focus said. “But I have no fear of death because German shepherd she rescued from a dog
on how Jesus’ resurrection power has the EASTER SERMONS, page A6 breeder. The bill would ban pet stores from
selling commercially bred dogs, cats or rab-
bits, with the goal of cutting off a key funding
stream for puppy mills.
Being anti-puppy-mill is about the easiest
gimme in politics, and the bill’s roster of co-
sponsors bears that out. Last session, the Sen-
ate version of the bill, introduced by former
Sen. Thomas Killion, attracted 31 cospon-
sors, more than enough to pass the chamber
Pastor Matt Mylin, Pastor David Manley, Pastor Susan Gascho- Pastor Oleg comfortably. This session, with Sen. Kristen
the Worship Center St. Paul’s Church Cooke, Community Navarich, Phillips-Hill as the prime sponsor, it has 16
in Quarryville Mennonite Church Bethany Slavic Church Democrats and nine Republicans signed on,
of Lancaster VICTORIA’S LAW, page A7
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