Pastor Robert Gerhart from Bally will come to Fairmount on Thursday, March 23, at 2 p.m. to tell the story of Mennonite missionary Annie Clemmer Funk, using special chalks, lighting, and music. The 45-minute program will take place in the Farm Crest Community Room Chapel, 1100 Farm Crest Drive, Ephrata, on the Fairmount campus.

Funk had served for six years as a teacher in India and was returning to her parents' home near Bally on the Titanic. She had celebrated her 38th birthday on the Titanic just two days before dying after its fateful collision with an iceberg. The presentation will take the audience back to Funk's Pennsylvania homestead and then to her missionary activity in India before concluding with her journey home in April 1912.

The program is free and open to the public, and no reservations are required. Directions can be found at http://www.fairmounthomes.org.

In addition, a ham and cheese sandwich fundraiser, held jointly with the local Youth for Truth group, is now underway at Fairmount. The ham and cheese sandwiches may be ordered through Friday, March 31. Orders may be placed by calling 717-354-1800 or stopping by the front desk at Fairmount. The sandwiches will be available for pickup on Saturday, April 15, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. just inside the front door of the Wheat Ridge building. Proceeds from the fundraiser will be used for the benefit of Fairmount residents in financial need.