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LMH Career and Faith Week 

Lancaster Mennonite High School students had a chance to consider how their faith can affect career choices and workplace behavior as they heard from three guest speakers during Career and Faith Week, January 23-27, during morning chapel services.

    Josh Keefer, who graduated from Lancaster Mennonite in 2001, is a youth pastor at Mount Joy Mennonite Church and also a realtor. After numerous dead ends in search for work that fit, he felt “completely broken.” It was then that he realized he had rarely consulted with God.

      Through daily conversations with God and studying Scripture, he came to realize that what God wanted was his trust. He asked the students to reflect on their lives and ask, “How can I trust God more each day?”

      “God asks us to be faithful on a daily basis,” he said. “I’ve been very, very glad I’ve been willing to take one day at a time.”

      Sherri Gorman is vice president of Kinsey Archery Products as well as the girls varsity basketball coach at Lancaster Mennonite. She told the story of her grandfather turning a severe injury into something positive as he began the family business that she, the third generation, is now part of. She also shared Christian values that are important to her and the business—values such as honesty, authenticity, joyfulness, gentleness, excellence, humility and compassion. 

      On choosing a career, she advised the students to: (1) Follow your passions and dreams, (2) Whatever you choose, do it well, (3) Pick a path, but know that you can change it, (4) Make a difference in the lives of others, and (5) Be a servant leader in all that you do.

   Andrew Huth is a documentary photographer from the Philadelphia area. Born in Korea, Huth was adopted at age 8 by a North American couple after he and his sisters fled an abusive home life. After a search for life direction that was dogged by feelings of self hate, he returned to his homeland, took photography lessons, and with his camera began capturing the lives of ordinary Korean people. As he heard the stories of the people, he learned that lack of confidence and the search to find oneself are universal. The stories became a vehicle for his own healing. They also helped him realize that Jesus comes in many forms—for him, an older sister who helped him escape possible death, adoptive parents, and friends along the way.

      Because of this journey home, Huth found his niche as a documentary photographer. He feels fortunate and privileged. But he told the students, “Don’t feel too guilty about being privileged. Rather, I hope you feel a sense of responsibility to use your gifts ... to better the lives of those around you.”