Commencement for the Lancaster Mennonite High School class of 2015 will take place 10 a.m. Saturday, June 6, in the Weaver Auditorium of the Calvin & Janet High Fine Arts Center, Lancaster Campus, 2176 Lincoln Highway East, Lancaster. Commencement will be preceded by a Senior Class Dedication service Friday night, June 5, in the same location.

The keynote speaker for commencement will be Miriam F. Book, LMH class of 1966, a former associate general secretary of the Mennonite Church who currently serves as interim lead pastor of Zion Mennonite Church, Souderton, PA. She previously served in pastoral roles at Blossom Hill Mennonite Church in Lancaster, Bethesda Mennonite Church in Henderson, Nebraska, and Salford Mennonite Church in Harleysville, PA. Earlier in her life-long career of church service, she was overseas administrator for Eastern Mennonite Missions, Salunga.

Four students were chosen to speak at the Senior Class Dedication service in lieu of a valedictorian and salutatorian: Caleb Henry Bornman, son of Jonathan and Carol Bornman, Lancaster (English Department Award, Presidential Academic Fitness Award, Scholastic Writing Gold Key); Takahiro Fukuhara, son of Hiromi and Yumi Fukuhara, Hakodate-shi, Japan (Mathematics Department Award, Presidential Academic Fitness Award); Shayna Rae Landis, daughter of Stuart and Starla Landis, Lancaster (Presidential Academic Fitness Award); and Katherine Anna Rutt, daughter of Richard and Michelle Rutt, Ephrata (Presidential Academic Fitness Award).

Degrees will be awarded by Elvin N. Kennel , LMH principal; Miles E. Yoder, assistant superintendent, and Diane Zimmerman Umble, Ph.D., board chair.

The class motto is “All Glory Comes from Daring to Begin,” and the class verse is “But one thing I do; forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead, I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 3:13b, 14 NRSV)

The class procession will be led by Mackenzie Lynn McBride, class president; Tieagra Chantél McNeil, vice president; Katelyn Marie Coryell, recording secretary; Po-Hua Chen, attendance secretary; and John Isaac Hursh, treasurer.

LANCASTER MENNONITE HIGH SCHOOL – CLASS OF 2015

CLASS OFFICERS

Mackenzie Lynn McBride – President

Tieagra Chantél McNeil – Vice President

Katelyn Marie Coryell – Recording Secretary

Po-Hua Chen – Attendance Secretary

John Isaac Hursh – Treasurer

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