Spiritual Life
Spiritual Life
Lancaster Mennonite School believes that the key to a Christ-centered education is having Christ at the center of all learning and activities, not as an add-on in the curriculum. Therefore, the school maintains that spiritual life involves every activity of the school. However, while taking a holistic view of spirituality, the school offers many specific and intentional activities to highlight the spiritual dimension of life.
Elementary students receive daily Bible instruction using the Journeys with God Bible curriculum and attend a weekly chapel service at their level of understanding. Middle school students generally attend Bible class twice every week, a weekly chapel service, and have extended times for focusing on their relationship with God. High School students attend chapel four times per week, meet one day per week in advisory groups and take a theology/Bible class each year. The school provides a campus minister and the Lancaster Campus has a committee of students and faculty devoted to cultivating spiritual life on campus. At the same time, the school expects all teachers to integrate a Christian perspective into all subject areas.
Students and faculty come from a variety of Christian congregations. All faculty teach in harmony with Confession of Faith in a Mennonite Perspective, which is the theological foundation of the school. This confession of faith emphasizes a personal relationship with God through Christ, salvation through faith, and a commitment to following the life and teachings of Jesus, including the Sermon on the Mount, restorative justice, positive relationships with others, anti-racism, care of creation, creating a culture of life, peacemaking, justice and service ministries.
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