From March 27-31, Lancaster Mennonite will hold our World Changer Week. During this week, our students will engage in acts of service for our community. Serving others is one of the ways we express our core values of seeking Jesus wholeheartedly and living compassionately.
At school, students have written letters asking potential sponsors (family & friends) to support them as they perform these acts of service. If you would like to support Christ-centered, world changing education click the link below to DONATE NOW!
Programs LM students will be participating in:
- My Coins Count
- MCC
- Blessings of Hope/Woodcrest
- Hub 450
- Church World Service
- Black Rock
- Packing School Kits
Schedule of Service Projects:
Elementary Students and 5th Grade
Students in grades 2, 3, 4 and 5 will be assembling school kits during World Changers Week for Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). https://mcc.org/get-
LMS has enough supplies for 400 School Kits purchased through a non profit organization which buys items in bulk for a considerable savings. (a local Sunday School class supplied some of these funds) We welcome any additional funds or supplies families wish to donate. If you would like to donate cash – each kit costs $5.10.
You may send in supplies that you purchase. Here is a list of items in each school kit
Contents (NEW items only):
- 4 spiral or perforated-pages notebooks (8.5 in x 10.5 in and 70 sheets)
- 8 new unsharpened pencils
- 1 ruler (flat, good quality; must indicate 30 cm; inch markings optional)
- 12 colored pencils (in packaging)
- 1 large eraser
- 2 new black or blue ballpoint pens
- 1 small all metal pencil sharpener, one or two holes. All metal sharpeners can be found online at Amazon.com or Bazic.com.or in the art supply section of retail stores like Staples. Plastic case pencil sharpeners are not accepted because these are poor quality and do not last as long. If you cannot find all metal sharpeners please pack the kits without them and we will add the sharpeners.
6th Grade
Our 6th grade students will be volunteering on campus with the LM Maintenance Crew for Campus Clean-up in the afternoon on Thursday 3/30 from 8:20 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Please make sure that your student plans to dress accordingly on the 30th. They are also encouraged to bring a water bottle and gardening or work gloves to help them with their project if they would like.
7th Grade
Our 7th grade students will be volunteering at Mennonite Central Committee’s Material Resource Center on the afternoon of Wednesday, 3/29. Students will eat lunch at the cafeteria at LM as usual. Please wear closed toe shoes and conservative clothing. T-shirts should be LMS or no words. Wear long pants or skirt for Wednesday, 3/29. They are also encouraged to bring a water bottle.
8th Grade
Our 8th grade students will be volunteering off campus on the morning of Wednesday, 3/29. Students in Mr. Natales’s homeroom class will volunteer at Blessings of Hope food bank. Students in Mrs. Zimmermans’s homeroom class will volunteer at Woodcrest Retreat Center. Students will eat lunch at the cafeteria at LM as usual. Please wear closed toe shoes and conservative clothing. T-shirts should be LMS or no words. Wear long pants or skirt for Wednesday, 3/29. All students are encouraged to bring a water bottle, and those volunteering at Woodcrest may bring gardening or work gloves to help them with their project.
9th Grade
Our 9th grade students will be volunteering at Mennonite Central Committee’s (MCC) Material Resource Center on Monday, 3/27. The grade will be divided into a morning and afternoon group according to their advisory. Please make sure that your student plans to dress comfortably on the 27th. They are also encouraged to bring a water bottle.
Mr. Sheffer and Mr. Sauder’s advisory groups will depart at 8:30 am, serve at MCC from 9-11 AM, and return to school by 11:30. Mr. Metzler and Mrs. Keeney’s advisory groups will leave campus at 11:45 am, serve at MCC from 12:30-2:30, and return to school by 3:00.
10th Grade
Ms. Grimes and Mr. Winey’s advisory groups will volunteer at Eastern Mennonite Missions’ Hub450 in downtown Lancaster. They will depart at 8:30 am, serve at EMM’s HUB 450 from 9-11 AM, and return to school by 11:30.
Mr. King, Mrs. Lehman, and Mr. De La Rosa’s advisory groups will volunteer at Black Rock Retreat. They will leave campus at 11:45 am, serve at Black Rock Retreat from 12:30-2:30, and return to school by 3:00.
Please make sure that your student plans to dress accordingly on the 28th. All students are encouraged to bring a water bottle, and those volunteering at Black Rock may bring gardening or work gloves to help them with their project.
11th and 12th Grade
Students in 11th and 12th grades will be helping elementary students pack school kits during their advisory period.