Conestoga Valley AUGUST 11, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 34
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Volunteers pack lunches for Conestoga Valley Christian Community Services’ summer lunch program.
Feeding CV’s Children BY ANN MEAD ASH
rior to the summer of 2020, Conestoga Valley Christian Community Services (CVCCS) offered a summer lunch club for children in the Conestoga Valley School District (CVSD). The clubs met at three area locations on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. Children could enjoy lunch in the park with other club members or take lunch
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home. In 2020, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the lunch club morphed into a grab-and-go service in the same three locations. For 2021, the grab-and-go model remains in place. Jonathan Barrett, who recently became director at CVCCS, reported that three lunches per child are available for pickup in one of three locations from 11 a.m. to noon each Tuesday. Locations are Flory Park, 416 Dohner Drive,
Lancaster; Country Club Apartments, 323 Aaron Lane, Lancaster; and Ebenezer Evangelical Congregational Church, 23 S. State St., Brownstown. CVCCS also delivers lunches to a summer camp held at Leola Elementary School. “Meals are free and open to all children 18 and younger in CVSD,” noted Barrett. CVCCS director of operations Tom Brady said that about 130 people total are served weekly.
Barrett shared that Monday is prep day, when about eight volunteers arrive at CVCCS, 2420 Gehman Lane, Lancaster, to help put together the lunches. On Tuesday, four delivery drivers and at least one helper per site distribute the lunches. Summer lunch coordinator Emma Arnold said that the rest of the week is spent planning, shopping, and cooking to prepare for the following week. See CVCCS pg 4
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During the period when COVID-19 restrictions were in place, the work of children’s ministry leaders was made especially difficult. Unable to meet with children in person, the children’s pastors were pushed to become more creative than in the past in order to reach youngsters via virtual means. For those who take part in CONNECT Children’s Ministry, a program of Lancaster Bible College (LBC), a resource to help inspire innovations was already in place. CONNECT, which has been bringing together children’s ministry leaders for the purposes of networking, brainstorming, and fellowship for several years, was created by Deb Hinkel, former director of the Children and Family Ministries at LBC. In the spring of 2020, the group began meeting online. In addition to bringing together more than 50 ministry leaders each month, the virtual gatherings featured wellknown speakers from around the world and attracted attendees from up and down the East Coast of the United States. See Connected pg 9
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