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JANUARY 26, 2022

SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954

VOL LVIII • NO 5

Servants Inc. Comes To Lancaster round 2000, Trent Davis, founder and CEO of Servants Inc., took a mission trip to Guatemala. The trip changed the direction of his life. “(Trent) felt a call to continue relationships and give others opportunity to have that experience,” said Keith Cotton, director of outreach with Servants. Cotton noted that Davis coordinated mission trips and worked with missionaries in Guatemala under a program he called SARF (Serving At Risk Families), which also included home repair and construction work. Fast forward to 2005, when Hurricane Katrina inspired Davis to do home repair work stateside. “(Trent) responded with the same base of volunteers, and that’s how the disaster recovery branch started,” said Cotton, who noted that flooding in York County in 2010 really brought home the idea of working locally. “There are home repair needs here, and we have these skills,” said Cotton. “(Trent thought), ‘Let’s start

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working more regularly here in the community.’” Home Helps began serving in York in 2007. From York, the leap to Lancaster County was natural. Davis now works out of The Candy Factory building in downtown Lancaster several days a week. According to Cotton, the executive team had a vision of expanding into a number of counties, with Lancaster being the first. “Right now we are in York, Lancaster, and Adams,” explained Cotton, adding that Lebanon, Dauphin, and Cumberland are in line to get offices next. One of the initial connections Servants Inc. made was with CrossNet Ministries in New Holland. “In 2021, we completed five projects in New Holland with CrossNet,” said Cotton. Meredith Dahl, executive director at CrossNet, said the organization is grateful to partner with Servants Inc. “Recently, a handicapped-accessible porch was placed on the home of a family in our community,” she said. “The family shared with us … See Servants Inc. pg 3

CV Chamber Orchestra Plays For Tuesday Alive

Restart Sportsman Banquets Will Feature Justin Gibbons When Jaime Santiago, executive director and founder of Restart Training Center Ministry (RTCM), looks for speakers for his annual sportsman banquets, he often turns to attendees. “(Justin Gibbons) was referred by banquet attendee Ken Weaver,” said Santiago, who reported that Gibbons is a devoted Christian with a ministry to hunters called Limitless Outdoors. “(Gibbons’) goal is to enjoy God’s creation while introducing people to the Creator of the outdoors,” added Santiago.

On Dec. 14, 2021, Audrey Kanagy, pastor of Ridgeview Mennonite Church, must have felt a mixture of joy and sadness when she introduced the Conestoga Valley High School (CVHS) chamber orchestra to the Tuesday Alive with 55 & Up gathering of more than 50 in the church fellowship hall. Originally, the presentation was scheduled in December of 2020, when See CVHS pg 3

See RTCM pg 2

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