Manheim Township townlively.com
DECEMBER 6, 2023
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL XXXIX • NO 28
At Manheim Township, education is timely and timeless pursuit technology. I think there’s going to be innovative aspects of education ime marches on. Time heals coming down the pipeline.” “I think those who open the time all wounds. Time stands still capsule will appreciate the past and for no one. Recently, the Manheim Township see how Manheim Township has School District embarked on an grown,” continued Mitchell. “I think intriguing project that explores this they’re going to know we’re a school community where fleeting notion of time. The school “I wanted something everyone belongs. district is creating a to show how each Hopefully, they’ll be time capsule that school is, including able to see themselves in the items, that commemorates this year’s 175th anniver- its traditions, and to they’re going to be sary of its founding recognize some of able to relate to them. and also looks ahead the great things Hopefully, the school to its upcoming going on in our district is going to be even better.” bicentennial. school district.” Funded by a $2,000 “In 2048, Mangrant from the Manheim Township will be going strong, just based on our heim Township Education Foundacurrent trajectory,” said ShaiQuana tion, the time capsule project is Mitchell, the director of communica- Mitchell’s idea, one inspired by tions and marketing for the Manheim Christopher Burrowes, a teacher Township School District. “Maybe at the school district’s Schaeffer there’ll be another school. We have Elementary School. Each of Manheim a lot of amazing opportunities with Township’s nine schools places BY JEFF FALK
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Manheim Township High School assistant principal Laura Rakoczy (left) and Manheim Township High School acting principal Lisa Lyons insert items into the school district’s time capsule.
Connect Us Church welcomes Dustin Forbes
Creating safe spaces BY ANN MEAD ASH
Today’s teenagers are facing issues unfamiliar to their parents and grandparents, and according to Susannah Moore, clinical social worker/therapist with Integrate Therapy and Wellness Collective in Bird-in-Hand, that can make it hard for generations to relate. “Those of us who graduated high school before COVID-19 hit and before social media took over the way it has, simply can’t understand what it means to be a teen today,” said Moore.
As a former school social worker, Moore is especially familiar with the issues facing students. “(Teenagers) have had their entire world shifted over and over,” Moore commented. “They haven’t had the sense of stability that most of us had.” Mental health issues among teens were rising prior to the advent of COVID-19 restrictions. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 10-year Youth Risk Behavior Survey found that in 2019, nearly 40% of high school students reported periods of feeling
the same way he hopes to support the members of Connect Us Church. “It was a wonderful service,” said Forbes. “I felt very loved and appreciated. There was a lot of excitement and engagement.” “My job is to come alongside the lead pastor (Kevin Greene) and help people connect with God in church,” continued Forbes. “My duties include pastoral care, counseling people and offering spiritual advice on what God wants for them.” Before coming to Connect Us Church, Forbes served as the director of ministry at Hope Community
BY JEFF FALK
God’s plan is perfect, and so is His timing. Dustin Forbes is the new associate pastor at one of Lancaster County’s newest churches. Everything about his personal journey has led him to this point. On Nov. 12, Forbes officially stepped into his new role as associate pastor at Connect Us Church, 1500 Christopher Place, Lancaster. During the ceremony, Forbes, a resident of Lititz, was supported by the physical presence of his family - wife Ashley and son Hayden - in much
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