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JANUARY 20, 2021
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LVII • NO 5
Full Circle - New Pequea Baptist Employee Returns To Roots ast spring, when Tammy Shondelmyer first heard about the position of director of Next Generation Ministries at Pequea Baptist Church, she thought about her passion for rearing and nurturing children. “The job beckoned to me,” recalled Tammy. “A part of me said, ‘I think I would really enjoy that - making a different kind of investment in children.’” Tammy soon applied for the job at the church where her husband, Clint, serves as pastor of discipleship and where she was raised. Her father, Walter Venman, served as pastor there for more than 40 years. In April, she was offered the position, and she officially started in August. “I literally grew up here,” said Tammy, who now lives in the house where she was raised. She attended High Point Baptist Academy in Geigertown and after graduating went to Cedarville University in Ohio, later transferring to Philadelphia College of Bible, now Cairn University. She graduated in 1989
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with degrees in education and Bible. Having met Clint at college in Philadelphia, Tammy soon married. The couple moved to Indiana, Pa., where Clint was pastoring a church. The couple later lived in Venice, Fla., and in Springfield, Va. Tammy began her teaching career in western Pennsylvania. She has taught kindergarten, several elementary grades, and English and language arts to middle-schoolers. After returning to the area, she taught ninth-grade English at Linville Hill Christian School in Gap. She noted that she has enjoyed teaching multiple grades. “I liked learning about each new age group, and I loved learning the nuances of that age group,” she said, adding that she has fond memories of her time at Linville Hill. In her new position at the church, Tammy was quickly dealing with the ramifications of COVID-19 restrictions in the church’s ministries that encompass children from birth to grade 12. Programs range from nursery care through Sunday school and youth group,
Leaving A Legacy: Mentor Touches The Future At Bench Mark
BY ANN MEAD ASH
Lancaster resident Nate Luvice is only 22 years old, but he is already concerned about the legacy he will leave. “I want to be sure that I leave my mark in this community,” said Luvice. “When people talk about me, they will say that (I) made a change.” Luvice is a full-time mentor and student services coordinator with Bench Mark, a program located on East Liberty Street in Lancaster city
Melody Karick, the program director for Meadow View, Garden Spot Village’s (GSV) new memory support facility located on South Kinzer Avenue in New Holland, sees the new 40,000-squarefoot building, which includes two mirror-image sections named Amber and Pearl, as a mini version of GSV. “People live here as a community,” said Karick, gesturing to the Town Square area of the building, which includes a general store, cosmetology shop, bistro, and chapel. “They visit each other.” Karick noted that only the front door and the gates to the five outdoor
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Tammy Shondelmyer began serving as director of Next Generation Ministries at Pequea Baptist Church in Gap in August.
Meadow View - A Team Approach To Normalcy
INSIDE THIS ISSUE GSV Half/10K Introduces New Race Director . . . . . .3 County Certified Wildlife-Friendly . . . . . . . .4 Business Directory . . . . . .4 Cookbook To Benefit Boy Scout Troop . . . . . . .10 House Of Worship . . . . . .12
Cutting the ribbon at the opening of Meadow View at Garden Spot Village are (from left) Gordon Denlinger, Vernon Feather, Mary Jo Medura, Don Aldrich, EJ Rittersbach, Melody Karick, Steve Lindsey, Rep. David Zimmerman, Joyce Gerhart, and Stevyn Conway.
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