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eath is not an ending; it’s a beginning. When our loved ones leave us, they go to a place that’s better than this one. Those messages can bring comfort and joy. The death of her son, Jack Nicholson, has provided Donna Nicholson Stief with a platform, and those are just two of the meaningful messages that she delivers through it. “Bad things happen to everyone, even people who live their lives as good as they can,” said Stief. “God’s Son died too, He was good and God knows about grief. God reminded me that He is the giver of life, on Earth and after life. Jack is alive right now. He’s more alive than we are. He’s good; he’s OK. I wish it never would have happened. But because it did, it gives me incredible hope. I can’t imagine not having that living hope that’s grounded in truth.”
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Not everybody is a leader. But almost all of us have some leadership skills. Leadership Lancaster’s role in the community is to uncover leadership abilities, foster them and help others to make the most of them. “A leader is someone who sees potential in either another person or they see potential in an idea,” said Sarah Kemble, program director for Leadership Lancaster. “They kind of bring everyone together to achieve goals. It’s never about themselves. They are people who put their egos aside.” A community nonprofit located at 115 E. King St., Lancaster, Leadership Lancaster accomplishes its mission through training, exchanges of ideas, connection and collaboration and four key programs - college core class, core class, executive class and encore class. That range of classes allows Leadership Lancaster to bring out the best in individuals, regardless of their experience or their standings in the community. “One of the things we ask our participants is ‘When did you first consider yourself a leader?’” said Kemble. “ What it boils down to is that leadership is about caring about people you’re working with in the community, realizing your own unique set of skills and wanting to contribute to something bigger than yourself. At the end of the day, it’s about being your best self and achieving something great with people. See Leadership pg 2
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