Financial Support to the Community

2020-2021 FY

Community Impact Goals

International Involvement

When disaster strikes, sometimes a hug is all that will suffice. Bit, because it’s impossible to send a hug overseas, the Landis Homes Comfort Knotters have partnered with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) to find a new way to spread warmth and coziness to those in need.

Landis Homes residents Leon and Elaine Good have led the Landis Homes Comfort Knotters group since 2011, several years prior to becoming residents. The group supplies MCC with 250-300 comforters a year, which are then distributed around the world for international relief efforts. These countries include Burkina, Faso, Canada, Ecuador, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Ukraine, and Zambia.

Comfort Knotters meets on the first and third Tuesdays of each month to knot comforters. Two members of the group prepare for the knotting session, but the rest of the work is done in the residences of group members. Donated or purchased fabric for the tops and backs are used and purchased for polyester batting is used for the middle layer of the comforters. The group is comprised of 20 residents and four attendees from off campus.

“The importance of this ministry cannot be overstated!” Elaine said. “Needy people are all over the world. War, poverty, and weather disasters are robbing people of the ability to take care of themselves – hence the need for material resources.”

Join the Landis Homes Comfort Knotters in sending a “hug” to those who truly need one.

For more information, visit www.mcc.org/comforters

Wetlands Study Experience

Students from Temple University stopped in March 2021 in the campus wetlands to learn about the design and upkeep of reclaimed areas. Friends of the Woods and Wetlands members Dick Boshart, Dave Martin and Roland Yoder joined them.

Offering Recipients

Organizational Highlights

Landis Homes Chapel Ministries supports chapel activities including, but not limited to, honorariums, Sunday School and devotional materials, supplies, and other support of Pastoral Services as needed.

Landis Homes Caring Fund helps to provide benevolent care at Landis Homes.

Mennonite Mission Network exists to lead, mobilize and equip the church to participate in holistic witness to Jesus Christ in a broken world. They envision every congregation and all parts of the church being fully engaged in mission—​across the street, all through the marketplaces and around the world.

Eastern Mennonite Missions Impact Fund enables EMM to recruit and send workers, and to support staff.

Atlantic Coast Conference is an association of congregations who follow expressions of faith, mission and service, justice and peace, guided by Mennonite Anabaptist convictions. Landis Communities is a conference-related ministry of Atlantic Coast Conference. 

Fellowship Day Sponsorship & Caring Fund helps to meet the need of residents whose financial resources are insufficient to cover the cost of personal care or healthcare services.

Lancaster Mennonite Conference church congregations include nearly 200 residents and many Landis staff. Landis Homes, and all of Landis Communities, benefit from the close connection and the shared resources between our organizations. As the Director of Organizational Communication/Church Relations, Larry Guengerich works closely with LMC staff to keep our relationship strong and vital.

Mennonite World Conference is a group of Anabaptist-related churches linked to one another in a worldwide community for fellowship, worship, service and witness.  

Tabor Community Services helps Lancaster County residents by teaching the skills they need to solve their housing and financial problems. Whether a client needs to move from a shelter or pay off a difficult mortgage, Tabor can help.

Friendship Community supports ministry cultivating capabilities of individuals with developmental disabilities in Lancaster and Lebanon Counties. 

Welsh Mountain Home, a Landis affiliate, provides facilities, services, and programs for older adults and dependent persons. It is committed to maintaining an atmosphere of simplicity and integrity with a Christian emphasis.

Landis Homes Offering Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE) Fund provides educational support, training and experience for the development of pastoral and spiritual care for those living within the Landis Homes community.  

Mennonite Church USA is an Anabaptist Christian denomination in the United States rooted in the Radical Reformation of the 16th century and currently maintains four church-wide ministry agencies: Mennonite Mission Network,Mennonite Education Agency, MennoMedia (formerly Mennonite Publishing Network) and Everence (formerly Mennonite Mutual Aid).

Mennonite Central Committee – Peace takes an active role in advocating for peace both in North America and around the world, seeking “to be a witness against forces that contribute to poverty, injustice and violence” to encourage Mennonites and others to actively pursue peaceful resolution of conflicts. 

Mennonite Disaster Service is currently funding the rebuilding of Vega Baja Mennonite Church in Puerto Rico which was destroyed during Hurricane Maria in September 2017. Donations will help purchase building materials for the new building, which will serve as both a worship space and a shelter for local families when future hurricanes strike.

Water Street Ministries provides an array of services to the homeless and working poor in Lancaster County and beyond.

Good Samaritan Shelter provides an array of services to the homeless and working poor in Lancaster County and beyond.

Church World Service works hand-in-hand with caring churches, organizations, and individuals to provide hope and home to refugees and immigrants from all over the world.

Meals on Wheels of Lancaster County provides freshly prepared meals at a reasonable cost to anyone in our specified geographic area who cannot reasonably provide meals for themselves. Meals on Wheels works in collaboration with partners and people to support our homebound neighbors buy mobilizing over 700 volunteers annually to give over 45,000 volunteer hours to serve over 180,000 meals.