Truly a Unity Tree! 

It truly was a day of peace and a celebration of healing at the Unity Tree Planting in Lancaster on June 6th. IPC was blessed to have Rev. John Knight, from Bright Side Baptist Church who remarked on how, even in a country that is seemingly so divided, communities of faith can come together through our love for creation to do such healing work as planting trees. Ray D'Agostino, Lancaster County Commissioner (R) spoke about how important it is to have congregations doing work that focuses on stream health and how vital clean water is to our environment and communities. Additionally, we heard from Phil Wenger, President of Lancaster Conservancy that spearheads Lancaster's Water Week. A huge thank you goes out to the 17 congregations (see list below) that participated in IPC's Trees of Peace that resulted in the planting of over 120 trees throughout Lancaster, as well as our dedicated Lancaster Task Force, and program partners Sacred Grounds/Lancaster Conservancy, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and Lancaster Clean Water Partners who all made this such a successful project. 

Full Time Job Opportunity

We need your help to continue this momentum by assisting IPC to find just the right person to fill our new full-time Lancaster Outreach Coordinator position. Please share our new job opportunity with anyone you think might be able to advance this great work. Read more and share the job description from our website HERE. We hope to have a new hire start in mid-August. 

Thanks to our "Trees for Peace" participating congregations: 

Akron Mennonite Church, Blossom Hill Mennonite Church, Bright Side Baptist Church, Community Mennonite Church of Lancaster, Grandview Church, Hosanna! A fellowship of Christians, Landisville Mennonite Church, Lititz Mennonite Church, Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, New Holland Mennonite, Red Run Mennonite Church, Saint Leo the Great Catholic Church, San Juan Bautista Catholic Church, Speedwell Heights BIC Church, St John Neumann Parish and Catholic School, Unitarian Universalist Church of Lancaster and Victory Church.