School Board

Keith Zimmerman

School Board Term Dates: 2017-2020

Total Time On Board: 7 years

Board Committee Responsibilities: Board Chairman, Chairman of the Building Committee

Church Involvement: Lincoln Mennonite Church--Adult Sunday School teacher

Community Involvement: Board member with Olive Branch Mennonite Mission and Faith Builders Educational Programs

Family: Happily married to Kendra for the past 18 years. Four children, 2 boy and 2 girls.

Life Verse: Romans 5:8 "But God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

Reason for Serving on the Board: I believe that a quality Christian Education is one of the most valuable gifts that we can give to our children and I am honored to serve with an organization that makes that possible.

Steve Cassel

School Board Term Dates: 2016-2019

Total Time On Board: 11 years

Board Committee Responsibilities: Treasurer, Chairman - Finance Committee, Chairman - Long Range Planning Team

Church Involvement: White Oak Church of the Brethren--Sunday School Teacher

Family: Married to Jennifer and we have 5 children, 2 graduated from EMS, 2 in High School and 1 in Elementary.

Life Verse: Psalm 139:23-24 "Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts And see if there by any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting."

Reason for Serving on the Board: I believe in Christian education and the environment it creates to help support our beliefs, morals and standards that we strive to instill in or children as they grow and mature.

Corey Zimmerman

School Board Term Dates: 2016-2019

Total Time On Board: 2 years

Board Committee Responsibilities: Chairman of the Roadside Cleanup Committee

Church Involvement: Cornerstone Mennonite Fellowship--Mission Board Chairman, Small Group Leader, Worship Leader, Sunday School Teacher

Family: Married to Sheila and we have 6 children.

Life Verse: Joshua 24:15b "But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord."

Reason for Serving on the Board: My own positive experience in Christian Education led me to send my own children to a Christian school.

Charles Fox

School Board Term Dates: 2016 -2019

Total Time On Board: 2 years

Board Committee Responsibilities: Board Secretary & Chairman of the PTF Committee

Church Involvement: Oasis Mennonite Church; serve as Pastor

Family: Married to Cindy and we have 5 children

Life Verse: Psalm 103

Reason for Serving on the Board: I feel it is important to be actively involved in my children's lives and I find it rewarding to be able to influence things they are involved with.

Scott Nolt

School Board Term Dates: 2017-2020

Total Time On Board: 1 year

Board Committee Responsibilities: Chairman of the Banquet Committee

Church Involvement: Lincoln Mennonite Church

Community Involvement: Keystone Camps

Family: My wife Marge and I have 4 children

Life Verse: 2 Timothy 1:6 "For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands."

Reason for Serving on the Board: My belief in Christian education is that it provides children with the knowledge to succeed in life.

Jay Weaver

School Board Term Dates: 2018-2021

Board Committee Responsibilities: Chairman of the Transportation Committee

Church Involvement: Word Of Life Mennonite Fellowship, Youth Sunday School teacher, Sunday School Secretary, Youth Leader

Community Involvement: Volunteer for 10 days twice a year at an orphanage in Haiti

Family: Married to Barb and we have 3 children.

Life Verse: 1 Timothy 4:12 "Let no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers an example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity."

Reason for Serving on the Board: I have a deep passion for Christian education and want my children taught with a sound Christian Doctrine.

Josh Martin

School Board Term Dates: 2018-2021

Board Committee Responsibilities: Chairman of the Auction Committee

Church Involvement: Word Of Life Mennonite Fellowship, Sunday School Superintendent

Family: My wife Kelly and I have 4 children.

Jay Martin

School Board Term Dates: 2015-2016, 2017-2018

Total Time On Board: 3 years

Board Committee Responsibilities: Pastoral Advisor, Long-term Planning Committee

Church Involvement: Word of Life Mennonite Fellowship; serve as deacon and as a youth advisor to our church youth group.

Family: Married to Marilyn and we have 5 children.

Life Verse: Isaiah 40:31 "But they that wait for the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint."

Reason for Serving on the Board: I believe in the benefits of Christian education and that parents should be involved in their children's life and education.

John Rutt

School Board Term Dates: 2016-2019

Total Time On Board: 13 years

Board Committee Responsibilities: Pastoral Advisor

Church Involvement: Parkview Mennonite Church--serve as Pastor and Small Group Leader

Family: Married to Andrea and we have 4 children.

Life Verse: Romans 5:8 "but God shows his love us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us."

Reason for Serving on the Board: I believe in Christian education. Children learn best when school, church & lifestyle all speak the same truth. When the wisdom of God is the foundation, academic education takes on new meaning.

Phil Groff

School Board Term Dates: 2017-2020

Total Time On Board: 13 years

Board Committee Responsibilities: Pastoral Advisor

Church Involvement: Cambridge Mennonite Church--serve as Pastor

Family: Married to Sharon and we have been blessed with 4 children. As a family we enjoy camping and going to the mountains. We also spend a lot of summer evenings in the back yard around our fire ring.

Life Verse: Psalm 71:17-18 "O God, from my youth, you have taught me, and I still proclaim your wondrous deeds. So even to old age and gray hairs, O God, do not forsake me, until I proclaim your might to another generation, your power to all those to come."

Reason for Serving on the Board: My parents provided me with the opportunity to attend Christian schools in my elementary and high school years. I was able to form good relationships with classmates that encouraged my walk with the Lord. I also enjoyed singing and was given the opportunity to lead in worship as part of a singing group. All of these things were beneficial in helping me to follow the call that God has placed on my life.