Board of Directors

A passionate, professional, and servant-hearted team leads our organization.

If you want to learn more about serving on the Board of Directors, click the link below.

Contact our Executive Director

Board Service opportunities

Accepting New Board Members

FROM OUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

- TAMMI MORRIS

If you want to learn more about becoming a board member, please Email Me.

But for now, I have a few thoughts about what board service requires and hopefully ease your worries about the many vacancies.

Generally, you can plan to commit about 3-4 hours per month to this work. Once you meet our residents and staff, we are sure you’ll love every minute of your service to this precious organization and won’t consider it work.

However, director positions like President, Treasurer, VP, and Secretary may require more hours from time to time.

TO BE A FFM BOARD MEMBER, YOU SHOULD BE:

1) Believer and Follower of Jesus Christ and desire to use your faith to serve others

FFM was founded upon the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the desire that our faith in Christ calls us to provide services for those most in need that society often misunderstands or overlook.

We believe the answer to this problem of insufficient resources for the poor and suffering is found in the commands of Christ and our faith in him that equips us for this and every good work.

We understand not everyone shares our faith, which is ok, but we also don’t compromise on what motivates and informs our work. So, if you don’t share our faith, it would be hard to carry out our mission. We want to make sure you fit where you serve. Let’s have a deeper conversation about this.

2) Willing to Serve, giving your time for meetings and learning, planning, and oversight

Being a board member means helping to review financials, strategic plans, the Executive Director’s annual performance and compensation, and helping to position FFM for the future.

3) Willing to Learn about those who have mental illness.

Don’t worry; we’ll teach you. Many of us knew little about the ministry or who we serve.

4) Willing to Donate your time, talents, and financial resources

Don’t worry; we won’t tell you how much to give; we ask that you donate meaningfully.

5) Willing to Share the mission with others by opening doors or having conversations.

Don’t worry; our staff does most of the outreach and development, but making connections can often lead to new supportive relationships that can positively impact the ministry.

6) Willing to Commit to a two-year term in Good Faith.

We understand life happens, and sometimes, we cannot keep the commitments we made. That is why you see so many vacancies on our board right now.

FFM has been hit with many trials in the past 3-4 years. Our board members have faced adversity in their own lives as well. It has been a difficult time, which is part of the reason for our vacancies. But this has also been a time when God’s faithfulness has been robust, reassuring, and undisputable.

We have many testimonies of His goodness and love for FFM. We are rebuilding, strengthening, stabilizing, and growing in many ways. It’s an exciting time at FFM. We’d love for you to consider joining us if you feel the Lord is drawing you. In Service, Tammi

Eric (Rick) Morgan -

Board Treasurer 2023-2025

A resident of Lancaster, beginning July of 1998, I am married to Darlene, and together we have been blessed with three adult children, and we now enjoy spoiling our 4 grandchildren.  By God’s grace, we have grown closer each day of our nearly 44 years of marriage.  My 11-year tenure at Faith Friendship Villa began in 2004 when FFM founders Steve and Patty Dietch by faith hired me as Social Services Director, having minimal knowledge of the social services system.  As a two-year-old ministry, I can safely say that under their prayerful guidance, God blessed us with many experiences that grew us in understanding of what it means to truly serve our ‘family’, and each other, and most importantly, grow in our knowledge of Him.  After spending a season in chaplaincy at our local hospital and later retiring from Sight and Sound Ministries, I find myself as one seeking to make a difference in the lives of those around me.  When the Executive Director of Faith Friendship, Tammi Morris, approached me about the possibility of board membership, as in many past experiences, God prompted me to respond favorably.

As a board member, I seek to build on that which has already been grown by God’s grace, by His faithful servants, and minister to the ‘least of these’.  Soli Deo Gloria. -Rick Morgan

Steve Manning, CFO of GFI Transport-Immediate past Board Treasurer  -

Steve is the CFO at GFI Transport in Mt. Joy.  He has spent the last 25 years in a financial capacity at both large and medium-size companies.  He has taught numerous classes on financial stewardship and budgeting.  He currently attends GBC Lancaster with his wife and three children.