Lycoming expects both individual responsibility and community involvement as a part of its liberal arts education. We identify potential leaders as early as freshman orientation and invite them to participate in a yearlong leadership training program that focuses on individual values, ethical decision making, and the promotion of service-learning and community values. Lycoming describes its expectations of conduct at every opportunity. The college employs a full-time United Methodist campus minister and provides office space and support for a Catholic campus minister. Ecumenical prayer services are held on campus each Sunday with other services on special occasions.
Residence halls have at least one peer minister.
Through United Campus Ministry, the college offers several spiritual retreats each semester. This program introduces the student's new community as well as the concept of community service. Likewise, an on-campus community service fair helps students begin a program of volunteering. A new community service center continues the program by matching volunteer needs in the community with campus groups and individuals seeking volunteer opportunities. Lycoming students have been recognized for their after-school tutoring program and for their work with Habitat for Humanity and the Kiwanis Youth Camp.