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The Patter – December 1st 2024

News & Views from Campus: December 1st – December 7th

-Cottage Community Center (30D): Tuesday, 6:00pm: Game Night! Wednesday, 1pm: Ponytail Canasta. Thursday, 10am: Coffee Hour. Friday, 1:30pm: Scrabble, 6pm: Friday Night Fun & Games. Saturday, 1pm: Dominoes.

-Cherry Lane Cottagers are still gathering the 1st & 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7pm at 2109 Cherry Lane Estates North. Come meet your neighbors for some good conversation and some tasty snacks!    

-Good Samaritan Home’s Annual Christmastime Memorial Service will be Tuesday, December 10th at 6:00 PM in the Wee Kirk Chapel.  Family and friends of loved ones who passed away are welcome to attend the service. We will also stream the service live on The Good Samaritan Home Facebook Page. An ornament will be hung on our Christmas trees in the chapel for each of our Residents and Cottagers who passed away in the previous year. 

This service is also open to anyone who would like us to remember a loved one in this way no matter when they passed away or where. To include other loved ones in this service, please call Chaplain Josh Vahle at 217-223-2455 x4491 and leave a message with your name and phone number and your loved one’s name and date of passing. Or email him at jvahle@gshq.org  Thank you!!!                                               -Nathan

Happy Birthday

Melba Loos                                                12-02              Stacy Arrowsmith(E)      12-05

Sylvia Holzgrafe                                        12-02              Charles Bowen              12-05

Billie Todd                                                  12-03              Delores Clark                12-05

Vickie Lubbert                                           12-04              Velma Klusmeyer           12-06

Weekly Inspiration

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.”

~Robert Collier~

Prayer Of The Week

Romans 15:13

“May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”

My Punny Puns and Goofy Jokes of the Week, Hockey Edition, Brought to you by Donnie!

-Why don’t hockey players play hide-and-seek? Because good luck hiding when you’re on thin ice!      

-Why did the hockey player bring a ruler to the game? To measure his slapshot of course!    

-What did the hockey player say to his girlfriend when he proposed? Let’s stickhandle through life together!    

– Why do hockey players make interesting friends? Because they have a ‘check’-ered past!  

-You know what they say; you can’t teach an old puck new tricks!

Activity Calendar Games, Cards, Etc. available in Bartley Family Room

***All schedules are subject to change without notice***

Sunday, December 1st————————————————    

Salem Church Service & Our Redeemer Lutheran service available for individual viewings

9:00        Worship – Channel 3 & Chapel

1:00        Meet Me Next Christmas – Channel 3

3:00        Cathy Flick Students – Social Room

Monday, December 2nd———————————————-

9:00        Devotions – Channel 3 & Chapel

10:00      Decorating – Several Areas

11:00      Exercise – Channel 3

1:00        Decorating – Several Areas

2:00        Christmas Inheritance – Channel 3

Tuesday, December 3rd———————————————-

9:00       Devotions – Channel 3 and Chapel

9:30        Decorating – Several Areas

11:00      Exercise – Channel 3

1:00        Behind the Scenes: National Museum of Pacific War – Channel 3 & Social Room

2:30        Dominoes – Eastbrook Lane

6:15        Bingo with LifePoint Bingo Buddies – Social Room

Wednesday, December 4th———————————————

9:00       Devotions – Channel 3 & Chapel

9:45       Bible Study with Chaplain Josh – Social Room

11:00     Exercise – Channel 3

1:00       Movie: Jingle Jangle – A Christmas Journey – Channel 3

1:30       Garbage Cards – Stevenson Manor

6:00       Heinze Dance Academy Performance – Social Room

Thursday, December 5th———————————————–

9:00       Devotions w/ Marty & Dan – Channel 3 & Chapel

9:30       Rosary – Channel 3 and Chapel

10:00     Catholic Mass – Channel 3 and Chapel

11:00     Exercise – Channel 3

1:00       Tim Bealor, Entertainer – Channel 3 & Social Room

6:30       York Street Jazz Ochestra Performance – Social Room

Friday, December 6th—————————————————-

9:00       Devotions – Channel 3 & Chapel

9:30       Ozzie & Rocky – Social Room

11:00     Exercise – Channel 3

1:30       Murdoch Mysteries – Channel 3

2:00       Bingo – Social Room

Saturday, December 7th————————————————–

10:00      Eber & McReynolds Party with David Damm – Social Room

11:00      Exercise – Channel 3

3:15        Rummy with Jake – Stevenson Manor