GEOCAM CONNECTION Georgetown & Cambridge Assisted Living 141-151 Port Sheldon Rd. Grandville, MI 49418

Living Joyfully- Singing and Gratitude “..be filled with the Spirit, addressing one another in psalms and hymn and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ…”

Ephesians 5:18-19 An American Pastor, Quaker, Author and Speaker named Richard Foster wrote a wonderful book on the spiritual life called “Celebration of Discipline” over 40 years ago. In this book, Richard goes into depth about how creating space for God through prayer, fasting, solitude, etc. allows the human heart to be placed before God in order to be transformed by God. I heard Richard speak about his book in Petoskey, MI in 2018, and one line he quoted from the book really stood out to me. He said, “Joy is the key note of all disciplines.” In other words, creating space for God through the disciplines of prayer, fasting, solitude, etc. leads to experiencing more joy in your life! Since our theme in 2020 is “Living Joyfully,” I want to share two things I do often. It is such a joy for me to have the opportunity to provide spiritual care for our residents in the northern homes, & a few things I get to experience and do every time I am in the homes with residents are the practices of singing & gratitude. I’ll bring my guitar & sing a variety songs, some of which the residents know, & so they sing along usually with smiles on their faces. I encourage a lot of our residents to listen to music that brings them joy, because music is a gift that can open our hearts in ways that other means cannot. Coupled with singing, I also practice gratitude with our residents asking them what they are thankful for. Research into positive psychology shows that the practice of gratitude can help make a person happier & more content with their life, which leads to joy. Over the last year, it has been such a blessing to me to see how much singing & gratitude has been & continues to impact the lives of our residents. May we keep singing & giving thanks always in every season with our residents the unending blessing from above. -Chaplain Clint

February 2020

UPCOMING HAPPENINGS

Check your Life Enrichment calendar for all programming &

activity times

February 2

Groundhog Day

February 6

Music with Bob Lacy

February 12

Music with Tom & Tom

February 13

Valentine’s Party

February 14

Happy Valentine’s Day Music with Wilma Quist

February 25

Fat Tuesday

February 26

Ash Wednesday

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

To our Residents….

Ed Dueling 2/13

Dorothy Weenum 2/14

Sylvia Miller 2/15

Lewis Merle 2/20

Mary Schut 2/27

To our Staff….

Ebony Harris 2/21

We Welcome You!

Arlene Cook to East Thelma VanderZouwen to East

Our Sympathy

We extend our sympathy & prayers to the families of residents we’ve

recently lost…

Juanita Capriglione John Carlson Lauren Willet

With warm appreciation we want to thank all

of our families & residents who gave a donation to our annual employee Christmas

bonus. These were given out at our Christmas party that we held in the

beginning of December. Thank you also to Brenda from The Grand Villa for allowing us to use your beautiful space! It is an honor &

blessing to take care of you!!

February 2020

February is National Library Lover’s

Month The entire month is dedicated to the people

who love whole buildings devoted to the reading, housing, organizing, categorizing,

finding, studying, and otherwise loving books!

Libraries provide so much more than a place for us to enjoy great novels or to discover amazing adventures and untold history.

Yes, they help us ace our research papers and provide a quiet place to study, but they do so

much more. They entertain preschoolers with hands on activities exposing them to music, art and their first friendships. Many communities

rely on their libraries for meeting space forums, socials, fundraisers and classes.

Libraries lend not only books but music and movies. Rotating art displays give local

artists exposure to the community. Larger libraries provide preservation services,

preserving some of the most treasured books, periodicals and documents for future

generations. We will have a planned trip to our local

library in the near future!

Some Fun Facts About Candy Hearts

• They date back in some form to 1866 • One of the first messages was “Please

send a lock of your hair by return mail.”…

• They were originally shaped like scallop shells

• They were popular wedding treats before coming a Valentine’s Day staple

• The heart shape took off in 1902 • They change the messages every year • They’ll keep up to five years • Necco produces enough each year for

everyone on the planet to have one • They will dance in a can of soda

Valentine’s Day Jokes

Q. Did Adam and Eve ever have a date? A. No, they had an apple

Q. What flower gives the most kisses on

Valentine’s Day? A. Tulips

Q. What did the French chef give his wife for

Valentine’s Day? A. a hug and a quiche

Q. What do farmers give their wives on

Valentine’s Day? A. Hog and kisses!

February 2020

Scouting in America Lord Robert Baden-Powell, British army officer and writer of military manuals, became famous for establishing the Boy Scout Association in Britain in 1907. The scouting movement crossed the Atlantic Ocean, and the Boy Scouts of America was founded by W.D. Boyce on February 8,1910. W.D. Boyce became personally invested in the scouting movement during a trip to London in 1909. One foggy night he became lost on a London street, and a boy came out of the gloom to guide him back to his hotel. Boyce attempted to tip the boy, but the boy refused, declaring that he was a Boy Scout and was simply doing a good deed. Boyce was so impressed with this Unknown Scout, as the boy came to be known, that he returned to London and went straight to the Scout headquarters to learn more about the scouting movement and secure a copy of Baden-Powell’s Scouting for Boys manual. Upon Boyce’s return to America, he did not find it so easy to charter his Boy Scouts of America. Boyce was a newspaperman and entrepreneur. Rival newspaperman William Randolph Hearst attempted to beat Royce to the punch when he founded the rival group of American Boy Scouts, an organization that would last only until 1918. It was with the help of Edgar Robinson, a YMCA organizer form New York City, that Boyce truly began the work of organizing a national scouting movement. In a flurry of meetings, Robinson convinced a variety of disparate scouting groups to band together under the banner of the Boy Scouts of America: the Woodcraft Indians of Connecticut, the Boys Scouts of the United States, The National Scouts of America, the National Highway Patrol Association Scouts, and the Boy Pioneers. When the Boy Scouts of America opened their national office in New York City in June of 1910, they had 2,500 leader applications from 44 states and over 150,00 potential scouts. Thanks to the efforts of Robinson and Boyce, the American scouting movement had finally begun in earnest.

Tuesday, February 25 is known as “Fat

Tuesday.” So, in honor of this day we will be serving

Paczki’s for breakfast. Here is some fun facts on this popular treat!

• It is pronounced (punch- key) and is the

plural form of Paczek (pohn-check) • The paczki’s roots date back to the Middle

Ages when they were filled with pork fat & lard.

• Powidla (stewed plum jam) & wild rose hipjam are the traditional fillings, but many others are used as well, including blueberry, custard, raspberry, and apple.

• In Poland, paczki are eaten especially on Fat Thursday ( the last Thursday before Ash Wednesday0. Many Polish Americans celebrate Paczki Day on Fat Tuesday ( the day before Ash Wednesday)

• Traditionally, the reason for making paczki was to use up all the lard, sugar, eggs & fruit in the house, because they were forbidden to be consumed due to Catholic fasting practices during Lent.

• Paczki pack 400-500 calories and 25g of fat into a sugar-coated delights.

February 2020