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Vol. 3, Issue 51 Week of December 19, 2018
Editor: Susan Williams Community Activities Coordinator
EDITION HIGHLIGHTS: (click on event to go to that page)
Health Talk Seminar………..…..…..2 View Nativities on Display…..…...3 EAH Holiday Tips………..……....……5 Christmas Day Buffet Menu .......8 BINGO with Bill………………..…...…9 Gathan Graham….....…….….......10
ORGAN AND CAROLS FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21ST 2:00 PM BRILL CHAPEL Come enjoy the music of the season! This program will feature our own Wes Howl on organ playing a variety of Christmas carols. There will also be a sing along on many of them!
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GARY JOHNSON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19TH 3:00 PM JOE WHITE LIVING ROOM
FREE GIFT WRAPPING FOR IL RESIDENTS WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19TH 2:00 PM TO 4:00 PM COFFEE LOUNGE Kathy Berry will once again this year be wrapping gifts for residents this holiday season in the Coffee Lounge on Wednesdays in December. The service she is providing is completely FREE. Kathy will provide the paper, ribbon, bows, tape and anything else needed to wrap your gifts. This service is for RESIDENTS ONLY.
COFFEE CHAT WITH THE CEO Enjoy coffee with the CEO Thursday, DECEMBER 20th, starting at 10:00 am in the Coffee Lounge. These coffees are being held every Thursday to give residents an opportunity to chat with the CEO in an informal setting.
NATIVITIES Once again this year, Jimette M. is inviting everyone to her apartment, #284, to view her collection of 120 depictions of the Nativity. Please call 623-3759 before going to make sure she is available. 3
GRAND-FRIENDS If you are interested in participating in Grand Friends at Quail Springs UMC, please sign up in the ‘Count Me In’ book. For more information or to find out what a grand-friend does, contact Nancie W. at 748-6554. Those interested will be going on Thursday mornings, from 10:45—11:30 am.
ADVENT BIBLE STUDY FRIDAYS AT 11:00 AM THROUGH DECEMBER 21ST NORTH CLASSROOM Led by Rev. Dwight Magnus
The Prophecies of Advent December 21
“But you, O Bethlehem… “ Micah 5
EVERYONE WELCOME!!
COMMENT/SUGGESTION BOX Do you have a suggestion, comment or concern that you would like to have addressed? Now you can! You may leave a note to be addressed in the WHITE BOX at the front desk for Laura Garrett. If at all possible you are asked to sign your name, but of course you can also remain anonymous. PLEASE NOTE: The box will still be where you leave information for Susan just as you have been doing.
ANNUAL CALENDARS AVAILABLE The 2019 calendars are finally here. Thank you to BancFirst for sponsoring them this year. If you would like to have one, please see Anita in the bank to pick one up.
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VISUAL ARTS & CRAFTS AT EPWORTH ART CORNER (Second Floor above the Library) We are very fortunate to have the space for all to participate in needle work, crafts and arts of all mediums (oil, acrylics, water, etc.). We gather together as a group on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:00 pm and on Fridays at 10:00 am. If you would like to learn to do anything listed above, please let us know. There are plenty of residents who would love to help you learn! For more information or questions, please contact Phyllis B.
FOR ALL OF YOUR DINING NEEDS AND CATERING EVENTS, PLEASE CONTACT ARON GASCHE AT CELL: 620-757-0673 OR OFFICE: 405-486-1332 *All catering events must be booked by making an appointment with Aron. All catering events must be booked three business days prior to the event date.
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY The success of the Children’s Party is due to the efforts of too many people to thank individually. The group effort was outstanding. Attendance by residents of IL has greatly increased over the past years. The number of residents that attended this year was wonderful to see and I’m sure made the employees and their kids feel warm inside to see such support. The background music by Pat O. added so much to the atmosphere. The servers did a fine job and cookie organizers Rosemary L. and Mary R. kept the trays filled. Thank you to everyone who donated cookies to the cause. Jul S. acted as Master of Ceremony once again this year. Mr. and Mrs. Claus and their helpers, Mickie and Ed D., entertained a steady stream of little visitors, a few of whom were not quite sure who the guy in the big red and white suit was. The ladies at the book table enjoyed their job of distributing books. The exact number of attendees is hard to determine, but we had 181 children registered. The clowns were busy painting faces and making balloon sculptures the entire time. Thanks to all of the residents who contributed toward the expenses of this party. It makes it all worthwhile! And, thanks for making my last year leading the party the best yet!! Nancie W. 5
Home 'Hints
Celebrating Wellness During the Holiday Season With the Christmas season upon us and the spirit of giving ever present, we should still take a moment to focus on our health. It is estimated that the average American may gain from 1 to 12 pounds during the holiday season. In addition, a number of factors, including unrealistic expectations, financial pressures, and too many commitments can cause stress and anxiety at holiday time. With a proper perspective of the holiday season, one can stay happy and healthy and avoid the “Holiday Blues.” Here are some useful tips: Physical and Mental Wellness
Prevention of illness is key! • • • • •
Schedule a check-up with your health care provider to ensure your health. Wash your hands! This is one of the most important steps to preventing illness and spreading germs! Cough or sneeze into your upper arm, if you don't have a tissue to cover your nose and mouth. In colder temperatures, stay dry and dress warmly in several layers. Stimulate you mental well-being by volunteering in activities, participating in group outings, maintaining family and friend contacts, reading, spiritual enrichment or take an educational course!
Avoiding Weight Gain and Staying Active during the Holidays
It is easy to let the holiday weight gain accumulate! • •
Start or keep up with your present exercise routine (if just starting, contact your physician and rehab team for an appropriate activity plan). Eat a balanced meal and watch the beverages you are drinking, which may be high in calories; don't skip meals prior to a holiday meal... instead, eat in moderation.
Celebrate Yourself during the Holidays Physical and mental well-being starts with accepting yourself! Any negative feelings? Make a list of things you could do to change those feelings and make yourself feel better. If you miss a day of exercise or happen to overeat a delicious meal... don't feel guilty! Enjoy the season!
Remember to contact us, if we can be of assistance! 405-767-9033 (9:00am – 4:30pm). Merry Christmas! From your Epworth at Home team!
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Fitness on the Floors Schedule for December 2018 Friday, December 21: 1 North NO FITNESS OF THE FLOOR DECEMBER 28TH We will start at 10:30 am. Bring your neighbor! NEW! at THE MARKET Healthy Veggies to add to your Pot Pie Or Pizza Dinner. Best Choice peas or beans & Del Monte corn or Mixed Veggies are located on the shelf under the pudding.
‘Tis the season to go shopping! It seems we are getting a lot of packages for the holidays early this year and they can pile up quickly. If you receive a package, it would be most appreciated if you retrieve it as soon as you can. Thank you so much, Michele Miruski, Front Desk Receptionist 7
SUNDAY SCHOOL SUNDAY, DECEMBER 23RD BRILL CHAPEL 9:30 AM INTRODUCTION TO THE CHURCH
Luke 1-2 A church tradition from years past involved the happy fuss made over a baby's first Sunday in church. Usually a week or two after birth, the proud mothers and father would carefully pack up their new child (along with a diaper bag) and present their bundle of joy to the women who staffed the church nursery department. The child might even be enrolled in the “cradle roll,” with the parents receiving a certificate and a photograph to mark the event. Later, the minister might ask the new parents to bring their infant to the main worship service where he would announce to the church that a new little person was in their midst. The biggest fuss would come after the service, when the people of the church would surround the proud parents in the foyer to get a peek at the baby and congratulate the mom and dad. For various reasons, that practice of decades gone by will not be so easy for the year 2019 in many cases! Even so, this integration is important. While a baby may not be a “member” of the church in the sense of regularly attending in the church and as a faithfully giving adult, these little ones must find a welcome home among the people of God. They should not need to wait until their teenage or adult years to garner acceptance. This lesson points us to one who underwent a mixture: one who was to live his short life both accepted and rejected, in both infancy and adulthood. Come early to hear our own Fretta Moore bless us with her piano mastery of the Christmas hymns at 9:15am. Jim West will lead this lesson.
VESPERS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20TH 3:30 PM BRILL CHAPEL Vespers speaker will be Rev. Sam Powers, Senior Pastor at First United Methodist Church, Edmond. Music by the Villa Voices: “Precious Child So Sweetly Sleeping”
VESPERS THURSDAY, DECEMBER 27TH 3:30 PM BRILL CHAPEL COMMUNION SERVICE Vespers speaker will be Rev. Dwight Magnus, Epworth Villa Associate Chaplain. 8
THANK YOU FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES Expecting a quiet, sedate 98th birthday, I was absolutely overwhelmed to receive a real gala event! Many, many beautiful cards, vocal tributes from the choir and telephone, sweet treats, floor party recognition and numerous well wishes! Never would I have expected all that! Thank you dear Epworth Villa residents. I wish for you a blessed Christmas and a wonderful New Year. I love all of you. Betty H.
HOLIDAY GIFT THANK YOU What a joy it was to be present when many of our employees received their Holiday Gift that you, the residents made possible with your generous contributions. The amount of gift for 12-month full-time employees was $480.00. They all expressed appreciation to everyone who made this possible and their holidays merrier. Thanks Again. Holiday Gift Committee
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CHRISTMAS DAY BUFFET TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25TH 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM GRAND BALLROOM Selection of Fresh Fruit
Assorted Cheese & Crackers Chilled Shrimp Salad Bar with Assorted Toppings Mustard Baked Chicken Brown Sugar Bourbon Baked Ham Roasted Turkey & Gravy Salmon with Orange Glazed Prime rib (carving Station) Traditional Holiday Stuffing Sweet Glaze Sweet Potato Smashed Potatoes Corn Casserole Macaroni and Cheese Green Bean Casserole Cranberry Sauce Freshly Baked Breads, Cookies, scones Assorted Desserts. Hot Apple cider RESERVATION SHEETS MUST BE TURNED IN TO THE FRONT DESK TO GUARANTEE SEATING
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BINGO WITH BILL FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28TH 7:15 PM REDBUD ROOM
NEW YEAR’S EVE GATHERING MONDAY, DECEMBER 31ST 4:00 — 7:00 PM COFFEE LOUNGE Come join your friends and neighbors on New Year’s Eve afternoon for some fun early ringing in the New Year. The gathering will start at 4:00 pm in the Coffee Lounge and last until around 7:00 pm or when everyone decides to call it a night. Please bring a finger food item to share. This is a come-and-go event or a come-and-stay event, whichever you prefer.
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BEEF TENDERLOIN PRICE INCREASE Just a note to let all residents know that beef tenderloin prices have increased significantly recently, some of which have to do with the Holidays approaching. Dining Services has also switched to a more expensive label of beef due to a discontinuation of other labels (brands). Therefore the price for beef tenderloin will increase by $1.00. The price increase will take effect right away. Chris Stettnisch, CC, Dining Services Director
Sunday, DECEMBER 30th at 4:30 pm in the Brill Chapel. Everyone welcome!! 12
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SATURDAY MATINEE MOVIE (Shown in the 2nd Floor Theater) SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22ND MATINEE @ 2:00 PM 2:00 PM 2008
FLASH OF GENIUS This is an inspiring true story about an ordinary man and his extraordinary fight against one of the most powerful corporations in the country. Dr. Robert Kearns and his family are on their way to achieve the American Dream when he invents a device that can be used in every car in the world. But when an auto giant steals his idea, Robert does the unthinkable. He takes on the corporate titan in a battle nobody thinks he can win. Ratings: PG Run time 1hr 59min
EVTV MOVIE WILL BE SHOWN On EVTV Channel 1960 SAT. 7:00 PM AND WED. 8:00 PM SAT., DECEMBER 22ND AND WED., DECEMBER 26TH
WHITE CHRISTMAS Singers Bob Wallace (Bing Crosby) and Phil Davis (Danny Kaye) join sister act Betty (Rosemary Clooney) and Judy Haynes (Vera-Ellen) to perform a Christmas show in rural Vermont. There, they run into Gen. Waverly (Dean Jagger), the boys' commander in World War II, who, they learn, is having financial difficulties; his quaint country inn is failing. So what's the foursome to do but plan a yuletide miracle: a fun-filled musical extravaganza that's sure to put Waverly and his business in the black. 14
EPWORTH VILLA HAPPENINGS IN PICTURES WOMEN’S COFFEE
QSUMC KIDS CAME TO CAROL
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Epworth Villa Weekly Activities Week of December 19 through December 26, 2018 Wednesday December 19
8:30 a.m. 9:00 9:45 Leave @ 10:00 10:30 1:00 p.m. 2:00 – 4:00 3:00 8:00
Thursday December 20
9:00 a.m. 10:00 10:45 1:00 p.m. 1:30 3:30 7:00
Catholic Communion – BRILL CHAPEL Flex and Stretch – Wellness Center Limber Up – Wellness Studio Grocery Shopping – Homeland/Uptown Grocery Health & Wellness Seminar #6 – Grand Ballroom Tai Chi – Wellness Classroom FREE Gift Wrapping – Coffee Lounge Gary Johnson – Joe White Living Room Movie – EVTV Channel 1960, Replay Water Aerobics – Pool Coffee with the CEO—Coffee Lounge Chair Yoga – Wellness Classroom Art & Needlework Group – Art Corner Balance & Fall Prevention – Wellness Classroom Vespers Service – Brill Chapel Vespers REPLAY – EVTV Channel 1960
Friday December 21
9:00 a.m. 9:30 10:00 Leave @ 10:00 10:30 11:00 2:00 p.m.
Flex and Stretch – Wellness Center Line Dancing – Wellness Studio Art & Needlework Group – Art Corner Shopping – Walmart Fitness on the Floors—1st Floor North Advent Bible Study – North Classroom Organ Music and Sing-Along – Brill Chapel
Saturday December 22
9:00 a.m. 10:00 10:45 2:00 p.m. 7:00
Tai Chi w/Kathy Plummer – Wellness Studio Flex and Stretch - Wellness Center Chair Yoga – Wellness Center Matinee Movie in the Theater Movie Night – EVTV Channel 1960
Sunday December 23
9:30 a.m. 10:50
Sunday School – Brill Chapel St. Luke’s Live Stream – Brill Chapel
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Monday December 24
9:00 a.m. 9:30 10:15
Flex and Stretch – Wellness Center Line Dancing – Wellness Studio Limber Up – Wellness Studio MARKET CLOSED
Tuesday December 25
Wednesday December 26
MERRY CHRISTMAS
ALL SERVICES CLOSED TODAY
11:00 – 1:30 pm
CHRISTMAS DAY BUFFET in the Grand Ballroom
8:30 a.m. 9:00 9:45 Leave @ 10:00
Catholic Communion – BRILL CHAPEL Flex and Stretch – Wellness Center Limber Up – Wellness Studio Grocery Shopping –Walmart Market/Natural Grocers/Braums Tai Chi – Wellness Classroom Movie – EVTV Channel 1960, Replay
1:00 p.m. 8:00
Business Hours for Services Available at Epworth Villa M–F
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Mercy Clinic is Open
M, W, F
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
BancFirst is Open
M-F
1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The Market is Open
M–F
3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Thrifty Pharmacy is Open
DINING HOURS M – Sat.
7:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Café Open
M, F & Sat.
11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Bistro Open
T, W, TH
11:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Bistro Open
1st, 2nd, & 3rd Sun.
11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Bistro Open
T – TH
4:45 -- 7:00 p.m.
Redbud Open
4th Sun. of Month
11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Redbud Open
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