Commun ty Matters Rolla Presbyterian Manor
April 2016
Three differences that roots make By Allen Teal, Rolla Presbyterian Manor chaplain
“…Judah will take root below and bear fruit above.” Isaiah 37:31, NIV It’s spring! Life seems to percolate from the ground. Plants turn green and grow. For growing trees and shrubs, strong roots are critical for their survival. Roots gather nutrients. From the ground, roots take in water and nutrients. These raw materials are turned into food by the leaves of the plant. The limit to the amount of nutrients that a plant collects is the extent of its root system. The composition of the plant is directly related to the nutrients it gathers. Human life has some of these same attributes. To grow correctly as a person, you need the proper ingredients. God instructed the nation of Judah about the importance of deep roots. As Christians, a deep relationship with Jesus provides what is needed to become spiritually mature. Roots are a storehouse. Within the miles of roots beneath a large tree are the enormous amounts CHAPLAIN, continued on page 3
Hairdresser Shirley Click ‘They’re not clients, they’re my friends’ Doing hair is kind of secondary in Shirley Click’s beauty shop. What she really provides is listening and friendship. Shirley has been doing hair for Rolla Presbyterian Manor residents for five years. She also had her own salon in Cuba, Mo., for 42 years until she sold it in 2013. “They’re not clients, they’re my friends, just like when I had my shop,” Shirley said. “They tell me all their exciting things, like what their kids are doing. Someone needs to listen to that.” Shirley offers all the basic services including haircuts, shampoo, permanents and color, plus waxing and eyebrow arching. She has one hydraulic chair and three dryers, so she can serve a few people at a time. BEAUTY, continued on page 3
ABOVE: John McMinn, Jeannie Dicks, and George Karr participate in MisMatch Clash Day. LEFT: CMT Linda Adams helps Bonnie Lewis, Velma Williams, Jean McFarland and a volunteer make Easter eggs out of fabric.
Residents made Easter Eggs with fabric.
LEFT: CNA Fran Michaels helps the ladies in Tranquility House make Easter eggs. Bonnie Lewis, Velma Williams, Jean McFarland, and Betty Swenty.
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And, of course, there’s room for others to come and visit. Shirley said one group of six residents from assisted living always come together promptly at 8 a.m. for their weekly appointment. Just like any beauty shop, it’s a social scene. “I want them to have fun when they come to the shop,” she said. “We get a little noisy, so sometimes they tell us to close the door. I just have fun with them, though. They teach me things I don’t know.”
mother’s generation—weekly hair appointments have always been the norm. It’s how they were raised to be presentable in public, she said. “Their mothers taught them their shoes must be shined, their hair combed, and their clothes pressed,” Shirley said. And it’s not just a women’s salon. Shirley serves as barber to the men as well. But their conversations tend to focus on politics and power tools, which she loves, too.
Away from Presbyterian Manor, Shirley is an avid gardener. She helps in her brother’s landscaping business every spring, getting customers’ yards ready for the season. She also For this generation, Shirley said—her landscapes and decorates at her Shirley does have a few house rules, though. Rule No. 1 is no gossip. “If you’re going to tell something, it better be on you,” she says.
church. Because wherever Shirley goes, she just seems to leave things looking better than they did before.
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of water and minerals required to grow and maintain it. During part or all of every season, roots are actively getting and storing raw materials and food for the tree. Without this storehouse, the tree could not survive droughts or bitter cold. Many times, people fail to store the spiritual, material, and physical reserves necessary for overcoming tough times. These reserves sustain the individual. Deep and welldeveloped roots will nourish you in the good and the bad times.You need powerful roots growing from the trio of friendship, family, and God. Roots are anchors. Problems come to every life in the same way that storms blow through the branches of a tree. Roots have breadth and depth. The roots of a mature tree extend as far from the trunk as the branches, and the taproot can grow to a depth of more than fifteen feet. As long as the trunk does not break, these roots can keep the tree standing during the fiercest of winds. God offers Christians the solid foundation of Christ to anchor their lives. As your relationship with God grows, the stability of your life increases. Speaking of the child of God, the Bible says, “That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither—whatever they do prospers.” (Psalm 1:3, NIV) Like us on Facebook
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