THESENIORPOINT thewoodlandsumc.org // November 2015
Mike Widmier, Alice Widmier, Barbara Scott, Georgann Hinton
Jerry Whitehouse
BYE BYE BIRDIE
Gay Lindner, actor Ben Miller, and Garnet Boldrey
MFAH guide
Forty one members of the Senior Adult Ministry recently traveled to the Owen Theatre in Conroe to see a delightful musical “Bye Bye Birdie.” Before the play, we enjoyed dinner at Cracker Barrel and sitting in the rockers on the front porch.
Dr. Mark Lewis
MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS HOUSTON Members of the Senior Adult Ministry traveled to Houston for lunch at Cleburne Cafeteria followed by a docent-led tour of the Habsburg Splendor masterpieces from Vienna’s Imperial Collection at the Museum of Fine Arts.
November is here again so it’s time to think about Thanksgiving. I love Thanksgiving. It is a unique American holiday, centered around family, food, and faith. It is a time when people will do most anything to go back home for one day, for one meal, to celebrate family and to share a prayer of thanksgiving. It is a time to remember and give thanks for the blessings we enjoy in a free land where dreams can come true and hopes can be realized. There are many hymns of thanksgiving but one of my favorites is entitled Now Thank We All Our God. It was written by Martin Rinkart, a Lutheran pastor, way back in 1663 during a time of great suffering. It reminds us that God is always with us in every circumstance of life and therefore we have reason to give thanks. May this be your hymn of thanksgiving as we celebrate this year. Now thank we all our God, with heart and hands and voices, who wondrous things hath done, in whom this world rejoices; who from our mothers’ arms has blessed us on our way with countless gifts of love, and still is ours today. O may this bounteous God through all our life be near us, with ever joyful hearts and blessed peace to cheer us; and keep us still in grace, and guide us when perplexed; and free us from all ills, in this world and the next. All praise and thanks to God the Father now be given; the Son, and him who reigns with them in highest heaven; the one eternal God, whom earth and heaven adore; for thus it was, is now, and shall be evermore. May you and yours be filled with God’s love, peace and joy during this blessed season of giving thanks. Your friend, Don
Margaret Roberts
Ken Ricks, Katy Ricks, Nancy Gonzalez, Bess Evans, and Jeannette Lewis
NOVEMBER 2015 SUNDAY
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TUESDAY
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8:30 a.m. Goldenaires perform (RC)
8:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG)
11:15 a.m. Prime Timers (WH)
8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG)
2:00 p.m. Reception honoring the Holtins (JL)
Please rsvp by noon today for Prime Timers.
11:30 a.m. Goldenaires Rotary Club Patriotic lunch (Convention Center)
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13 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG)
The Gathering Place (AG)
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3:30 p.m. Goldenaires rehearsal (MS)
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10 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG) 11:00 a.m. Lunch Bunch (Spring Creek BBQ)
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3:30 p.m. Goldenaires rehearsal (MS)
17 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG)
11 9:15 a.m. Goldenaires Interfaith Patriotic Breakfast (Community Center)
Noon – 2:00 p.m. Peggy’s Book Club Luncheon (AG)
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3:30 p.m. Goldenaires rehearsal (MS)
24 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG)
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Location/Legend:
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December 1 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG)
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Noon – 2:30 p.m. ShepherdCare Luncheon (JL)
Happy Thanksgiving 2
5:30 p.m. bus departs for “Honky Tonk Angels”
6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Senior Adult Game Night (AG)
10:00 a.m. Men’s Book Study (IC) 18 1:30 p.m. OK Quilters (AG)
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No Senior Exercise 4 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG)
JL – Jones Library MS - Music Suite W H – Wesley Hall DC – Dunnam Conference Room Loft – Craft Circle Rm. AG – Aldersgate Hall RC - Robb Chapel GC – Gallaway Conference Room OB – Otterbein IC – Infant Care Room
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COMING EVENTS WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS MONTH
SMALL GROUP MINISTRIES
RECEPTION HONORING GEORGE AND SALLY HOLTIN Sunday, November 1 Long-time church members and tireless volunteers, George and Sally Holtin will soon be moving away. Please join us at 2:00 p.m. in Jones Library as we honor them for the contributions they have made to The Woodlands UMC Senior Adult Ministries.
GOLDENAIRES CHOIR The Goldenaires rehearse each Tuesday afternoon from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. This is a group of folks who like singing together and provide music for various functions such as Prime Timers, funerals and visits to senior facilities. There is no need to audition. For more information, or to get involved, contact Ed Wandling at 281.355.0053.
THE GATHERING PLACE Monday, November 2 The Gathering Place is an outreach program for adults who have early to moderate Alzheimer’s or dementia. Volunteers arrive at Aldersgate Hall at 8:45 a.m. and our guests arrive at 10:00 a.m. The theme will be “Travel Memories,” For more information, contact Connie Norton at 281.292.3875.
MEN’S BOOK STUDY Join us for a men’s book study, which meets on Wednesday, November 11 at 10:00 a.m., in the Infant Care Room at the church. We will be studying the book I Love Getting Older But I’ll Never Grow Old by J. Ellsworth Kalas. Contact Judith or Frank Wilson at 936.273.2597 for more information.
PRIME TIMERS Wednesday, November 4 Join us at 11:15 a.m. for our monthly luncheon in Wesley Hall. Our entertainment will be provided by the Heart-Lites, a women’s musical group from the Conroe/Spring area. Reservations are due by noon on Monday, November 2, to Joyce and Ken Nesmith at 281.367.5519. $7 per person and checks are preferred, payable to TWUMC. We will be collecting non-perishable food or cash for the Interfaith Food Pantry. SENIOR TRIP Tuesday, November 6 We will go to Houston to see the musical, “Honky Tonk Angels” and eat dinner at the Downtown Aquarium beforehand. The bus will leave the church at 5:30 p.m. Please contact Helen Burgdorf at 281.397.3726 for more information. LUNCH BUNCH Tuesday, November 10 Join us at Spring Creek Barbeque (19099 I-45 North in Shenandoah) at 11:00 a.m. Reservations are due by Monday, November 9. For more information, contact Joanne Black at 936.273.3045. SENIOR ADULT GAME NIGHT Friday, November 13 Join us from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. in Aldersgate Hall for a night of fun, fellowship, games and light refreshments. Games include Mexican train, bridge, hand and foot, and Rummikube. $1 per person. For more information, contact Wilda and Jim Brunson at 281.376.7649. Please bring a snack.
SENIOR EXERCISE Join us to exercise Tuesdays and Fridays 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. in Aldersgate Hall. This is a muscle toning workout featuring strength training and some stretching using hand weights, tubes and chairs. Lite body sculpting is an unintimidating, less strenuous class with modifications for any fitness level. Segments include warm-up, strength, stretching and cooldown. There is no charge. Please wear comfortable clothes and tennis shoes. For more information, please contact Jackie Martini at 281.451.3844. PEGGY’S BOOK CLUB Our group will meet at noon on Tuesday, November 17, in Aldersgate Hall for an autumn luncheon. We will not discuss a book this month. Contact Libby Heintz at 936.271.7660 for more information. OK QUILTERS Join us at 1:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 18, in Aldersgate Hall to work on quilts and other projects for shut-ins. For more information, contact Joyce Nesmith at 281.367.5519. SHEPHERDCARE LUNCHEON Join us at noon on Thursday, November 19, for our annual ShepherdCare luncheon in Jones Library. Our speaker will be Brent Parker, Woodforest Campus Pastor. Please RSVP to seniors@twumc.org or 281.297.5935 no later than Monday, November 16.
SUPPORT MINISTRIES ELDERRIDE Contact Ken and Linda Keith at 936.271.3810 if you need a ride to a medical appointment. Please call at least 48 hours in advance. SHEPHERD CARE Shepherd Care is our ministry of friendship for our members who are in local nursing homes, senior adult residences and private residences. New shepherds and new lambs are always welcome. For more information, contact Karen Freeman at 858.204.0011.
THANKSGIVING DAY IS NOVEMBER 26 Church offices will be closed November 26 and 27.
COMPUTER SUPPORT MINISTRY The Computer Support Ministry has helped over twenty people since it was established by Jerry Barney, a member of The Woodlands UMC. If you need computer assistance please call Jerry at 281.826.3232 (home) or 915.373.3707 (cell). There is no charge.
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THE OK QUILTERS
The OK Quilters invited special guest, Jane Ahrens, to their September meeting. Jane’s mother, Nancy Head, who was a long-time member of the OK Quilters, recently passed away. The group presented Jane with a quilt and a photo book containing pictures of her mother. On one page of the book was the quote, “Friendships are sewn… one stitch at a time.”
Joyce Nesmith and Jane Ahrens
THE SASSY SISTERS
The Sassy Sisters (Dixie Jackson, B.J. Dunlap, Gin Meinhardt, Alice Lofton, Judi Bonds, Sue Stephenson, and Helen Burgdorf) had a frightfully good time helping the accounting department.
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