THESENIORPOINT thewoodlandsumc.org // September 2015
We can make many choices in life but one we cannot make is whether or not to grow older. We begin growing older the minute we are born. And when we enter the time of life we call our “senior years”, we do have a choice as to how we will live each day. We can live each day with joy, excitement, and expectation as to what the future may bring. Or we can live each day with resentment, resignation, and despair.
Aletha Harris, Connie Norton, Marion Fischer, and Joyce Nesmith
OK QUILTERS
The Woodlands UMC OK Quilters held their annual summer luncheon in Jones Library on July 15. The ladies presented thirty-five quilts, blankets and pillows to special guests, Marion Fischer and Aletha Harris from the Montgomery County Women’s Center. The group recently received a donation from the Circuit Rider Band in honor of Walter Vetterick. They chose to use the donation to buy supplies for this gift to the women’s shelter. In addition to monthly meetings, three workshops were added in order to complete the project. The group began around 2002 when Friendship Class leader, Geneva Carroll, organized a group activity known as Beginner Quilting, when Geneva turned the leadership of the quilters over to Joyce Nesmith and Lela Smith in 2003 and the group changed its name to the Friendship Lap Quilt Ministry. After member, Oreda Kaylor’s, death in 2006 the name was changed to the OK Quilters and the motto became, “We’re not perfect but we’re OK.” Their initial mission was to give quilts to senior citizens who were homebound, seriously ill or in long term care facilities. continued on page 4 However, the scope has increased significantly. Quilts have
With this in mind, I commend to you a book I have enjoyed this summer. It is entitled The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully by Joan Chittister. In her introduction she says, “It is time for us to let go of both our fantasies of eternal youth and our fears of growing older, and to find the beauty of what it means to age well. It is time to understand that the last phase of life is not non-life; it is a new stage of life. These older years----reasonably active, mentally alert, experienced and curious, socially important and spiritually significant----are meant to be good years.” It is a blessing to be acquainted with those who know this to be true and who celebrate this stage of life in so many ways. They know that life is not about the length of years we manage to eke out of it. It is about living into the values offered each day, about growing older with grace. This little book helps us to know how to do that. May God bless you as you continue to grow older with grace and to accept life as a gift each day. Your friend, Don
FLU SHOTS
Rev. Don Meador, Dr. Mark Lewis, Aletha Harris, Marion Fischer, Joyce Nesmith, Connie Norton, and Rev. Joy Johnston
Flu shots will be available from 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 2, in the Atrium and are available to people of any age without prior sign-up. Flu and pneumonia shots are covered by Medicare, be sure to bring your card. Tetanus shots will also be available. For more information, contact Helen Burgdorf at 281.397.3726.
SEPTEMBER 2015 SUNDAY
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8 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG) 11:00 a.m. Lunch Bunch (Red Phoenix)
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THURSDAY
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11:15 a.m. lunch Prime Timers (WH)
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FRIDAY
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SATURDAY
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8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG)
10 Depart at 10:30 a.m. Trip to Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
11 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG)
16 1:30 p.m. OK Quilters (AG)
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18 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG)
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25 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG)
26 1:30 p.m. For the Love of Piano Music (AG)
10:00 a.m. Men’s Book Study (IC)
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6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Senior Adult Game Night (AG)
3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Goldenaires Rehearse (MS) 13
14 9:30 a.m. The Gathering Place Planning Meeting (OB)
15 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG) 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Peggy’s Book Club (AG) 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Goldenaires Rehearse (MS)
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22 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG) 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Goldenaires Rehearse (MS)
27 After Chapel and Traditional services Dr. Mark Lewis DVD Signing (Grace Point Bookstore)
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29 8:30 – 9:20 a.m. Senior Exercise (AG) 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Goldenaires Rehearse (MS)
2:30 – 5:00 p.m. An Afternoon at the Movies (MS) 30
Depart at 8:00 a.m. Trip to
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JL – Jones Library MS - Music Suite W H – Wesley Hall DC – Dunnam Conference Rm. 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 PRIME TIMERS Wednesday, September 2 Join us at 11:15 a.m. for our monthly luncheon in Wesley Hall. Performers will be the Deci-Belles, a women’s barbershop chorus, which has been performing together for over 30 years. Reservations are due by noon on Monday, August 31, to Joyce and Ken Nesmith at 281.367.5519. The cost is $7 per person and checks are preferred, payable to TWUMC. The Annual flu shot clinic will be held in the Atrium. LUNCH BUNCH Tuesday, September 8 Join us at 11:00 a.m. at Red Phoenix. Reservations are due by Monday, September 7. For more information, contact Joanne Black at 936.273.3045. DAY TRIP TO THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, HOUSTON Thursday, September 10 Join other Senior Adults for lunch and a tour of the Habsburg Splendor: Masterpieces from Vienna’s Imperial Collections exhibit currently at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. We will depart the church at 10:30 a.m. For more information, contact Helen Burgdorf at 281.397.3726. SENIOR ADULT GAME NIGHT Friday, September 11 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. THE GATHERING PLACE PLANNING MEETING Monday, September 14 The Gathering Place will not meet this month. Please join us for a planning meeting at 9:30 a.m. in Otterbein Room. AN AFTERNOON AT THE MOVIES Friday, September 25 Come see the movie, Lewis and Clark – the Journey playing on the big screen. Meet in the large choir rehearsal room at 2:30 p.m. Snacks will be served. Please RSVP by Tuesday, September 22 by signing up or by calling Dee and Dave Megee at 281.364.7114. All senior adults are welcome. FOR THE LOVE OF PIANO MUSIC Saturday, September 26 Join us in Aldersgate Hall at 1:30 p.m. to listen to piano music or to share a piece. For more information, please contact Mary Perry at 281.543.5881. OVERNIGHT TRIP TO FREDERICKSBURG Wednesday, September 30 and Thursday, October 1 We will travel to the historic town of Fredericksburg, visit museums, a winery, and other historic sites. There will be time for shopping and evening entertainment at Lukenbach’s. The bus will depart the church at 8:00 a.m. on Wednesday, September 30. For more information, contact Helen Burgdorf at 281.397.3726.
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SMALL GROUP MINISTRIES GOLDENAIRES CHOIR The Goldenaires will resume rehearsals on September 8 after a summer break. Please join us each Tuesday afternoon from 3:30 – 4:30 p.m. This is a group of folks who like singing together and providing 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. MEN’S BOOK STUDY Join us for a new men’s book study, which will meet on Wednesday, September 9 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. 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 cool-down. There is no charge. Please wear comfortable clothes and tennis shoes. For more information please contact Jackie Martini at 281.451.3844. OK QUILTERS Join us at 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 16, in Aldersgate Hall to work on quilts and other projects for shut-ins. For more information, contact Joyce Nesmith at 936.273.2545. PEGGY’S BOOK CLUB Bring a brown bag to lunch in Aldersgate Hall from noon – 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September, 15. We will discuss The Roosevelts – an American Saga, part 4 by Peter Collier. Coffee will be provided. Contact Libby Heintz at 936.271.7660 for more information.
LED BY THE CARPENTER DR. MARK LEWIS HIS LIFE AND MINISTRY
DVD SIGNING SEPTEMBER 27
After Chapel and Traditional services at Grace Point Bookstore All proceeds go to Missions
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TRIP TO MINUTE MAID PARK On July 29, thirty-two members of the Senior Adult Ministry traveled by bus to Minute Maid Park to see the Astros play the Los Angeles Angels. We enjoyed our $1 hot dogs. Great game – good seats – great way to enjoy Christian fellowship!
Roger and Lilian Macauley
Rev. Don and Kay Meador
Dick and Penny Brown
OK Quilters continued from page 1 been taken on mission trips, given with other items to Habitat for Humanity families, and presented to friends in the hospital, cancer patients, sick children, and the The Woodlands UMC Special Blessings ministry. They make approximately fifty gifts each Easter and Christmas to present to the ShepherdCare ministry. They have made stuffed crosses for pastors to take to hospitals, stuffed toys and knitted dolls for mission trips, blankets for Project Linus, cards for troops, and they filled ninety shoeboxes with toys after Hurricane Katrina. The Woodlands UMC’s Friendship Class has been very generous in subsidizing the group. In addition, church members and friends have donated yards of beautiful fabric for the group to use. In the corner of each quilt is a hand-sewn label in the shape of a hand: “Friend, I said a prayer for you today. A Friendship Quilt made by members of OK Quilters of the Friendship Class of The Woodlands United Methodist Church, The Woodlands, Texas ... pray for one another, James 5:16” The OK Quilters currently has about 20 members, new members are always welcome and it is open to anyone, regardless of skills. Members do not have to belong to The Woodlands UMC or the Friendship Class. For more information, contact Joyce Nesmith at 281.367.5519.