Crossroads Courier - Lakewood - May 2023

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Join us in the merry month of May for some springtime fun. And, of course, we will be playing the Nuggets and Avalanche Playoffs! Go Colorado teams!

MAY 2: Mark P. Piano and Singing Entertainer

MAY 3: Ashley from Butterfly Pavilion

MAY 5: Cinco Bingo

MAY 7: Church Hymns with Karen

MAY 9: Fiddlin’ with Fran

MAY 14: Tea for Mothers

MAY 15: Celebrating Our Moms

MAY 21: Church Hymns with Karen

MAY 23: Walter Violinist

MAY 24: Pastor Warren

MAY 29: Memorial Day Tribute

EVERY SATURDAY AFTERNOON (2:30PM) : Lani’s Book Corner

EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON (2:45PM) : Pastor Lesley’s Church Service

Occasions

Crossroads at Lakewood welcomes Sharon Helden as our new Marketing and Admissions Director. Sharon has worked in Senior Living for the last seven years with various levels including Independent, Assisted Living and Memory Care.

Sharon was attracted to Crossroads at Lakewood Memory Care because of the welcoming atmosphere, lovely residents, and caring staff. “Memory Care is my passion, and I enjoy working with families to find actionable solutions for their loved ones’ care,” says Sharon. She adds, “It is a victory for all involved when a resident comes to us, and we are able to witness them thrive and blossom to their full potential.”

When she isn’t at the office she is hiking, fishing, camping, swimming, or skiing. Welcome, Sharon!

Staff and residents will miss Ruby and her family

Lexy and Anna giving Ruby a best wishes party

Ruby opens her gift

Joy painting a bunny

Ruby and her son

We love and will miss Ruby

Ruby and Audrey share a special birthday bond

Goodbye party for Ruby moving to the south

Farewell party for Ruby

They love to puzzle together

Update from Maranatha

WELL DEDICATED IN KENYA WITH TIE TO CROSSROADS

A Maranatha well was dedicated recently in Kangangu, a village northeast of Nairobi, Kenya. The well was funded in part by gifts in memory of Rudy Allen, a Crossroads Maintenance Director in Lakewood, Colorado, who died suddenly in a motorcycle accident in 2021. The well was drilled near a new church structure built for 25 adults and 10 children actively worshiping there. The church started in 2016 with just a handful of members who worshiped in one of the members’ homes. Later, they rented a room where they worshiped until their building was constructed. Prior to the drilling of this well, the community purchased water from delivery trucks or obtained rainwater when available.

Exercising together with YouTube and the staff

Maranatha will drill 700 wells this year and maintain 840 wells already in service around the world. Learn more at www .maranatha.org or by visiting the Maranatha channel. Just scan this code.

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Donna painting a ceramic Easter egg

Ray P. singing their favorite folk songs

Edna painting a bunny

George was thrilled to finish his puzzle

Making birdhouse wind chimes

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STINGY OLD LAWYER

A stingy old lawyer, who had been diagnosed with a terminal illness, was determined to prove wrong the old saying, “You can’t take it with you.

After much thought and consideration, the old ambulance-chaser finally figured out how to take at least some of his money with him when he died. He instructed his wife to go to the bank and withdraw enough money to fill two pillowcases. He then directed her to take the bags of money to the attic and leave them directly above his bed.

His plan: When he passed away, he would reach out and grab the bags on his way to heaven. Several weeks after the funeral, the deceased lawyer’s wife, up in the attic cleaning, came upon the two forgotten pillowcases stuffed with cash. “Oh, that old fool,” she exclaimed. “I knew he should have had me put the money in the basement.”

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