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First United Methodist Church of Winter Park
This is an announcement for the new ministry Act II, a ministry for adults 50+. To continue receiving this newsletter on a regular basis, you need to subscribe to "Act II - The Marquee" list by signing up on the church website. Click here. July 2011
"The Marquee" is the Act II Newsletter designed for the 50+ crowd Upcoming Events Summer Evenings at Palmano's on Park Avenue Fellowship - Great Conversation Fun Music - Food Our group is meeting informally on Thursday evenings at 6:30 at Palmano's on Park Avenue (at the corner of Lyman). Join us for a meal or simply coffee or dessert. A recent gathering included 22 members and was considered a great success, with everyone making new friends and
SERVICE ACT II Mission Statement Act II is an inter-generational group on the move to model intentional discipleship through prayer, study, fellowship and service.
renewing existing relationships. Reservations aren't required. Just show up and have a great evening! We will go "dutch" and are very casual.
South Street Children's Food Program
~~~~~~~~ !! SAVE THE DATE! Join Act II on October 15 for the Orlando Philharmonic We have reserved a block of 100 seats for those of us who would enjoy attending an evening of "Night at the Oscars" featuring scores from great films of all time. Watch for information about how to sign-up in our next newsletter.
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Several of our Act II members assisted in the South Street summer children's food program. This program will be conducted throughout July and August to provide breakfast and lunch for children at the South Street campus. The food is provided by Orange County Public Schools Summer Food Service. Volunteers help set up, clean up and pass out food during the 8:00-9:30 or ll:00-12:30 shifts. Act II volunteers during the first week of the program were: Gary and Judy Muzzy, Mary Alice Neumer, Carol Welker, Karen Marks, Victoria Marks, Karen Berg, Pat Troutman, Gwen Smith, Ruth Quinn, Betty Hyde, Ann Murrah, Mary Sue Perreault, Carolyn Arnold, Carol Spencer,Sally Hall, Carol Holloway, Ruth McDaniel, Dave and Charlotte Nielson.
Thank you all!
Volunteers Needed The HOPE Team works with people who live in homeless camps. Volunteers are needed to work morning hours at the Health Center. The work would be greeting patients, helping with paperwork, etc. Help is also needed with transportation for some of these folks. Vehicles and gas would be provided but drivers are needed. If you are interested in this service, contact Terri Betts at The Health Care Center for the Homeless by phone 407-428-5751,ext 326 or email: tbetts@hcch.org
Look Like Fun? Have you always secretly wanted to square dance? Think about it and watch for future information!
Disaster Response Ministry If you have an interest in being a part of a new developing ministry to focus on personal and church preparedness for emergencies, contact Carol Smith to get scheduled for initial meetings in late June. Phone: 407-644-2906 ext 288.
Meet the Cast! Introducing Betsy McKeeby
Betsy has been the parish nurse at First United Methodist Winter Park for seven years.
In Betsy's role as parish nurse, she wants all to understand that God wants us healthy and whole. Betsy wants to be a resource in preventing or coping with health issues. She is available to talk to individuals and is excited that Act II can be a source to get information out to groups of people. Betsy states "I enjoy helping individuals understand what the medical world is saying and answering questions or identifying questions for the personal health care provider." Betsy's other career passion has been support of those with heart problems at Florida Hospital. She recently changed from a support role through rehabilitation after a heart problem to education and support before and during heart surgery. Prevention is a foundation of a healthy lifestyle so nutrition and physical activity are very important areas to her. On a personal note, Betsy is married and has three sons, who live in Central Florida. Betsy is availble for all ages but it is a reality that after age 50 people frequently become more aware of health needs. Betsy wants to know areas where she can be of service individually or with programs. She can be reached at 407-644-2907, ext. 237 or via e-mail betsy.mckeeby@gmail.com This section will highlight members of our congregation to help us get to know each other better. We welcome your suggestions of members to introduce. Contact the editor, Anita Williams, at delphi50@embarqmail.com
Study Recent or upcoming events to grow spiritually and intellectually
Act II Goes to School by Penny Barcus, Event Coordinator
We all expected that the tour would be quite nice and interesting. We'd heard rumors and speculated about the new "Medical City" out at Lake Nona in southeast Orlando, but as someone said when we gathered for the final word from Chip Roberts, the tour guide.
"This whole place is brilliant." And it is, in more ways than we imagined. It is a beautiful, airy, brightly-lit campus in a setting that is spanking new and surrounded by lush green trees - a very Florida-looking place in a good way. It appears to be innovative and muchattuned to the health and well-being of its patients, practitioners and professors in a manner that gives one great hope for the future of medicine in our community and world. The group came away filled with wonder and pride in the sleek, modern institution that exists in our own backyard. Chip Roberts, Assistant Vice President for Development at the UCF College of Medicine spoke to the group of 30 Act II members who were fortunate enough to be included in the tour of the three-year old UCF College of Medicine. Chip spoke about the advantages of being build in the age of the Internet. He talked of such things as "global learning" and totally new methods of teaching future physicians utilizing lecture halls with every available element of current technology and how the local community has supported and promoted the school and all the students with funds and other ways. The group visited the classrooms and lecture halls which have screens, cameras and computer hook-ups galore. Even the seats are different sizes to accomodate every student and will swivel to let students form small groups. The cafe, lounge and halls are intentionally geared so anyone using them can easily get in some exercise as well as a little rest and relaxation with lunch. Most have large windows that open to the lovely views of the new VA Hospital, Nemour's Pediatric Hospital and other research buildings of equal elegance. There are trees visible everywhere. The practice patient rooms where the medical students learn to examine patients are also fitted out with cameras and equipment that monitor them as they interact. We were shown how "virtual patients" are taught to manifest different illnesses or conditions and immediately grade the students on their performance. Can you imagine that a "practice patient" can stop a "doctor" to explain to him/her that the level of compassion or knowledge is lacking? The ability to teach empathy to a physician at this level is a mind-blowing concept to most of us. This optimistic, open-minded attitude seems to be evident throughout the College of Medicine. Lastly, the group was shown into the top floor dissection lab with a very proper reverent atmosphere. We discovered a large sunny room that was very different from the proverbial basement dungeon-like idea of a morgue. Even the pathologist who heads up the program had a pleasant, talkative personality. He stressed not only the technological advances that allow him to teach the latest imaging techniques such as ultrasonography along with anatomy, but also the importance of our local medical community's interaction with the school and its staff. His explanation of how one our city's medical doctor's willingness to do MRIs of every cadaver at his expense before the med students even begin to dissect them allows for a head-to-toe digital scan to be made available on a screen above each dissection table when the student arrives in class. It was easy to see how beneficial this must be to every new medical student. By the time we were ushered in to see how the use of avatar patients can hone the ability of every physician to take a more detailed medical history, thus aiding him/her to better diagnose each disorder, we were completely snowed. Everyone was ready to apply for admission or donate a chair in the lecture hall or perhaps even our body to science in honor of this amazing, brilliant place.
We would like to extend many thanks to Chip Roberts for a great tour and to Marty Wiener, Amelia's husband, for setting up and organizing the tour and accompanying
us for this most enjoyable morning.
F-Y-I Look for this "tips" section in every newsletter.
Helpful Websites Tools to develop your disaster kit can be found at www.ready.go Ideas on products to help frail elders "age in place" can be found on www.thiscaringhome.org/products Visit www.caregiver.com and sign up for their FREE Fearless Caregiver weekly newletter You can sign up online to become an organ doner in Florida at www.translife.org Drivers 65 Plus is an on-line test that allows drivers to assess their own performance. It provides specific safety suggestions based on the driver's answers to 15 questions. www.seniordrivers.org
For more information on Act II please call: Janet Hays at 407-687-4221 or Jack Hays at 321-228-1318.
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