Community Matters Aberdeen Village
April 2015
PMMA observes its Founders Day
Employees of Aberdeen Village will observe the founding of Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America this month as the company celebrates 66 years of providing quality senior services guided by Christian values in Kansas and Missouri. Each Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America campus will have its own celebration with residents and employees during April, acknowledging the importance of making life “the way you want to live.”
We are the Easter people! Go for it!
“Many of our employees view what they do as a calling, not just a job,” said Bruce Shogren, president and CEO. “Our dedicated employees make it possible for us to sustain PMMA’s mission, which directly impacts the wonderful care our 2,400 residents receive every day.”
When Paul wrote his great resurrection chapter (I Corinthians 15), he didn’t end it saying, “Let’s celebrate the great future life that awaits us.” Instead, he ended it this way, “So, get on with your work because you know that in the Lord, it won’t go to waste.”
Aberdeen Village will celebrate Founders Day from 2 to 4:30 p.m. on April 23. Join us in the chapel/ community room for food, games and cheering on the staff/resident Wii bowling teams during the Founder’s Day tournament. Presbyterian Manors of MidAmerica’s roots go back to 1947. Alice Kalb, a widow from central Kansas, appealed to a Presbyterian Church organization to establish
Rev. Dr. Larry Thornton, chaplain
God raised Jesus to life again! God’s new world has begun! Easter shouts to every dark place in the world that brokenness, disappointment, failure, heartbreak and death are not the final words. The final word is the love of God. The gift of Easter is a second, third or infinite number of opportunities to start all over again. Listen to the story of Itzak Perlman from a 1995 story from the Houston Chronicle. Itzak, the famous violinist, came on stage to give a concert at Lincoln Center in New York City. Getting on stage is no small achievement for him. Polio as a child left him with braces on both legs and he walks with the aid of two crutches. To see him walk across the stage one step at a time, painfully and slowly, is an unforgettable sight. When he reaches his chair, he sits down, slowly puts his crutches on the
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