Arkansas City Community Matters May 2019

Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor

MAY 2019

PMMA unveils new logo, brand identity

Leta Sherwood’s patchwork of love In celebration of her mom’s 100th birthday, resident Leta Sherwood set out to do something special, something that would show her mom just how much she—and many others—loved her.

As an organization evolves and grows, so should brand awareness. In the past year, Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America has embarked on a journey to create a brand image that could represent all its communities and provide greater brand awareness for the entire PMMA system.

The new mark had to reflect PMMA’s core values, mission and beliefs. It needed to be simple, but sophisticated enough to convey the high quality of care and service found in PMMA communities. It also needed to be practical, and demonstrate reliability and integrity. At its board meeting March 5, the PMMA Board of Trustees approved a new logo set for the PMMA system.

The new logo captures the spirit of our heritage and commitment to the future. The simplicity of the mark pays tribute to the original request from Alice Kalb to the Presbyterian Church. The upward “V” elements serve to remind us that our core purpose is to provide compassionate and caring services to better the lives of seniors.

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Resident Leta Sherwood and the quilt she made to celebrate her mother’s 100th birthday.

“My mom took quilt blocks and fabric to grandma’s birthday party and had everyone who attended sign one,” said Leta’s daughter, Jayna Bertholf. “Some of grandma’s relatives couldn’t come to the party, so mom sent some blocks in the mail and had them mail them back to her.”

While Leta’s mom knew something was up at the party, the quilt Leta was ultimately going to make out of the blocks was going to be a

Logo examples

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The elements of the logo represent the three levels of living (independent, assisted and healthcare) or outstretched arms that protect and serve our residents. These elements are blue to suggest energy and action because it empowers residents to remain healthy, active and engaged.

It also underscores respect and understanding that seniors, as citizens and individuals, retain their rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

The logo has three different diamond colors, utilizing colors from the previous PMMA logos.

The diamond elements sit atop the “V” elements to signify the core purpose of our organization. The PMMA gold diamond relates to the Presbyterian Manor gold standard for providing quality senior services; the purple diamond refers to the faith-based mission that is fulfilled daily by the staff members at each PMMA community; the Aberdeen green diamond refers to the commitment to healthy living through the intentional balance of physical, emotional, social, spiritual and intellectual components of wellness.

Over the next several months, you will begin to see the new logos in our communications, advertising, and signage. We look forward to continuing to provide you with the quality senior services guided

by Christian values that you have come to expect. ◆

Bill Bowles devotion “Then Jesus’ mother and brothers arrived. Standing outside, they sent someone in to call him. 32 A crowd was sitting around him, and they told him, “Your mother and brothers are outside looking for you.

“Who are my mother and my brothers?” he asked.

“Then he looked at those seated in a circle around him and said, “Here are my mother and my brothers!

35 Whoever does God’s will is my brother and sister and mother.”

New Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor resident Warren Wing wrote a poem to the local newspaper back in February 2002.

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A probing question A key to new community Action step: Speak to a lonely and frustrated person of the riches of friendship, support and challenge in vital and continual involvement in the church.

Prayer: I thank you today, Lord, for giving to me a whole new and larger family because of Jesus, Your Christ. ◆

As well.

Now we’ve done without in days Gone by,

Newkirk man pens poem on lack of ‘facilities’ during storm time.

And there’s nothing we can do so

A poem about our experience during the recent ice storm.

To add to the problem as we did

The rain brought much needed

We kept three grandkids, four

Moisture so nice,

days that weekend

But soon that rain quickly turned

So with flashlights and candles

To ice.

We survived without light,

The electricity went off as power

But with no water to flush made a

Poles fell,

Difficult plight.

Again we’ll try.

Condescend,

And soon the result was no water

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Key ideas: Jesus’ blood relatives

A resident’s poem from 2002

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—Mark 3, 31-35

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surprise—one that, unfortunately, never got to happen.

“Mom had not quite finished it when grandma died,” said Jayna.

The combination of disappointment and grief that one feels at such a time would be enough to detour most people from completing such an emotional project, but not Leta.

“Mom put in probably 20 hours a day, but she was able to finish it up between when grandma died and the funeral,” said Jayna.

So, while Leta’s mom may have never had the chance to see the quilt, it ended up holding a special place of honor on display at her funeral.

complete the quilt in such a short amount of time was the result of years of practice.

“One of the very first quilts I did was in 1992, but I’ve been sewing my whole life. I learned as a kid,” said Leta.

As a member of the local quilting guild, Leta has made numerous quilts over the years—some for family members and some to be given away for benefits or to comfort children in the hospital. She even won a top prize in PMMA’s Art is Ageless® juried art competition before moving into the community as a resident.

According to Leta, her ability to

For Mother’s Day, Leta and Jayna plan to spend it together because as Jayna puts it, “we’re kind of a joint package.” ◆

Leta’s birthday quilt included blocks of fabric signed by family, friends and even President G.W. Bush.

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And it looked just the same as

Water came back on

Now the house out back many

When I was a kid

So we went back to using the

Years has been gone,

So amidst the stares of the kids

Regular john

As we graduated to the luxury of

And the wife,

And the potty back to it’s a

An indoor john.

I carried it to the bathroom to

Antique domain,

But these kids had a chance to

Ease the strife,

Experience that joy,

Where for future relief it will

What is that? One asked, with a

That most country kids did when

Frivolous frown,

Always remain.

I was a boy.

Why that’s the way we used to

As I pondered this problem a

Really get down.

Thought came to mind

Well, I could see by their looks,

So I searched through some

These kids were not happy,

Antiques in a shed out behind.

To do the things of the past like

And there on a shelf so proud and

Their ole gran-pappy.

Not naughty,

But the storms of life come cold,

To the rescue sat Grandmas

Hard and fast

Porcelain potty.

And at least three kids got a taste

It was all intact with the bail and

Of the past

The lid.

Well, as luck would have it the

And I’ll bet these kids when they Got back to school, Told their friends “grandpas Bathroom really was cool.”

And though their fun that Weekend was varied and spotty, They’ll never forget grandmas Porcelain potty.

We’ve just survived a major tragedy, and now we can look back on the light side and how we managed.

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The happenings of this poem were mostly true at our house and if it brought a smile or chuckle,

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especially to you old timers like me, then it was worth the time and effort.

God Bless, Warren Wing

Linda Lewman

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