Commun ty Matters Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor
May 2017
God’s memorial By Wayne Rector, Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor resident
As Memorial Day approaches, as in times past, our thoughts and our minds are directed to those who have lived and died, but now live on in our memories, The lives they lived, what they lived and stood for, comprise a living memorial in our hearts and minds. God has given us a living memorial in the life, death, and resurrection of His Son, our Savior, Jesus Christ. It can all be summed up and symbolized in the Cross which Christ willingly endured for our sakes. Abraham Lincoln, in dedicating a portion of the battleground at Gettysburg for a National Cemetery said in part, “we cannot hallow this ground. Brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it far above MEMORIAL, continued on page 4
Cammy Boone and her grandmother, Elsie Tipton.
Grandmothers encouraged to enter Art is Ageless® Family ties are found throughout Arkansas City Presbyterian Manor. That was evident in this year’s Art is Ageless competition when two of the top prizes went to quilters with granddaughters on our staff: Elsie Tipton and Gerry Matney. Elsie Tipton and Cammy Boone Elsie’s Arkansas City home was always the family nerve center. She lives in town; most of them are in the country. Everyone was naturally drawn to Grandma’s. Since Elsie moved to Presbyterian Manor in March, not much has changed. Elsie’s granddaughter, Health Services Director Cammy Boone QUILTERS, continued on page 2