Lawrence Community Matters - May 2022

Lawrence Presbyterian Manor

Chaplain Dinah:

We Rise MAY 2022

Aster floorplan

Renovation nearing an exciting finish

By Christopher Phelps

Renovation is getting close to being completed and it has been an exciting journey.

I want to thank all of our residents and families for their patience. This project couldn’t have been done without the support of everyone.

I have had a lot of questions about whether we will have an open house when the apartments are ready. The answer to that question is yes pending COVID/CDC guidelines at the time they are completed. There will certainly be private tours. I think it is time to have a little fun.

For my readers who are current residents, you currently receive a referral credit when a new resident moves in because you referred them. Let’s “sweeten” the pot: I will throw in a dinner and dessert gift card ($50) on top of the referral credit. The rules are simple - the new resident has to be new to us as of this publication, and at the time of contact they must mention your name. The new resident must move in to receive the credit.

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The month of May brings memories of the men and women who died while serving in the U.S. military.

Memorial Day 2022 will occur on Monday, May 30.

Dinah Dutta

Many of our resident friends are sharing their thoughts and experiences of World War II since the war against Ukraine started. As a chaplain and pastor when I counsel people I hear a lot of anxiety and fear. Many wonder if there will be a World War III. While we are getting ready to start a new normal after COVID, we are plunged into a different situation. How can we cope with all this?

As a Christian believer, my faith encourages me to trust in the risen Christ and remember His word: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord (Romans 8:35, 38-39, NKJV).

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Get the latest on visitation and COVID-19 at our campus at LawrencePresbyterianManor.org/covid-19.

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For my readers who aren’t current residents, should you move in, I will give you a $200 move-in credit and a $25 dinner gift card. You must mention this publication at the time you call to inquire.

For my non-resident readers that send me a referral I will send you a $25 dinner gift card should the referral move in. They will need to supply me with your name and address.

Lilly floorplan

I only have 6 apartments left, so hurry and take advantage of this promotion.

Daisy floorplan

Poppy floorplan

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We rise – continued from page 1 My dear PMMA family, I want to encourage that no matter what goes around us we will rise. While I think of what it means to rise Maya Angelou’s encouraging poem, “I Rise” comes to my mind that I want to share

with you. Let us continue to rise with hope, let us continue to remember those who sacrificed their lives to build this great nation. Let us Rejoice and Be Glad!

I rise. By Maya Angelou You may write me down in history With your bitter, twisted lies, You may tread me in the very dirt But still, like dust, I’ll rise.

You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.

Does my sassiness upset you?

Why are you beset with gloom?

‘Cause I walk like I’ve got oil wells Pumping in my living room.

Does my sexiness upset you?

Does it come as a surprise That I dance like I’ve got diamonds At the meeting of my thighs?

Just like moons and like suns, With the certainty of tides, Just like hopes springing high, Still I’ll rise.

Out of the huts of history’s shame I rise Up from a past that’s rooted in pain I rise I’m a black ocean, leaping and wide, Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear I rise Into a daybreak that’s wondrously clear I rise Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave, I am the dream and the hope of the slave.

I rise I rise I rise.

Did you want to see me broken?

Bowed head and lowered eyes?

Shoulders falling down like teardrops.

Weakened by my soulful cries.

Does my haughtiness offend you?

Don’t you take it awful hard ‘Cause I laugh like I’ve got gold mines Diggin’ in my own back yard.

Happy Memorial Day! Welcome Summer!

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