Rolla Presbyterian Manor
DECEMBER 2022
Editor’s Note: In a nod to our Presbyterian heritage, we regularly feature a column from a PMMA® chaplain in our newsletter. This month’s column comes from Greg Schmidt, chaplain at Newton Presbyterian Manor.
Christmas Devotional
Ann Caudill celebrates 40 years of service to Rolla Presbyterian Manor In 1982, Ann Caudill began her first job as a secretary at Rolla Presbyterian Manor. As it turns out, that hire was a significant event in the history of the community, which opened its doors in 1974. In her first decade at Presbyterian Manor, Ann became the office manager, then the director of administrative services. In 2011, she received a promotion to executive director. “This community is special to me,” Ann said. “In a way, I grew up here.” Back when she first heard about the secretarial opening at Presbyterian Manor, Ann was a student at Rolla Technical Institute. She heard about the job in an office systems class she enrolled in after graduating from high school. She learned so much through on-the-job training that Ann decided to put her education on hold for a few years. She went on to earn her administrator’s license, then a bachelor’s degree in biological sciences from Missouri University of Science and Technology. “I have no regrets about my career — I feel blessed to have worked with so many wonderful residents and staff,” Ann said. “Between my family and my work family here at Presbyterian Manor, I have a lot to be grateful for.” u
By Greg Schmidt
When my three boys were little, we looked forward to participating in our church’s Christmas Eve program and Greg Schmidt then racing home to open presents! We lived only a block from the church, so as soon as the “Amen!” was offered, the boys would sprint to the house rather than mess around waiting for their pastor-father and gracious mother to say, “Merry Christmas!” to all the parishioners who had attended the service and drive the car home. As if they hadn’t already shaken them a thousand times trying to guess what was inside of them, the boys couldn’t wait to rip away the beautifully and carefully wrapped packages containing what my wife and I hoped would be exactly what they wanted. We seldom missed the target. It wasn’t until the oldest two were in their early 20s that we began hearing, “Um, did you keep the
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