Farmington Community Matters April 2015

Commun ty Matters Farmington Presbyterian Manor

April 2015

PMMA observes Meet Heidi Beyer its Founders Day New marketing director has soft-spot for long-term care Employees of Farmington Presbyterian Manor 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.”

“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.”

Farmington will observe Founders Day on April 22.

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 a home for seniors. Her vision became the first Presbyterian Manor community in Newton, Kan., and inspired others to do even more.

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For Heidi Beyer, coming to work at Presbyterian Manor is a return to an environment she loves.

“I have a soft spot in my heart for people in long-term care,” Beyer said.

“Some people don’t find it comfortable to be in a nursing home, but I feel at ease with it.”

Beyer started work as Presbyterian Manor’s new marketing director in March. She was previously the director of marketing for Vance Vineyards in Fredericktown. Before that, she was director of community relations at Safe Harbor Hospice for about seven years.

Beyer received her bachelor’s degree at Missouri State University in Springfield, then moved to Montana. There, she worked building log cabins. Her job was chinking, or sealing the logs where they meet. She moved back to Missouri after her daughters were born; the girls are now 12 and 13 years old.

As the U.S. population ages, Beyer said, she worries about the growing number of people living in long-term care being forgotten by the rest of the world. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, about 14 percent of the U.S. population is now age 65 and older. The number of people in that age group is expected to more than double by 2060, from 43.1 million to 92 million.

Of those living in long-term care, Beyer said, “That’s a huge percentage of our community that people don’t think about on a day to day basis. But they’re still members of our society with stories to share.”

That’s one message she hopes to convey as she helps to promote Presbyterian Manor to the community. But she’s glad her work also allows her to get to know residents. Beyer says she learns something every day that she works with older adults and learns about their “stories, pranks, and adventures.” It makes her think about the legacy she’ll leave one day.

“I wonder, what’s it going to take for me to be a memorable person in this world? Once you pass from this world, what’s going to make people sit around and talk about you?” she said. “I gather that stuff and store it away.”

How to lose 1,000 square feet — and keep it off

By Patricia Corrigan

Five years ago, when I sold my 1,700-square-foot condo in St. Louis County, Mo., in preparation for a move to a small apartment in San Francisco, Calif., I knew I had to get rid of at least two-thirds of my stuff.

That required touching every single thing I owned.

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Today PMMA remains true to the spirit of Alice’s vision, providing quality senior services guided by Christian values.

For more information about Farmington, contact Heidi Beyer, marketing director, at hbeyer@ pmma.org.

I pared down my Christmas decorations from five boxes to one. I found good homes at a university, a prison and a senior center for 46 boxes of books. And once and for all, I got rid of my collections of paper bags, plastic bags and cardboard boxes.

I brought my grandmother’s golden oak rocking chair, her dresser and her cedar chest. My mother’s living room lamps and her black sequin beanie.

My father’s jewelry box and his Navy duffel bag, to hold jumper cables in my car. My son’s grade school art projects. And my Mickey Mouse Club membership certificate.

1. Don’t leave your past behind A fresh start does not require erasing who you are and always have been, so do hold on to “touchstones,” those items that hold special meaning for you.

On the other hand, don’t mistake an item for the person who gave it to you.

2. Keep only the clothes you wear

Community Matters is published monthly for residents and friends of Farmington Manor by Presbyterian Manors of Mid-America Inc., a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Learn more at PresbyterianManors.org Jane Hull, executive director Heidi Beyer, marketing director To submit or suggest articles for this publication, contact hbeyer@pmma.org Telephone: 573-756-6768 Fax: 573-756-6014 Address: 500 Cayce St., Farmington, MO 63640-2910 Our mission: We provide quality senior services guided by Christian values.

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Donate everything in the closet that is too big or that should have fit by now but still doesn’t. Nobody needs 12 pairs of black pants or 23 sweatshirts or six pairs of Mary Jane shoes. Tap into this same philosophy when you approach your jewelry box.

3. Assess how much furniture you really need I decided to move the couch, the bed and my favorite purple chair. What about dishes? I brought some. But I brutally eliminated much of my vast collection of party platters and pottery bowls.

4. Splurge on new linens Towels dry out from frequent washings and sheets grow thin, yet so many of us are reluctant to replace them. What better opportunity to start fresh?

Buy new matching sets at a high-end department store or haunt the closeout shelves at discount stores, where you can be more creative in your color choices. Donate old towels to local animal shelters or veterinarians’ offices — they will be thrilled.

5. Embrace that less is more Think of the grateful people who actually need what you are disposing and will now have access to it! Or consider this: After you sift and sort and pitch and purge, your grown children will have less to throw out when you’re gone. The truth is that many of them really don’t want what we think they’ll look forward to having. And meanwhile, you’ll be surrounded with only what brings you joy and what you truly need.

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Soul Food: Direct statements of the eternity and deity of the Son of God not affected by His incarnation.

By Ray Chappell, Farmington Presbyterian chaplain

The eternity and deity of Jesus Christ are asserted in an extensive body of Scripture which affirms His infinite person and His eternal existence coequal with the other persons of the Godhead. This fact is

deity and eternity (Exodus 3:14; Isaiah 43:13). In John 17:5, Christ Scripture states in John 1:1-2, “In in His prayer stated, “And now, O the beginning was the Word, and Father, glorify thou me with thine the Word was with God, and the own self with the glory which I had Word was God. The same was in with thee before the world was” the beginning with God.” According (cf. John 13:3). Philippians 2:6-7 to Micah 5:5, “But thou Bethlehem states that Christ was “in the form Ephratah, though thou be little of God” before His incarnation. A among the thousands of Judah, yet more explicit statement is made in out of thee shall come forth unto me Colossians 1:15-19, where Jesus that is to be ruler in Israel; whose Christ is declared to be before all goings forth have been from of old, creation, the creator Himself, and from everlasting.” Isaiah 7:14 affirms the express image of the invisible His virgin birth and gives Him his God. In 1 Timothy 3:16, Jesus Christ name Immanuel, which means “God is declared to be “…manifest in the with us.” flesh.” In Hebrews 1:2-3 the fact According to Isaiah 9:6-7, although that the Son is the Creator and the Jesus was a child born, he was given express image of God is again stated, as a Son and is specifically called “the and His eternity is affirmed in 13:8 ( cf. Eph. 1:4; Rev. 1:11). mighty God.” When Christ stated in John 8:58, “Verily, I say unto you, Scripture states so often that Christ is before Abraham was, I am,” the Jews eternal and that He is God. Until our next session, may God richly bless you. understood this to be a claim for

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Coming Up in Community Matters Community Matters will focus on gardening and outdoor life in an upcoming issue.

Are you an avid gardener, or were you when you were more physically able? What did you love about gardening? What did you grow?

Does your campus have a raised bed garden that you help with now? What do you enjoy about being outdoors?

If you have a story to tell, contact Marketing Director Heidi Beyer to share your idea.Your story may be selected for the next issue of your community newsletter.

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