Clay Center Community Matters December 2021

Clay Center Presbyterian Manor

DECEMBER 2021

Hope for Christmas Generosity grows our Giving Tree Each year, Clay Center Presbyterian Manor hosts our Giving Tree - and we’re once again relying on the generosity of our friends and neighbors to ensure a bright Christmas for everyone.

Residents share their Christmas wish lists, and those are placed in numbered ornaments that adorn the tree. Then, staff, family, and guests pick an ornament from the tree, and the number directs their efforts to ensure those special wishes are met.

Recently, we joined in a community fundraiser for local non-profit organizations, called the Gather for Good Match Day. This event allowed us to raise much needed funds for the Clay Center Presbyterian Manor’s community wish list. These generous donations will be used to help with campus improvements that will benefit our residents.

Thank you to our Match Day donors, who provided $2,600 for our community wish list - David Affolter, Jody Cott, Arlan Habluetzel, Carol Hall, Alan Johnson, Preston Rook, Brent Rundell, and five anonymous donors. u Clay Center Presbyterian Manor’s giving tree helps meet resident’s Christmas wishes.

Editor’s note: In a nod to our roots in the Presbyterian Church, Greg Spring, chaplain at Wichita Presbyterian Manor, brings our devotion this month.

People around the world celebrate Christmas with family and friends, parties and gifts, decorations and songs. All of these things are wonderful. However, have we overlooked the baby? We find that the story of Christmas is all about a baby.

We discover that the Shepherds in the fields “…hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger.” Luke 2:16 The Magi traveled a great distance with significant gifts because of a baby. Even King Herod, though motivated by jealousy, appeared concerned about the baby. He told the wise men “…Go and search carefully for the child. As soon as you find him, report to me…” Matthew 2:8 Why would a baby stir such evil actions in Herod? What moved the angels in heaven to rejoice over the birth of a baby? How could a baby bring hope to a sinful world?

The emphasis is not only about who the baby would grow-up to be thirty years later. The significant point concerns the identity of the

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Assignment form makes wishes clear With the end of the year rapidly approaching, it’s a great time to check one more thing off your list — make sure your wishes are respected and your family is protected by completing our Assignment of Amounts Due Resident Form (or reviewing your current Assignment form to make sure it is still correct). If you pass away while a resident of a PMMA® Community, this form will permit you to assign all refunds due to you to the persons specified in your form.

Completing the Assignment form is simple, and if you pass away while a resident of the Community, it can save your family significant time, money and frustration when receiving a refund of any amounts due to you from your PMMA Community. In other words, it can simplify the refund process and avoid the time and cost of estate administration.

This form works like a “beneficiary designation” in that it is effective upon your passing and permits you to designate who will receive all amounts due to you from your PMMA Community (for example, any refunds of your entrance fee deposit or monthly fees).

Your Assignment form is revocable and can be changed at any time, so you are not locked if your circumstances change.

Your beneficiaries may include individuals, charities, or others (including a will or trust so that your refund passes pursuant to your estate plan). You may designate the portion of your refund payable to each of them.

Some things to think about: • Who should receive my refund — certain named individuals, charities, or my will or trust?

• If I have more than one beneficiary, should they receive equal shares of my refund or should I designate different amounts/percentages among them?

• Do I want to designate a successor beneficiary to receive the amount originally allocated to a beneficiary who predeceases me?

Absent a valid Assignment form, the payment of your refund may be delayed until an estate is opened or other legal proceedings are completed designating who is legally entitled to request the refund and receive payment. Unfortunately, that happens all-tofrequently and we want to help our residents and their families avoid that unpleasant (and sometimes expensive and time consuming) experience.

This is just a summary of how this important document works. We’ll be glad to provide you with the Assignment form to review and complete, and of course we encourage you to get any input you may desire from your family or other advisors.

To obtain an Assignment form or talk with someone about an Assignment form, please contact the Marketing Director or Accounting Assistant at your community. u

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5-minute dream bars Don’t let this quick and easy recipe fool you. Despite its simplicity, this sweet and delicious dish is sure to be a crowd pleaser at your holiday gathering.

Ingredients ● 12-ounce package semi-sweet chocolate chips ● 11-ounce package butterscotch chips ● 1 cup creamy peanut butter ● 10.5-ounce bag mini marshmallows ● 1 cup M&Ms Instructions 1 Line a 9”x13” baking dish with non-stick foil. Set aside.

2 Combine the first three ingredients in a large microwave-safe container.

3 Microwave on high heat in 30 second intervals, stirring in between, until the chips are fully melted and the mixture is smooth.

4 Stir in marshmallows until fully coated.

5 Pour mixture into prepared baking dish.

6 Sprinkle on M&Ms and press down slightly.

7 Refrigerate until set, about 2 hours.

8 Cut into bars.

9 Store leftovers in an airtight container. u

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Hope – continued from page 1 baby at His birth. This baby was Emmanuel, God with us, the Prince of Peace, God in the flesh.

Joseph learned from the beginning, why this baby was born in such a miraculous event. The Angel communicated that Joseph “…give (the baby) the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins.” Matthew 1:21 Today, over 2,000 years later, people are still talking about the baby named Jesus. Some in worship, some in faith, some in disgust and some in only a seasonal greeting for the holiday. This baby is the cure for what ails this sinful world today.

Jesus is the only thing that makes this holiday Christmas. The sin in the hearts of all humanity brings despair to the world. The message of the baby gives each of us the way to find forgiveness for our sin, something that we cannot do on our own.

This truly is the greatest Christmas gift. With no doubt this baby gives each of us the opportunity for hope this Christmas season. u

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