Salina Presbyterian Manor
Living out ‘response ability’ By Mary Bridges, chaplain NOVEMBER 2021
Thank-you to our devoted employees We’re thankful for the Salina Presbyterian Manor staff all year round, but we wanted to take a moment to recognize each of them during this season of gratitude. We appreciate all that you do. 35+ years Pat Piper 25+ years Jodi Gawith Kathy Blouch 20+ years Mary Kersey Amy Peterson Janet Beemer 15+ years Mary McElrafth Jackie Herwig
Linda Phelps Shanna King Shawn Bretton Amber Hamilton Saluda Geist 10+ years Becky Augustine Hope Linenberger Christina GolladayBauer Mary Bridges Amanda Dean
5+ years Keith Brown Lisa Anderson Pam Bolte Brianna Augustine Kelly Wellbrock Lacey Hasker Doria Lawrence Kathy Hixenbaugh Ashley Boor Patricia Klenda Donna Smith
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We appreciate you employees
My father, Henry, was an eighthgrade graduate and smarter than anyone I have known. He was a lifelong Lutheran. He did not verbalize his faith or quote scripture; he simply lived it, every day. He cared for my grandmother when she lived alone. She was eventually diagnosed with dementia and moved into a nursing home. My father continued to visit her, even though she didn’t recognize him and no longer spoke. My father loved the land. After he retired from active farming, he leased a small amount of land north of Russell on Salt Creek. There he had a huge garden, and he shared his garden produce with everyone. One year, he raised turkeys. That November, he and my mom cleaned and dressed more than 20 turkeys, which my father distributed to family, friends and people he knew were struggling. He reserved one of those turkeys for a man who stopped to help my father change a tire earlier that year. That Thanksgiving season, and every day, my father exercised what the Rev. Richard J. Fairchild calls our, “response ability” that is the result of His goodness. “Our ancestors in faith — from Sarah to Mary and from Abraham to Jesus, all were convinced that God is the source of everything, and that by graciously giving all things to us God
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