July/August, 2009 Super Speller! “Tour de Revs” stop at ...

July/August, 2009

July/August, 2009

Super Speller! "Tour de Revs" stop at Frey Village's Swenson Park

Bernice Hahn

Three pastors with a mission to increase world hunger awareness rode into Middletown on Tuesday, June 2, on a three-man bamboo bike as part of their 13,000 mile trek across the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA).

The Rev. David Twedt, the Rev. Fred Soltow, and the Rev. Ron Schlak, all from West Virginia, began their "Tour de Revs" on May 13 with a goal of raising $5 million for World Hunger. They will end the tour in Minneapolis at the ELCA Churchwide Assembly in August.

On April 14th, 2009, Bernice Hahn, age 91, of Frey Village, participated in an over 50's Spelling Bee that was sponsored by Mid Penn Bank and hosted by the Steelton Senior Center in the Swatara Township building. Bernice was the oldest participant in the Local Bee, outspelling over ten other participants to win first place by spelling words like, "amalgamate" and "undulate."

Bernice was cheered on by fellow Frey Village resident, Phyllis Muench, along with Phyllis's daughter Susan Paige. Bernice would like to thank all of those involved in planning the Spelling Bee and for the lunch which was catered by the Olive Garden.

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The tour arrived in the Lower Susquehanna Synod around 3 p.m. on the campus of Frey Village in Middletown. They were joined by 10 bike riders from

the synod territory. After greetings by Bishop B. Penrose Hoover and staff of Frey Village, bikers mounted their bikes and rode eight miles to Trinity Lutheran Church, Steelton,

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Revs. Soltow, Schlak and Twedt, take a break from their bike tour at Frey Village's Swenson Park.

Inside this issue:

From the Chaplain

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Summer Announcement

3

Family Night

4

AASHA Homecoming

5

Make A Difference

6

104 Reasons

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Homecoming Week

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From the Summer Chaplain:

Frey Village Chaplain

Pastor Art Sonnenberg

Sunday Service Schedule

July 5

Rev. Arthur F. Sonnenberg Chaplain at Frey Village

July 12

The Reverends Richard and Catharine Geib Pastors of Tree of Life

Lutheran Church, Harrisburg

July 19

Chaplain Renee MaLoy Harrisburg

July 26

Chaplain Renee MaLoy Harrisburg

August 2

Rev. Arthur F. Sonnenberg Chaplain at Frey Village

August 9

Rev. Walter Hafer Retired Lutheran Pastor

Harrisburg

August 16

Rev. Kathleen Baker Pastor of Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Harrisburg

August 23 & 30

To be announced

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.

--Dale Carnegie

I want to thank all of you who welcomed me to Frey Village as your Summer Chaplain. It is my honor to serve you as a friend with the love of Christ. I have a little story on friendship from my home in New Mexico.

A college student spent a year with a group of Navajo Indians (The Dineh--the people) on a reservation in the Southwest. This was part of an assignment for a doctoral thesis. She lived with a family, slept in their hut, ate their food, worked with them, and lived the life of a twentieth-century Navajo Indian.

The grandmother of the family spoke no English at all, yet a very close bond formed between these two. In spite of the language difference, they shared the common language of love and understood each other. Over the months the student learned a few phrases of Navajo, and the grandmother picked up a little of the English language. When it was time for the student to return to the campus, the tribe held a going-away celebration. It was marked by sadness since the young woman had become close to the whole village and all would miss her. As she prepared to get up into the pickup truck and leave, the old grandmother came to tell her goodbye, personally. With tears streaming from her eyes, she placed her gnarled, weathered hands on either side of the young woman's face, looked directly into her eyes, and said in her broken, halting English "I like me best when I'm with you."

When we are in the presence of good friends we feel this way. Friends value our time together They overlook the hurts, the cares, and the disappointments of our lives. They lift our spirits and our self-esteem. Jesus Christ is the greatest of all friends. We should strive to be Christ like and remember the Navajo statement, "I like me best when I'm with you."

And the Holy Writings were put into effect which said, "And Abraham had faith in God and it was put to his account as righteousness; and he was named the friend of God."

Be blessed and draw closer to God during "Ordinary Time"....... a time for spiritual growth, in Christ Jesus.

Frey Village Summer Chaplain,

Renee MaLoy

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Clinical Pastoral Education

Frey Village is pleased to be cho-

sen as the host site for Summer

CPE Chaplain Renee MaLoy.

Renee will be here through August

10th working in cooperation with

Pastor Art. Her main area of re-

sponsibility will be making pas-

toral visits in the East Nursing

Unit (including Phoenix.) She will

also be doing some morning and

afternoon devotions, and conduct-

Renee MaLoy,

Frey Village Summer Chaplain

ing worship during some of our weekly Vespers Services and at two Sunday Worship Services. She will attend some staff and care plan

meetings, cover for Pastor Art during his summer vacation,

and do other duties as assigned.

Please join us in giving our Summer Chaplain a warm Frey Village Welcome!

Caricatures of the Reverends decorate

the tour trailer.

Tour de Revs

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where they had dinner and heard a presentation on World Hunger awareness.

Bike riders brought donations of $1070, which will be sent to the ELCA World Hunger Appeal and credited to the Tour de Revs endeavor. To learn more about the tour and how you may contribute to help eradicate hunger, go to .

Volunteers of America wishes to express their thanks to the Frey Village Employee Committee for hosting a successful

Clothing Drive in April!

Super Speller

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Bernice was awarded with a $100.00 gift card to Giant from the Mid Penn Bank.

Bernice's exciting trip was organized by Jackie Holzel, Frey Village Activities Director and Barb Grabuloff, Activities Assistant.

Jackie Holzel, Frey Village Activities Director

Jackie Holzel stated, "We like to enable all Frey Village nursing residents to continue with their life interests and pursuits and when I saw this opportunity to enter a resident in a spelling bee contest we wanted them to have that chance. We first held a mini spelling bee at Frey Village to see which resident would be representing us. Bernice spells with so much expertise and so very quickly that it is amazing to watch her compete. Certainly Bernice is an excellent speller and we are all so proud of her accomplishment."

When Bernice Hahn returned to Frey Village she was met with a group of staff members and residents clapping and singing, For she's a Jolly Good Speller.

Frey Village would like to thank Bernice for representing our community and congratulate her on her impressive achievement.

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Frey Village Join the Skilled Nursing Activity Department on

Skilled Nursing

Tues., July 14th for Family Night! The evening will begin at 6:30 p.m. with a performance by our

Family Night nursing residents in the Chapel. We will have a

short volunteer presentation by Tracy Klein.

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Afterwards, please enjoy "lite" summer refreshments in the Activities Room and Courtyard. We

hope to see you there. RSVP me at 717-930-1225

with the number attending.

Sincerely,

Jackie Holzel, Activities Director

and your Activities Staff

Resident Birthdays

JULY

George Spangler R. Betty J. Smith Nancy Stouffer Arthur Bowman Larry Seiders Edna Mertz Evelyn Venesevich Grace Demy Suzanne Kelley Ann Pelak Grace Brink Betsy Durburow Mary Fach Jeanne Spitler Joseph Lopes Patricia Ingersoll

July 5 July 6 July 13 July 14 July 14 July 20 July 21 July 22 July 22 July23 July 25 July 25 July 25 July 26 July 28 July 29

AUGUST

Dorothy Mihalik Jeannetta Wagner June Bauman Lee Fidler Sarah Moul Robert Kohnlein Bertha Shank Mary Lewis Gladys Anderson Ethel Oswald Anna Comfort Jeanne Albright Charlotte Hoffer George Good Betty Kitzmiller Elizabeth Farina Georgea Kohnlein Dorothy Wright

August 1 August 1 August 5 August 7 August 7 August 8 August 8 August 9 August 10 August 12 August 14 August 15 August 15 August 17 August 20 August 23 August 27 August 28

Home Cooking

The smells of baking bring back pleasant memories to

our Seniors.

Cooks are needed to bake healthy snacks for our residents in the Activity Room Kitchen.

Ingredients are provided. To volunteer, call Tracy at 930-1226.

We are able to schedule the Kitchen to fit your schedule.

Many Thanks To:

St. Paul Lutheran Church of New Cumberland for hosting the

July Residents' Birthday Party.

Trinity Lutheran Church of Steelton for hosting the August

Residents' Birthday Party.

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July/August 2009

Variety

Program

Join The Fun ! Every Tuesday

at 10:30am

June 7 June14 July 21 July 28

Chuck Yocum Program Cancelled Sharae Homick Daybreak

August 4 The Anna-Jeans August 11 The Sentimentalists August 18 Reuel Ryman August 25 Tom Herald

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Frey Village Celebrates the

2nd Annual AAHSA Homecoming Week

May 25--28, 2009

Deanna Noble sets up shop, directing the Employee Appreciation Massages that were sponsored by the Employee Commit-

tee. (right) Liz Ziemba spends time on

Employee BIRTHDAYS

July

Patricia Welsh Ashly McFadden Renae Shaffer Stacy Dorwart Vickie Damrauer Angel Nieves Marcie Davenport Nicole Melton Merri Ritzman Crystal Stillions Renee Bitye-Afane Teresa Maxwell Earl Bright Beth Hanley Abiosee Johnson Milagros Suarez Nicole Miller

July 1 July 3 July 4 July 6 July 9 July 11 July 12 July 12 July 14 July 18 July 18 July 18 July 22 July 23 July 26 July 27 July 31

August

Victoria Eslinger Margo Mathias Juanita Westhafer Tracey Koppenhaver Elizabeth Ziemba Tracey Koppenhaver Shannon Burke Margaret Hallacher Rodney Grove Mary Kormondy Ashley Crawford Danielle Jones Jodi Strong Barbara Bolton Veronica Gipe Irma Wealand

August 3 August 3 August 3 August 8 August 8 August 8 August 10 August 10 August 12 August 16 August 17 August 17 August 21 August 22 August 25 August 27

Deanna Noble, Barb Killen, Mary Kormondy, Heidi Murray, Stacy Dorwart,

Sue Champ, Stephanie Willison, and Margo Mathias pose in patriotic dress.

JoElla Knight & Pat Ingersoll display the tie-dyed patriotic T-shirts created in the Courtyard.

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