Seniors
Happenings Newsletter
January/February 2012 Newsletter
The Happenings Newsletter is our bi-monthly publication that is mailed to Normandale members 60 years and older. The newsletter lists upcoming events and other items of interest relating to senior life at Normandale. For more information or suggested content, contact Yvonne Ford by leaving a message at Normandale Lutheran Church office at 952-929-1697.
Foot Care Clinic
March 7 & 8 from 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Call 952-929-1697 to make an appointment.
Click here for more information.
Devotion by Virginia Moore
More often than I’d like to admit, there are times when I take on more than I should. Or maybe something unexpected happens and I begin to feel out of control. My insides start to “curl up.” I can’t think. I’m not productive. I just run around thinking I’m doing something when all I’m doing is “running around.” This is when I especially need to hear the clear voice of God saying “Be still. Know that I am God.” When I take time to be still, even though my heart is racing, I hear God telling me to think on the important things. Do what I can with His help. When I am “still,” I am not “wasting precious time.” I am coming back where He wants me — in His arms and in His will.
Lord, bid the storm within my heart be still and make it calm, that I may look to You and in You find rest and peace. Stay my wandering thoughts, and fix my mind on You alone. Fill me with Your fullness that I may have comfort and strength, joy and peace forevermore. Amen
Thursday Morning Bible Study
Study meets 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Topical studies in 3–4 week sessions. Led each month by Normandale Lutheran Church staff.
- Fireside Room
- The Armor of God
February 2, 9, 16, 23 /
March 1, 8, 15, 22, 29
Pastor Dixie Johnson
Normandale Visitation Pastor
Pastor Dixie Johnson will lead Bible study during February & March on The Armor of God. Ephesians 6:10- 17 tells us to be strong in the Lord, to put on the full armor of God so that we can battle against the mighty powers of evil & darkness in the world.
Help! Help! Help!
There are senior Seniors and junior Seniors and the senior Seniors need some help. At Second Thursday, which is a day for various senior activities, we have many openings for ways to help such as:
- Book Club Leader
- Kitchen Prep and Clean Up
- Table Set Up Programming
- Pianist
- Game Organizer
If you would be willing to help just once or for an entire season, we would be grateful. Call Yvonne at 952-922-6606.
Second Thursday
Second Thursday is an extended program held on the second Thursday of each month, September through May. All are invited, but the program is mainly aimed at seniors. People may come for the whole program or for any part of it. There is a suggested donation of $5.00 per person requested for the wonderful lunches that are served but no one will be turned away.
The day's program is as follows:
- 10:30 a.m. Coffee and Conversation
- 11:00 a.m. Choice of a Book club discussion group, games, cards, or conversation
- 12:15 p.m. Chapel Talk
- 12:30 p.m. Lunch
- 1:30 p.m. Special Programs
For more information, contact the church office at 952.929.1697
Sew-Day Quilting
Judy Henderson will be gone in January and February.
Sew Day Quilting will resume in March. If you have any new or used sheets that you can donate, please drop them off in the basket by the Library or bring them to the church office.
Get Fit with Chair Yoga
When: Tuesdays, starts on Tuesday, January 1
Where: Normandale Church, Rooms 209—210
Cost: $5 a class
No matter what your age or how physically fit or challenged you are, better health can be yours when you practice Chair Yoga: The Sitting Mountain Series. Learn the simple, gentle movements of traditional yoga poses modified exclusively for practice sitting on a chair. By practicing these poses every week, you will gradually build strength, improve balance, and increase flexibility and coordination.
By participating in the breathwork and meditation practices, you will begin to experience improved focus and concentration and peace of mind. Tune up your body and tone your bones and muscles. Get Fit Where You Sit!
Join certified chair yoga instructor, Mary Tellers, for this ongoing gentle chair yoga class.
Call the Center for Healing & Wholeness at 952-929-1697 to register for the Chair Yoga class.
Contributing Without Money
There are several ways you can contribute to various causes supported by the church that do not cost you money. Listed below are the items/groups:
- Eye glasses are collected by the Lions Club who test them and send to third world countries for persons with matching prescription needs.
- Kemps bottle caps and Box Tops for Education coupons are taken to Augustana Preschool for tuition scholarships.
- Hotel small hygiene products are distributed to The Shelter and Cornerstone Battered Women’s Shelter.
- Fabric, blankets, and sheets are made into quilts by the Sew Day ladies and donated to Lutheran World Relief
- Yarn for the hats, scarves, and slippers donated many places.
These seem like small amounts, but when you have nothing, 200 Kemps bottle caps that pay one month’s tuition is a lot. Drop off in the Collection Corner across from the Sunday School office.
Friends Card Project
Cards are sent to members over 79 years young. These are sent on birthdays and festival days. We feel this is important to show we are thinking about these people and that they are important to our community of believers.
Greeting Card Makers
Greeting Card making has started in partnership with The Colony.
Daytime group:
2nd Friday of month: 10:00-11:00 am
Evening group:
4th Thursday of month:6:30-7:30 pm
Both communities will gather in The Colony Café.
Meeting with residents from The Colony, we will spend an hour creating handmade cards for the residents to take with them, as well as to purchase in the gift store. This ministry seeks to provide an opportunity for creative expression, Christian community, and affordable cards for residents.
We are asking available members of Normandale to take one hour a month to connect in a creative way with our Colony Friends.
- Card Making experience is helpful but not necessary.
- All supplies and card designs are provided.
- Experienced card guides will be on hand.
Join us as we:
- Spend quality time with others of all ages.
- Use artistic talents (those known and as yet undiscovered…).
- Provide handmade cards for Colony residents and guests.
Please let us know if you are interested in participating, so we can plan space and supplies.
For more information, contact Janet Devine 952-929-1697 or Shirley Pope 952-929-1697 ext 31
Prayer Shawls
The Center for Healing & Wholeness is running low on prayer shawls. If you are a knitter and would like to replenish our supply, please stop by the Center and pick up some yarn and instructions. The shawls are then blessed by our pastoral staff and given to people experiencing difficult times.
Kaye Wothe, Parish Nurse
Meals on Wheels
Normandale has a long history of supporting Meals on Wheels, a local non-profit, that delivers prepared meals to individuals who are largely homebound. Nancy McCann, Normandale member, and our Meals on Wheels Volunteer Coordinator, is seeking drivers. Go to our Meals on Wheels page for more information.
Edina Grief Support
“...just remember in the winter, far beneath the bitter snow, lies the seed that with the sun’s love, in the spring becomes the rose.”
Anyone who has experienced the loss of a loved one by death is invited to attend.
More information can be obtained by calling: Terry Naugle @ 952-937-5933
Winter Series / January 5 - March 29. 2012
Meetings every Thursday / 4:30-6:00 pm
Church of St. Patrick
6820 St. Patrick‘s Lane, Edina / 952-941-3164 ext 113
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