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BETHANY NEWSLETTER October 2018

Just a friendly reminder that residents and/or their visitors cannot park in fire lanes, as marked by yellow curbs.

Vehicles left in these areas will be ticketed and/or towed.

This includes the ramp leading up to entrances. Please do not block the ramp for use by others, while vehicles wait to load or unload passengers, groceries, or when moving out. Please ensure that your moving company is aware of this too.

Sadly, a thief broke into the Village Green Clothing Boutique in the early morning of September 11. A small amount of money was taken, as well as some minor damage made to the door. Video from the security camera has been provided to the Saskatoon Police Service - Break and Enter Division. In the case of this break-in, the thief was not let in by someone. However, I can’t stress enough how important it is for residents to continue your persistence in NOT allowing folks into the building you do not know. Those who make an exception, set a dangerous example for others to follow. Only together can we make Bethany a safe place to live.

Jerry Letkeman, Executive Director

Temporary Garbage Dumpster

Bethany Maintenance has brought a garbage dumpster onsite (Loraas bin) and it will be here for most of October. It is located in the back parking lot along the Tower building by the double doors.

Residents CAN discard their larger garbage items including small furniture into this temporary bin.

Residents CANNOT invite family members or friends who don’t live here to dump their garbage into this temporary bin.

What CANNOT be discarded into this bin are:

*any items acceptable for recycling that should go into the blue recycling bins *Biohazards *Tires *Paint/Chemicals/Oil *Appliances *Metal items such as shelving, bed frames, cabi-nets, trunks (all metals items should be taken to a metal recycling depot)

Save the Dates!

Bethany Christmas Banquets Fellowship Centre December 5 & 6, 2018.

Tickets will be available at the Main Office from November 5 to December 3 by NOON

*Note: Residents with a Supper Meal Pass do not require a ticket for the December 5 Christmas Banquet.

Mobility Devices:

To assist those who work at meals and other events at Bethany, please

ensure that your mobility devices (including powered devices such as chairs/scooters and walkers) are clearly labelled with your name.

The main office will be pleased to accommodate this for you.

This will assist Bethany staff and volunteers in matching equipment to their owners.

Jerry Letkeman Executive Director

John 15:12: “My command is this:

Love each other as I have loved

you."

Let me begin with a reminder of Bethany Manor’s mission: Our mission (the reason we exist) is providing residents with safe,

affordable housing and an enriched quality of life through programs and services. There’s over 30 years of history behind this mission. I’m honoured to walk with you as that

journey continues.

A big thank-you to all our volunteers!

Bethany Manor depends on the work of many volunteers. We continue to need

volunteers for: serving meals, Sunday Ser-vices (ushering, sound technicians-training available – please contact Paul Friesen), committee involvements (Worship Commit-tee-arranging Sunday Services, Cheerful Giving Committee-supporting fundraising, Community Life Committee-building a stronger community-contact your floor

representative, Birthday Social Committee-help plan monthly birthday celebration events). There are many other opportunities to serve and get involved that I’ve not men-tioned but are very important. Please

contact Jennifer Banman, Quality of Life Manager if you’re interested or let your floor representative know.

Construction Update: The new electrical vaults are in place and Diversified Electric will be working on placing the new electrical lines from the old vaults to the new. The old vaults will then become junction boxes. This process will involve some electricity disrup-tions but we’ll give you as much advance

notification as possible. Zak’s construction will be putting in screw piles and preparing the foundation. The actual modules of the walkway are already drywalled and will be moved on site as soon as possible. We hope to have the walkway functional before

Christmas and we’ll finish up the loose ends in spring.

We welcome feedback on the upcoming new Bistro area. The Bistro will be serving directly out of the kitchen beginning in 2019. We would like to create a nice Bistro atmos-phere in the multi-purpose area by the kitchen. We welcome your ideas on how to make this space as enjoyable and functional as possible. If you have ideas please talk to Jennifer Banman, Jennifer Bulka, Marianne Hamm or Dan Kierstead. Ideas around atmosphere, furniture, food service and any-thing else would be welcome.

If you have any other ideas, suggestion or feedback please connect with a manager or the Executive Director, write a note in the suggestion box, ask your floor rep to pass it along, email the office at: info@bethany55plusliving.ca or directly to the Executive Director at jerry@b55.ca.

I want to really promote the power of encouragement. To encourage someone, in even the smallest of things, can be that little spark that gives someone hope and re-newed vitality. I want us, as a community, to really value encouragement, to speak up and say encouraging words to one another. To express gratitude, to express a compli-ment, to let someone know that they’re appreciated or that you’re thinking of them or praying for them. Encouragement is pow-erful because it heals you, it restores you, and it motivates you to be the best you can be. I have been the recipient of much en-couragement here, thank you!! Another thing, when you receive encouragement you become empowered to give encourage-ment.

It’s very easy to go the opposite way, to complain or to refuse to say anything uplift-ing to others. Do the hard thing and choose to be remembered as a person of encour-agement. Join me in a commitment to encouragement.

Enjoy October!

Spiritual Care News & Notes

October 2018

"I believe that appreciation is a holy thing,

that when we look for what's best in the person

we happen to be with at the moment,

we're doing what God does.

So, in loving and appreciating our neighbour,

we're participating in something truly sacred."

~ Mr. Rogers ~

WORSHIP COMMITTEE NOTES

USHERS NEEDED

Do you enjoy helping people? Are you strong enough to move a few chairs? Are you a warm and friendly person who likes to greet people?

The Worship Committee is looking for you! There are some openings for ushers on Sunday mornings.

Can you see yourself helping out in this way? We’d love to work with you!

Please contact the Head Usher, Paul Friesen 306-931-0072

BULLETIN COVERS FOR ADVENT Lois is looking for art that can be used for Thanksgiving and Advent Bulletin Covers.

Art pieces that are not on paper can be photographed. If we have a lot of art (and I hope we do!!) we will use more than one bulletin cover per Sunday.

I am looking for art that is original to the resident. Send them portrait style to match the way the bulletin is photocopied.

I’m looking forward to seeing what you come up with!!

Beautiful Feet Ministries Is still accepting devotional material, Bibles, commentaries, etc. to be shipped to Africa.

There is a box in the MCC Gift Shop by the column on the floor. Many thanks!

SUNDAY SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER

October 7 Thanksgiving & World Communion - Lois Siemens, speaker 14 Henry Wiebe - Lay Preacher from Herschel, SK 21 Cornerstone Church 28 Nutana Park Mennonite

EVENING PRAYER FOR OCTOBER We will be reading through the Book of Ruth

Evening Prayer will be cancelled on October 3 & 17.

The 3rd is because of the Thanksgiving Banquet, and the 17th is because Lois is in Winnipeg. Please join us on the other Wednesdays at either 7:00 p.m. Personal Care Activity Room; 7:45 p.m. Place Lower Level; or 8:30 p.m. 4th Floor Activity Room

NOTE: If you want to know where Lois is, her schedule is posted on the bulletin boards.

Lois will be at the J.J. Thiessen Lectures at Canadian Mennonite University from October 15-18,

and participating in Mennonite Church Saskatchewan Pastors gathering, October 25-26.

A little humour from the Mennonite Distorter

As you walk the halls, send prayers and blessings

to those you pass. Lois Siemens, Spiritual Care Coordinator

From Lois’ Library…. If you would like to borrow any of these books please see Lois.

Alan D. Wolfelt has written a series of books with 100 practical ideas:

Healing Your Grieving Heart when someone you care about has Alzheimers -Healing Your Grief about Aging

-Healing a Spouse’s Grieving Heart -Healing your Grieving Heart

after a Cancer Diagnosis -Healing your Grieving Heart

(Some books are in the Public Library)