Please join Pastor Hee Soon at this Bible Study studying Spiritual Exercises in Wesleyan Tradition on Saturday mornings at 7:00 a.m. in the Fireside Room.
Archives for February 2018
Health Benefits for the Elderly Attending Church
Health Benefits for the Elderly Attending Church
by Jason Lewis
Strongwell.org
info@strongwell.org
It has been proven that attending church has a positive long-term effect on health for the elderly. Many seniors suffer from isolation and loneliness because life has slowed down. There is no longer a need to go to work every day, some are dealing with the loss of a spouse, and their children are grown and living on their own.
Senior isolation is linked to long term illness, and increased risk of mortality and depression becomes a common result of the lack of activity and social connection, often leading to negative coping habits such as substance abuse. Going to church can fill this gap because it offers the chance for fellowship on a regular basis.
Church members also offer great support to other members and oftentimes become an extended family.
Seniors who are socially isolated tend to have a more pessimistic outlook about their future, and are more likely to predict that their quality of life will worsen over the span of the next 5-10 years. It has been proven that people who attend church regularly live longer and are happier than those who don’t attend.
Stability is a value that many seniors crave, and a routine is the only thing that can make an older adult feel comfortable, in control, and secure. A weekly routine of attending church will give them something to look forward to, which encourages happiness and restores their quality of life!
Unfortunately for many seniors, the later stages in life are a sad time plagued with illness and regret. Aging can be a hard pill to swallow, but with the support and love offered by the church, older adults can manage to find happiness and good mental health again.
Easter Schedule for 2018
HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SERVICES
Come Worship With Us!
Palm Sunday, March 25th – 10:00 a.m.
*Children’s Program (Children will come in with palms.)
Maundy Thursday, March 29th – 6:30 p.m.
*Seder Meal (Pot Luck) with Chancel Drama & Tenebrae Service. Please join us for
this powerful evening service where we remember Jesus’s last meal with his friends in
the Upper Room. (You may bring any simple meal or middle eastern flavored food:
bread, salad, or drink to share.) After then, we will have a Tenebrae Service in the
sanctuary.
Good Friday Vigil, March 30th – Please come at anytime between 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
*On this solemn day you may remember Jesus’s death on the cross as an everlasting
example of how God’s love for us was literally ‘to die for.’ Please sign up when you
come and simply sit in the presence of God at any time suggested and take pre-blessed
Communion. Pastor Hee-Soon will be present the whole time.
Holy Saturday Prayer Breakfast, March 31st (Sat.) – 9:00 a.m.
Please bring some things to pray about and simple breakfast food to share.
Easter Eggs-travaganza, March 31st (Sat.) – 6:00 p.m.
Come for supper and stay to fill your basket with decorated eggs!
Easter Sunday, April 1st – 10:00 a.m. Happy Easter!
*Easter Special Music & Chancel Drama
Lenten Studies: Every Saturday at 7:00 a.m. Spiritual Exercises in Wesleyan Tradition. Led by
Pastor Hee Soon.
*Lenten Devotion Booklets available at the office.
*You may donate lilies in honor of your loved ones.
Christ is Risen, Indeed!
Annual PUMA Dinner 5/10/2018
Maundy Thursday Service & Seder Meal 3/29/2018
On Thursday, March 29th from 6:30 pm-8:30 pm, there will be a Seder Meal (pot luck) at Crystals Springs UMC.
Please join us for this powerful evening service during which we remember Jesus’s last meal and foot washing with his friends in the Upper Room. For the pot luck meal, you may bring a middle eastern flavored food (bread, salad, or drink) to share or any other simple meal.
You can click on the definitions below for more information about these terms:
- Maundy Thursday – Holy Thursday before Easter. The “Mandatum” ceremony celebrates Jesus’ washing of the feet of his disciples.
- Seder Meal – A ritual meal celebrating the first day of the Passover. Historical Seder customs include telling the Passover story, discussing the story, drinking four cups of wine, eating matza, partaking of symbolic foods placed on the Passover Seder Plate, and reclining in celebration of freedom of the Jews from Egypt.
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