EE Vol. 3, Issue 46 Editor: Susan Williams Week of November 14, 2018 Community Activities Coordinator EDITION HIGHLIGHTS: (click on event to go to that page) COMEDIAN JEFF LOVE Women’s Coffee……………………...2 FRIDAY, The ‘Singing Dude’……................4 NOVEMBER 16TH 2:30 PM Guitarist Matt Denman…......……7 GRAND BALLROOM Thanksgiving Dinner.................10 Sports Hall of Fame Tour…........13 Jeff Love casually attended LSU, Furman and North Texas Music Events……….….….….…......15 for sports management and music and became a night club owner. Jeff sold out and began his comedy career at thirty seven years old as a beginner at open mic nights in comedy clubs throughout Dallas and Atlanta. Jeff said it was the worst five minutes of his life, three times a week. Jeff survived open mic night and began working as an opening act, that's the person who sleeps on the couch, in the living room, at the comedy condo and gets paid the least. Jeff was an opening act for five years. Jeff became a feature and eventually a headliner. Before Jeff Love was a comedian, he worked as an Activities Director for an active senior community. When Love left his warm, fuzzy job, for his first comedy tour, the residents made him promise to do senior shows also. Now that Love is a senior citizen himself, he performs 200 senior dates a year. Since 1990, Jeff has performed a G-rated comedy show called “Laughter IS The Best Medicine”, written especially for an active retirement community. http://www.epworthvilla.org/events/ Click link for past issues of Epworth Villa Happenings 1 WOMEN’S COFFEE WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14th REDBUD ROOM COFFEE, 10:00 A.M., PROGRAM 10:30 A.M. MEN ARE INVITED TO ATTEND! “Hunger in the Schools” seems to be a surprising topic for our metro area. However, it is a real fact! Speaker Lisa Chastain has run the food pantry in Summit Middle School (just down the street from Epworth Villa) for 7 years. Believe it or not, Edmond does have a poverty problem and there are children going home from school hungry. Lisa explains, “We pack a bag each week for these kids to have food to get them through the weekend, so that they will be able to focus on academics on Monday instead of their hunger pangs. Last year, I started a food pantry at Santa Fe High School as about 100 of our kids who graduate out of middle school were being sent off to high school just as hungry but with no food help.” Lisa’s mission is to make sure these kids know the world does believe in them and that they won’t be hungry on her watch! 2 EPWORTH VILLA BOOK CLUB WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH 1:30 PM JOE WHITE LIVING ROOM Everyone is welcome to join us for book club. Just bring a book that you have either read or are in the process of reading. Those in attendance will share with everyone a little about the book and why they enjoyed reading it. So come join the fun! Hope to see you there. JUNE CARTER WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14TH 2:00 PM WOODWORTH ROOM REMINDER: IT’S TIME TO TURN IN YOUR OCTOBER VOLUNTEER HOURS. Please have them in BY NOVEMBER 15th. PLEASE MAKE SURE TO PUT YOUR NAME ON YOUR SHEET!! Please return to the WHITE BOX at the RECEPTION DESK Marked Susan’s Box or Take them to Susan’s Office. THANKSGIVING MEAL AT EPWORTH VILLA As we prepare for this holiday meal, dining services wants to hear from you, what are your plans and where are your guests dining? If you and/or your family plan to dine with us on Thanksgiving, please complete the reservation form as soon as possible and return to the front desk. Meal will be served Thursday, November 22nd In the Grand Ballroom Open Seating will be from 11:00am to 1:30pm 3 **TOWN HALL THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH UM CHURCH OF THE SERVANT BUS LEAVES @ 10:00 AM RETURN AROUND NOON **YOU MUST SIGN UP IN THE ‘COUNT ME IN’ BOOK (under the tab for theater) TO RIDE THE BUS. WAYNE DICKINSON “THE SINGING COWBOY” THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH 2:00 PM JOE WHITE LIVING ROOM VISUAL ARTS & CRAFTS AT EPWORTH ART CORNER (Second Floor above the Library) We are very fortunate to have the space for all to participate in needle work, crafts and arts of all mediums (oil, acrylics, water, etc.). We gather together as a group on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1:00 pm and on Fridays at 10:00 am. If you would like to learn to do anything listed above, please let us know. There are plenty of residents who would love to help you learn! For more information or questions, please contact Phyllis B. GRAND-FRIENDS If you are interested in participating in Grand Friends at Quail Springs UMC, please sign up in the ‘Count Me In’ book. For more information or to find out what a grand-friend does, contact Nanci W. at 748-6554. Those interested will be going on Thursday mornings, from 10:45— 11:30 am. 4 COFFEE CHAT WITH THE CEO Enjoy coffee with the CEO Thursday, NOVEMBER 15th, starting at 10:00 am in the Coffee Lounge. These coffees are being held every Thursday to give residents an opportunity to chat with the CEO in an informal setting. ‘Tis the season to go shopping! It seems we are getting a lot of packages for the holidays early this year and they can pile up quickly. If you receive a package, it would be most appreciated if you retrieve it as soon as you can.’ Thank you so much, Michele Miruski, Front Desk Receptionist 5 SUNDAY SCHOOL SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18th BRILL CHAPEL 9:30 AM GENESIS 28:10-22 FROM SCRIPTURE TO SONG The Scripture text this week is from Genesis 28 which records Jacob's experience with God via a dream he had one night as he was departing from Canaan. The passage has prompted two well-known songs over the years. One is the African American slave spiritual “We are Climbing Jacob's Ladder.” The other is the hymn ”Nearer My God to Thee.” The latter is perhaps best known as the song the musicians on board the Titanic purportedly began to play as the ship plunged into the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean on that tragic April night in 1912. Much of the content of this hymn is based on the incident found in today's text. While the words and melody of this hymn are comforting to hear or sing, we must remember that Jacob's circumstances in Genesis 28 were very uncertain. He was on the run from his angry brother, Esau. Jacob's self-exile had him traveling to a place he had never been and moving beyond the territory of the promised land for the first time. When would he be able to return home? What did the future hold? Jacob came to realize that what he was leaving behind did not include the blessing and protection of God. God had his future well in hand. Burrel McNaught will teach this lesson and Pam Oster will bless us with her favorite hymns. VESPERS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15TH 3:30 PM BRILL CHAPEL Vespers speaker will be Rev. Tracy L. Wilson, Retired, Disciples of Christ Clergy. Music by the Villa Voices: “ Thanksgiving Hymn” NO VESPERS ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22ND VESPERS THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH 3:30 PM BRILL CHAPEL Vespers speaker will be Rev. Linda Brinkworth, United Methodist Church, Retired. Music by the Villa Voices: “Sing for the Coming of the King” 6 CLASSICAL GUITARIST MATTHEW DENMAN MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH 2:00 PM BRILL CHAPEL Oklahoma City University Guitar instructor, composer and education director of the Guitar Foundation of America, Matthew Denman will be here to entertain us with his classical guitar playing. INQUIRING MINDS MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH WELLNESS CLASSROOM 7:14 PM THE STORY OF IRELAND Mona Mae Waymire, Moderator The series aims to explore Irish history using the historical facts and evidence while charting the origin and impact of the numerous myths that have been passed off as history in the past. Key to this approach is relating developments in Ireland to events and changes in Europe and the world at large as the centuries progress. Episode Three: The Age of Revolution Spanning the Ulster Plantation to the Act of Union, this is an era that sees Ireland take center stage in a much wider European conflict. This episode will also investigate Gaelic life and culture during the eighteenth century through poetry, music and the rise of a Roman Catholic middle class. SOCIAL SECURITY SCAM ALERT!! A letter is being sent out from what looks like Social Security. It appears to be from the Social Security Administration, IT IS NOT!!. It contains a letter that says you have a telephone appointment with them and need to call. It gives your correct address, BUT WRONG SS NUMBER and WRONG PHONE NUMBER. When you call them, they try to get your information. DO NOT GIVE THEM ANY INFORMATION. It appears to be legitimate, but it is a SCAM!! 7 IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR PROTECTING YOURSELF AGAINST SCAM CALLS!! What happens when a call comes in and you do not know if it is a scam or not. Here are a few ways for you to tell. If a person calls you and says you have been specifically chosen for what is being offered. If they say you won big money in a foreign lottery, asking you for your trust in them.