Materials and Resources for Christian Ministry to Nursing Home Residents.
Materials and Resources for Christian Ministry to Nursing Home Residents.
Dear Friends, We salute you as fellow Christians who share with us the hopeful prospect of an eternal glorious home prepared for each of us by our loving God! “In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And […]
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On That Center of the Universe Night… When that little pregnant virgin finally ended the hard journey over 70 miles from Nazareth to Bethlehem; When her labor had ceased and she was delivered from the uncertainties and the mysteries of carrying a child conceived in her womb by the power of the Holy Spirit; When
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Dear Family of God, We greet you as our brothers and sisters in Christ, grateful for your kindness and your care for us. It does not escape us how much we depend on your concern for this little ministry and the field of long-term care that we endeavor to minister to. We do not take
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Little Ones of the Master by Jerry Johnson I had the honor of getting to know a dear sweet lady a few years ago. Though a precious, weathered saint of God, she never preached great flowery sermons; never won a city full of heathens to Jesus; she never impressed anyone that I know of with
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Dear Friends, We pray this note finds you in close, tender fellowship with our loving Father in Heaven! What an exciting, refreshing and sobering truth, that our God is with us! May our hearts and minds exalt as we turn the pages of our lives this year onto another season of reflection and deep gratitude
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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Greetings in Jesus’ name! In opening this short letter to our supporters, we want to say we deeply appreciate each of you and the love you show us with your support! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you! This month is special for us as we are wading through a
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Dear Friends, As we close out the books on the year 2022, we are humbled and stirred by the evidence of your care for Dar and me and for the long-term care population of our great nation to whom we seek to minister. This evidence takes the form of your financial support, certainly. We thank
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Dear Fellow Children of God, A hearty and enthusiastic, “Hello and Merry Christmas to you all!” What a wonderful season this is. The air is brisk. The leaves are on the ground. And the world is lit up with lights in celebration of the coming of The Light of the World! Despite the commercialization and
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Dear Friends,devotional Christian nursing home ministry greetings to all of you! We are grateful to announce we have completed two milestones in this missionary work: 1) We have gone back to all the individual hymns in the DVD series, “Comforting Words of Grace” and “Praise to Our Redeemer” and added the lyrics of each song
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Christianity is a “DOCLOR” with God! (pronounced Doe-klore) A… Dynamic – living, moving, self-enlivened, changing, growing, energetic, active, empowered, internally motivated Ongoing – never ceasing, continual, progressive, daily, moment-by-moment, constant, consistent, unfailing, faithful, steadfast, unflagging Conversational – interactive, communicative, prayerful, meaningful, relative, circumstantially significant, intuitive, accurate LOving – sensitive, affectionate, caring, sacrificial, kind, patient, honest,
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Dear Brothers and Sisters, Greetings in the precious name of Jesus, our Lord. We thought it would be appropriate to share with you parts of some of the cards and letters we have received over the last few months. They are very encouraging to us. We trust you also will be blessed by the remarks
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Friends of Christian Concourse! We greet you with grateful hearts for the kindness all of you have shown us with your friendship, your prayers, your encouragement, and your donations. We know many of you do not benefit directly from our activities or from the materials we produce…and you faithfully support us anyway. You are a
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Dear Fellow Child of God: There are many references in Scripture to the act of men and women giving thanks to God. In a general sense, any thoughtful child of the King considers it reasonable to give thanks to Him. More specifically though, what we find in the Bible as the catalyst for our thankfulness
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Diamonds In The Rough by Betty Jo Mathis I watched him there in denim,his old boots all worn and scuffed;Just a common sort of guy,but a diamond in the rough.I saw him at his labor,for his work was lowly stuff;But I heard no squawk nor whinefrom this diamond in the rough.His pay was only av’rage,but
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The Greatest Science Fiction Motion Picture Production by Jerry Johnson Of all that Hollywood has producedIs less than the nothing of pot smoking pipe dreamsCompared to the simple, plain, unadulterated Gospel TruthFound myself in hopeless plight:Deaf, dumb, numb and without sight!Killed by wrong and killed by right!Longed for day and loved the night!I sure could
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Dear brothers and sisters, Greetings to each of you in the name of our Savior and our Master, Jesus Christ. Though we do not communicate directly with many of you, other than through this little letter every month, we are always mindful of how dependent we are on our Christian family to help us in
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Dear Friends, Greetings, this is Dar. Jerry has been very busy the last few weeks and asked if I would write something to you this month. He has hundreds of hymnbooks that he printed for folks who have ordered them. They have to be collated, stapled, folded, and trimmed. It’s nice that many facilities have
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Precious Friends: Greetings! We want to remind you that Christian Concourse prints and distributes two large-print “hymn booklets” designed for use by the elderly and infirm, especially those in long-term care settings. Titled, Favorite Hymns of Grace and Hymns of Our Redeemer, they are 5 1/2″ by 8 1/2″ lightweight, large print, paperback booklets. Both
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The Jobs by Jerry Johnson I saw, as in a movie screen,The wolverine-like beastWith two sets of black bat-like wings,Red beady eyes,Sharp, hand-like eagle talons on all four feet,Snarling and droolingThru vicious needle-sharp teeth.Something I could not imagine.The beast flew down out of the movieSnatching from somewhereA little, defenseless baby bunny,Flew back into the movieTo
Dear Friends: Greetings dear brothers and sisters! Indescribable joy, peace beyond all reasonable comprehension, unshakable confidence in your Heavenly Father’s love and the glorious comfort of Holy Spirit’s presence be yours in our Lord Christ Jesus today! Do you remember the name Jessica McClure? In 1987, at the age of 18 months, she fell into
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