Hearts Touching Hearts Nursing Home Ministry

Use this book to facilitate your church or group in organizing a nursing home adoption ministry. HEARTS TOUCHING HEARTS is an outreach ministry which works closely with volunteers and a nursing home staff in order to touch the lives of as many nursing home residents as possible. Imagine what would happen if every nursing home had a church or another organization that "adopted" that nursing home's residents as their special friends! This is the ultimate goal of HEARTS TOUCHING HEARTS. Organizations can work together, making sure every nursing home in their community is reached by this ministry. Included is "101 FUN AND CREATIVE IDEAS FOR NURSING HOME MINISTRY." Take the first step in touching nursing home residents' lives by reading this guidebook and then adapting the book to fit your ministry needs.

The BIBLE IN A NUTSHELL DAILY DEVOTIONAL VERSION gives you a concise and simple way of imprinting in your heart and mind key Bible verses and passages on a daily basis. The 365 readings will take you on an annual journey through all 66 books of the Bible from Genesis to Revelation. Included are introductions to each Bible book, 1000 favorite memory verses, and a prayer relevant to each day's study. Introductory pages provide additional study helps: Bible events in a nutshell, key Bible passages, key Bible stories, Jesus' parables, Jesus' miracles, where to look in the Bible during times of need, and Bible prophecies that foretold Jesus' coming. Enjoy your travels through God's marvelous Word!

Is your church group looking for a Bible study guide? Are you a school teacher needing curriculum to give students an overview of the Bible? Are you a parent desiring to teach your children the basics and key memory verses of the Bible? Are you an individual desiring a core knowledge of the Bible? The BIBLE IN A NUTSHELL STUDY GUIDE is designed for each of you! This study guide accompanies the book, BIBLE IN A NUTSHELL, which quickly and simply introduces you to key contents and key verses of all 66 books of the Bible. There are 1000 key memory verses listed in BIBLE IN A NUTSHELL. In the BIBLE IN A NUTSHELL STUDY GUIDE, after 52 short lessons covering all 66 books of the Bible, the reader will have memorized 100 or more of these 1000 verses and will have a core knowledge of the Bible. Each lesson has five assignments: Read, Review, Recite, Reflect, and Respond. Included with the lessons are 28 special historical quotes about the Bible. Now is a great time to study God's Word!

INSTANT BIBLE PLAYS makes learning fun! Children easily learn Bible stories through play acting. No practice is needed! Each Bible play lasts approximately ten to fifteen minutes. Included with each lesson are a list of characters, optional prop suggestions, a diagram, discussion questions, memory verse(s), and a closing prayer. Written in story-telling paragraph style, the script is read aloud as the children simply act out their parts. Plays accommodate any number of children. These 52 ready-made Bible plays are ideal for: children's Bible classes, vacation Bible schools, youth missions trips, children's church, adult worship presentations, home schools, and family devotions. Enjoy the children's imaginations and challenge your own creativity!

Most of us can probably think of a spiritual experience in our life that made a permanent profound impression. God reveals His infinite love through our personal experiences. Too often these stories of spiritual reality are never shared with others. When I began praying for spiritual experiences when my parents were very ill, I was blessed with a visit from crying angels. The first story in my book, "Crying Angels," inspired the title of my book. I felt I should record and share my spiritual stories and the stories I had heard from others. I realized that both the teller and the listener's faith in God increases when stories are shared. Our sharing creates a ripple effect of numerous blessings. My hope is that the stories in this book will bless your soul and will help you not miss any of the miracles God places before you. Sarah V. Tinsley

This work addresses Lasallian pedagogical spirituality, defined as the dynamic integration of foundational convictions, basic operative commitments, and consistent practices permeating the teaching dimensions of schools that claim the heritage of St. John Baptist de La Salle and the Brothers of the Christian Schools. The dissertation examines the content of Lasallian pedagogical spirituality and proposes measures for realizing its vitality within Lasallian school life. Particular pedagogical characteristics, components of an overall pedagogical spirituality, are present in the original charism of St. John Baptist de La Salle. The basic operative commitments that underlie those characteristics ought to be integrally realized in a pedagogy that claims to be Lasallian and wholly incorporated in the formation of Lasallian educators. There are three sequential parts to the dissertation: 1) an overview of the St. John Baptist de La Salle's context and personal history, 2) an overview of his literature followed by an analysis of aspects of Lasallian pedagogical spirituality evidenced in that literature according to five pedagogical elements: the teacher, the student, the teacher/student relationship, the activity of teaching, and the school in general, and 3) a contemporary articulation of the Lasallian basic operative commitments that characterize his spirituality today, along with their implications for the formation of Lasallian educators Extrapolating from the life and writings of De La Salle, ten Lasallian operative commitments are proposed. The commitments are presented in the form of attributes that may be applied to Lasallian institutions and their pedagogical components: 1) centered in and nurtured by the life of faith, 2) trusting providence in discerning God's will, 3) with creativity and fortitude, 4) through the agency the Holy Spirit, 5) incarnating Christian paradigms & dynamics, 6) with practical orientation, 7) devoted to education, accessible and comprehensive, 8) committed to the poor, 9) working in association, 10) expressing a lay vocation. The dissertation concludes by presenting teacher formation structures and strategies for introducing Lasallian operative commitments and by providing a Lasallian Mission and Vision Statement.

Whether you are looking to learn more about nursing home ministry or are a seasoned worker this book is given as both an inspiration and a guide. You will find the pages filled with true life stories, practical ideas and challenges including two workshop sessions to aid in training new volunteers. God's call is to roll up our sleeves.and get involved and compassionately give our time and our hearts as good neighbors and friends to those living alone in nursing homes today!