Contact Julie Basile....
our Community Care Coordinator
with any of your questions or concerns at
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My goal is to bring JOY to others in their daily life. |
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Community Care Update – April 10th, 2024
Show us your mercy, O Lord; And grant us your salvation. Clothe your ministers with righteousness; Let your people sing with joy. Give peace, O Lord, in all the world; For only in you can we live in safety. Lord, keep this nation under your care; and guide us in the way of justice and truth. Let your way be known upon the earth; Your saving health among all nations. Let not the needy, O Lord, be forgotten; Nor the hope of the poor be taken away. Create in us clean hearts, O God; and Sustain us with your Holy Spirit. Amen.
Dear Friends,
The transition of Spring in Florida is bittersweet to me because many of our members return north for their summers. Life long bonds and heartfelt fellowship are cornerstones of life at Emmanuel and we do it with sincerity and flourish. There is true companionship. There are friendships at church every Sunday where we form deeper connections of care and ministry. We share life’s sorrows and joys and we worship in the most profound ways through service, bible studies, and small groups. Our parents, siblings, relatives and children delight us as we nurture them through Christian formation and education through life’s passages as they grow. We are always aware of someone in our community that may enjoy worshiping with us and invite them to church!
Do check out our community’s Baker Center for Seniors:
At least one in four older adults experience mental health concerns, such as depression or anxiety. Two-thirds of those people do not get the treatment they need, which is known as the “treatment gap.” Unique in the United States, Baker Senior Center Naples offers a hybrid array of services dedicated to meeting the needs of people over the age of 60 in Collier and southern Lee Counties. Along with traditional recreational, educational, and wellness activities, they also provide professionally delivered programs in dementia respite, caregiver support, geriatric case management, and mental health counseling. info@bakerseniorcenternaples.org
6200 Autumns Lane
A special thank you to our newly forming Hospitality Volunteer Team! Palm Sunday, Easter Sunday and Pastor Lillejord’s installation were an over the top success as we celebrated the Holy Days and offered our revitalized Coffee Hour to all those celebrating with us. Coffee Hour is an extension of our fellowship and an opportunity to get to know new members or ones we may not have met yet! If you would enjoy baking or perhaps bringing a coffee hour treat for the summer and for next season, please send me an e-mail. I would love to have you on the team! We already have about 10 of you offering to bring a fabulous treat or two! THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR TALENT, AND YOUR TREASURES!!! They were so special and loved by all!
Thank you and please stay in touch with what is on your mind and hearts this summer! We love receiving pictures too!
Blessings for health and love,
Julie
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Today we celebrated a few very special people’s mutual April birthdays with Edie Cole, as the illustrious hostess, Gina Fidler and Pat Day all sharing birthdays, and Pat’s wife Patricia! There was homemade challah bread from Pat – look at that masterpiece! along with Edie’s splendid vegetable soup and table setting and Gina’s little gifts! |
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"Challenges of Grief"
in the Chapel
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The GriefShare group is open to all men, women, members and non-members of our community and will continue through the summer. We continue to communicate one-on-one in person, and by email to share how we are all doing with processing grief. We attended the Naples Botanical Garden in March which was a healing practice in those gorgeous gardens! We hope to do this again next year as the tool of nature and walking was one we all appreciated. www.griefshare.org
We share stories, watch a video, and have a
take home workbook (optional) to develop new healing practices to help us
with our grief.
The class is also listed on www.griefshare.org website, under zip code 34102.
If you would like to come or know of someone that would like more information please contact me at julie@naplesemmanuel.org
Mark your calendar for future meetings at 1:00 pm in the chapel:
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Next meetings will be held:
Wednesday, April 24th at 1:00 pm
Wednesday, May 8th at 1:00 pm
Wednesday, May 22nd at 1:00 pm
Wednesday, June 5th at 1:00 pm
Wednesday, June 19th at 1:00 pm
Wednesday, July 3rd at 1:00 pm
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We continue GriefShare through July as our members return to their northern homes. I am also available to meet one on one in my office for those that prefer private prayer and fellowship. |
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Our Stephen Minister meeting for April 11th will be a special topic of caregiving including caring for each other as caregivers, self-care along with setting and improving best practices for our care receivers. Anyone is welcome to come hear our speaker.
Our summer reading book is The Gift of Empathy. We will be a pilot group for their Gift of Empathy Discussion Guide and send the Stephen Ministry our “OVERALL THOUGHTS” before their publication is printed. We hope to expand what we learn this summer for next season’s Stephen Ministry education programs. If you would like more information, please contact me at julie@naplesemmanuel.org
Visitation to hospitals, and care facilities are available with short notice, as well as for those who would like a more long-term Christian care relationship. Remember to e-mail me if you plan on going into the hospital and would like a pastoral care visit from either a Pastor or Stephen Minister. We can deliver Holy Communion to you or your family member as well!
For more information on how to have a visit from a Stephen Minister, please contact Julie.
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One Church Multiple Communities |
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Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 777 Mooring Line Drive, Naples, FL 34102
elc@naplesemmanuel.org
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