Image source: McNeillstown True Blues ILOL No. 46 Celebrating the 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation and its Impact on Lutheran Religion and History When you drive up and down the streets of your town, you’ll find churches of various denominations. The First Baptist Church on the corner; Second Presbyterian across from the grocery; the Lutheran Church downtown. Your drive through town didn’t always look like that. Such diversity of religions and beliefs has been a relatively modern movement, one …
This news story was originally printed in The Oklahoman. Ed Herider’s schedule is so busy that his own sister has a hard time getting a lunch date. Herider is 78, and lives at Concordia Life Plan Community. Since moving, he has logged more volunteer hours in his community than he can count. “I have been single my entire adult life and I was quite content, but after moving, I saw so many ways I could impact the lives …
This news story was originally printed in The Oklahoman. The ladies auxiliary at Concordia Life Care Community held a Christmas open house, Concordia’s 12 Days of Christmas. The Dec. 9 event included tours of holiday homes, carols by the Concordia Chorus, a raffle for a gift basket fundraiser, desserts and horse-drawn carriage rides to see festive lights and the “12 Days of Christmas” display. All proceeds benefited Concordia’s benevolent care fund for residents in need of financial assistance to remain in …
This news story was originally printed in The Oklahoman. Clyde Buchanan helps bring music and the memories it stirs to his fellow residents at Concordia Life Plan Community. Buchanan, 81, a retired oceanographer and applications engineer, makes an individualized playlist with more than 100 songs for residents in the memory care and skilled nursing units and downloads the music on iPods. “It’s theirs and available to them any time they want,” said Danny Eischen, executive director of Concordia, 7707 W Britton Road. …
