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Dementia-friendly church service: Family

August 7, 2025August 9, 20251 Comment

I've slightly updated this week's nondenominational worship service on family -- a wonderful topic to consider given that families come in all shapes and sizes. Who is in your family? What does it mean to be part of God's family? As always, this church service is suitable for older adults with Alzheimer's and other dementias. … Continue reading Dementia-friendly church service: Family

Dementia-friendly church service: Family

July 25, 2024July 24, 20241 Comment

This week's nondenominational worship service is a new recording, on the theme of family. What makes a family? What does it mean to be part of God's family? As always, this service is suitable for older adults with Alzheimer's and other dementias. Watch the 43-minute church service on family here. And here's the written agenda. … Continue reading Dementia-friendly church service: Family

Dementia-friendly church service: Family

July 20, 2023July 11, 20232 Comments

A reader alerted me that in the U.S. the fourth Sunday in July is National Parents' Day, designated by Congress in 1994. (Who knew?) Accordingly, I've switched my posting date for the Family worship service to this week. (The Golden Rule will be next week's theme.) Though in this updated video service I discuss family … Continue reading Dementia-friendly church service: Family

Dementia-friendly church service: Family

July 28, 2022July 21, 2022Leave a comment

I believe everyone will have their own stories related to this week's nondenominational worship service theme: family. I encourage you to have your elders share stories about their own families, and to consider: What does it mean to be part of God's family? (Hint: It's not by birth or anything "good" we've done.) As always, … Continue reading Dementia-friendly church service: Family

Dementia-friendly church service: Family (2021)

July 29, 2021July 29, 2021Leave a comment

This week's nondenominational worship service theme is family. What does it mean to be part of a family? What does it take to love and learn from family? How do we become and live as part of God's family? As always, this video church service is suitable for elders with Alzheimer's and other dementias. I … Continue reading Dementia-friendly church service: Family (2021)

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