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Dementia-friendly church service: Generosity

October 17, 2024September 22, 2024Leave a comment

I've made slight updates to this week's nondenominational worship service on generosity (still fixing sound and visuals!). It's a good chance to engage elders with thoughts and memories about how others, and God, have been generous and what they can do today to be generous in return. As always, this service is suitable for older … Continue reading Dementia-friendly church service: Generosity

Dementia-friendly church service: Generosity

October 12, 2023October 2, 20233 Comments

This week's slightly updated nondenominational worship service is on generosity. What do we have that we can freely share with others? (Hint: not just money.) I've found that older adults, including those with Alzheimer's and other dementias, enjoy talking about ways we can be generous with others -- because God is so generous with us. … Continue reading Dementia-friendly church service: Generosity

Dementia-friendly church service: Generosity (2021)

October 14, 2021October 5, 2021Leave a comment

This week's nondenominational worship service video is on generosity. It includes one of my favorite scripture stories, that of the woman who pours a jar of expensive perfume over Jesus' head and feet. It's lovely to think about how we can be generous: What has God given us that we can freely share with others? … Continue reading Dementia-friendly church service: Generosity (2021)

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