Next Sunday, March 24, begins the most serious and the most joyful week in the Christian faith. It's called Holy Week, or Passion Week, and it starts with Palm Sunday. To help you prepare to serve your elders during this special time, I'm posting the interactive, dementia-friendly resources for Passion Week a couple of weeks early. … Continue reading Dementia-friendly Holy Week: Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter
This week's nondenominational worship service for Lent week 5, slightly updated, is on grace, God's free gift to anyone who believes and receives it. As always, this service is suitable for older adults with Alzheimer's and other dementias. Watch the 43-minute worship service on grace for Lent week 5 here. And here's the written church … Continue reading Dementia-friendly church service: Lent 5, Grace
This week's updated nondenominational worship service for Lent week 4 is on prayer. Jesus taught us to start our prayers with "our Father" -- a tender reminder of who we speak to -- and who speaks to us. As always, this service is suitable for older adults with Alzheimer's and other dementias. Watch the 43-minute … Continue reading Dementia-friendly church service: Lent 4, Prayer
As we continue the season of Lent, this week's slightly updated worship service focuses on charity, the act of giving out of love. How does God expand our hearts to "spread the wealth" from what we've been given? (Hint: It's not limited to money.) As always, the service is suitable for older adults with Alzheimer's … Continue reading Dementia-friendly church service: Lent 3, Charity
For Lent week 2, this week's updated nondenominational church service is on humility. As always, this service is suitable for older adults with Alzheimer's and other dementias. Humility may seem elusive, but I think C.S. Lewis describes it well in Mere Christianity: Do not imagine that if you meet a really humble man he will … Continue reading Dementia-friendly church service: Lent 2, Humility
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