Vinton Lutheran Home Celebrates a Joyous Christmas
What a glorious time of the year we just celebrated, the
birth of our Lord Jesus! The Residents
throughout our Lutheran Home Community hosted a Christmas Family Dinner. Nearly 300 guests participated in a wonderful
meal provided by the Lutheran Home kitchen.
The Residents were excited to dine with their family and friends during
this very special event.
The special guests for the evening were the McKibben family,
who played out the Nativity scene. Cory;
wife Leslie, son Keegan, daughter Maylee, and nephew Chase, were in the nativity. Cory brought a donkey and a sheep from his
farm to add to the Nativity scene. Along
with our Christmas Party, the residents also performed a Christmas Story skit for
all who could attend; had a local 4-H group, North Eden Willing Workers, bring
gifts to the residents and spend time with them; and local churches were kind
enough to stop by and carol for our residents.
The Vinton Lutheran Home rang in 2013 with an early “ball
drop” that started the count down at 11:50 am so the residents could celebrate
the new year without the late hour of watching it from Times Square in New York. We also had a celebration on the Epiphany
when the Wise Men came to see that our Lord had been born when they brought the
gifts of “Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh.
We are off and going with making plans and getting settled
in with the new year. Some dates that we
already have set for 2013 are:
Auxiliary Spring Salad Luncheon; April 5th
Annual Golf Outing; June 20th
Ice Cream Social; August 4th
Auxiliary Fall Salad Luncheon; November 1st
Memory Care Unit Christmas Party; December 6th
Resident and Family Christmas Party; December 12th
With all of our everyday activities that we have for our residents we all look forward to the big events as well.
