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Thanksgiving Day Prayers with Ann

Ann Coy’s monthly activity night for the residents Debbie, Donna Kay, Wanda, Mike, Michael, Scott, and Home Coordinators Carol, Halleck, and Barry of Jacob’s Village was Tuesday November 13, 2007. Ann arrived at Jacob’s Village about 6:15pm that evening with grand-daughter Lindsey for a special Thanksgiving visit. Another guest of Ann’s on this special night was Ann Moore, with a guitar case in hand. The residents really enjoy when Ann brings an entourage with her especially one or both of her grand-daughters who sometimes may have a friend along with them too and a musician or two. The theme for this November activity, as one could guess, was Thanksgiving, giving thanks for loved ones and animals. Animals play a big part in the Bible and…most everyone’s life…so Ann had a special treat worked up for the Jacob’s Village bunch. After introducing Ann and having her strum the music for the standard and appropriate holiday greeting roll-call song, in which, whatever the residents were thankful for was stated. Ann said a little prayer for everyone and as usual, prior to the activity, has Scott look up some chosen scripture relating to the relevant theme of the activity and read it. For this evening, the selected readings were:
Genesis, Chapter 6: versus 17-21, 17For my part, I am going to bring a flood of waters on the Earth, to destroy from under Heaven all flesh in which is the breath of life; everything that is on the Earth shall die. 18But I will establish my covenant with you; and you shall come into the Ark, you, your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives with you.19 And of every living thing, of all flesh, you shall bring two of every kind into the Ark, to keep them alive with you; they shall be male and female. 20Of the birds according to their kinds, of every creeping thing of the ground according to its kind, two of every kind shall come into you, to keep them alive. 21Also take with you every kind of food that is eaten, and store it up; and it shall serve as food for you and for them.
Isaiah, Chapter 11: versus 6-9, 6In that day the wolf and the lamb will lie down together, and the Leopard and Goats will be at peace. Calves and fat Cattle will be safe among Lions, and a little child shall lead them all. 7The Cows will graze among Bears; Cubs and Calves will lie down together, and Lions will eat grass like the Cows. 8Babies will crawl safely among poisonous Snakes, and a little child who puts his hand in a nest of deadly Adders will pull it out unharmed. 9Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, for as the waters fill the sea, so shall the Earth be full of the knowledge of the Lord.
Mathew, Chapter 18: versus 10-14, 10“Take care that you do not despise one of these little ones; for, I tell you, in Heaven their angels continually see the face of my Father in Heaven. 12What do you think? If a shepherd has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? 13And if he finds it, truly I tell you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. 14So it is not the will of your Father in Heaven that one of these little ones should be lost.
Following the scripture reading, she handed everyone a sock that would play a part in her new interactive animal song that she wanted all to participate in. The song title was ‘We’ll be singing and praising God all day long …amen’ to the tune of ‘She’ll be coming around the mountain when she comes…yahoo’, and it was simple enough to learn. There were seven verses including the title that had lyrics naming different animals. Ann brought all the craft hardware supplies to have each resident make a hand-sock puppet. There was help when needed ‘cause we all know, the Jacob’s Village bunch does ‘get by with a little help from their friends’. The sock-puppets would be of the animals mentioned in the song. The animals and who made them are as listed: Donna Kay’s Elsie the Cow, Debbie’s Miranda the Duck, Wanda’s Rebecca the Pig, Mike’s Sal the Horse, Scott’s Harry the Dog, and Michael’s Billy the Goat. As silly as it sounds, especially with the lyrics, it was hilarious, a lot of laughing was had by all and that is why Ann comes out; relieve a little stress, laugh, enjoy the moment, and have a good time. A few more songs were sung with Ann Moore providing good accompanying guitar music. One in particular for the evening was, ‘Come, Ye Thankful People, Come’. Everyone likes a good story, so again, Ann asked Scott to share a Thanksgiving story to finish up with before snacks. So, Scott began with a little background of the brief story of what led to the First Thanksgiving. Finally, after the Pilgrims 3rd or 4th attempt, on Sept. 06, 1620, 110 members and crew aboard ‘The Mayflower’, sailed off into the Atlantic Ocean from Plymouth, England in hopes of finding religious freedom in the ‘New World’. ‘The Mayflower’ traveled across a stormy Atlantic Ocean for 66 days landing at ‘Plymouth Rock’, what is now known as Cape Cod and Plymouth, Mass. The Pilgrims settled at a vacant and what was once a bustling village of the Patuxet Indian Tribe who were decimated by disease four years earlier. Within four months of landing, only about 55 Pilgrim’s survived the harsh elements of Winter and diseases that ravaged the settlement. March 16, the following Spring, three large Indians walked up and greeted them in English. Squanto, the last known survivor of the Patuxet Tribe, spoke fluent English from being held hostage in England before escaping, Samoset and Massosoit. The three towering Indians, once feared, offered their help in many ways including putting in crops of produce and vegetable gardens. That Fall with a bountiful harvest, Pilgrim Governor William Bradford declared a Day of Thanksgiving for all to enjoy. Ann’s time ran a little over, but there will always be time for a craft and snack. There were supplies for everyone to make assorted gift name-tags with ribbons and fruit torts for a snack. A big heart Thank You is sent out to Ann, Ann and Lindsey.

posted by J V Resident Blog @ 10:14 AM