Team member receives strength from chaplain

Sharing Christ’s love extends not only to our residents but also to our team members. Team members hear our chaplains sharing devotions during staff meetings or as they help residents during worship.  A new...

God’s Word bridges the technology gap at group homes

During the pandemic, the Jesus Cares Ministries (JCM) program at St. Mark’s Lutheran Church in Bemidji, Minn., continued its outreach to share God’s message of love with people with special needs, ultimately reaching more...

Team members benefit from God’s Word ministry-wide

One of the most intangible benefits of working for a care community at The Lutheran Home Association (TLHA) is hearing the message of Jesus’s life, sacrifice, and resurrection and what that means for each...

Celebrating Night to Shine Prom in a New Way

“You will shine like stars in the sky.” (Philippians 2:15) Hope Residence, a disability care community, hosted a virtual Night to Shine Prom for residents this year while taking into consideration the COVID-19 restrictions....

God keeps all of his promises

“I will bless you greatly, and I will multiply your descendants greatly, like the stars of the sky and like the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the city gates...

God’s unending love and countless blessings

A few months ago, Kingsway Retirement Living received donated quilts from the Lutheran Women’s Missionary Society (LWMS) in northwest Wisconsin. With each quilt was a handwritten card reading, “Please accept this lap quilt from...

Listen to him!

“This is my Son, whom I love. Listen to him!” (Mark 9:7b) Did you ever stop to think about how many ways you are pulled in by “voices” that say “Listen to me!” in...

Rehabilitation leads to independence

Following a fall resulting in a broken femur in December, Bonnie Blanshan temporarily moved to The Lutheran Home: Belle Plaine to receive therapy. Although her main objective was to gain strength and to successfully...