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Home |
 AN OUTREACH MINISTRY
TO SENIOR CITIZENS
BY THE HARRAH FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
19751 Manek Drive, Harrah, Oklahoma 73045
(405) 454-2574
Sharon Cargill, Nursing Home Ministry's Director
(405) 391-2329
Ce-re-us bible study
we are "night - bloomers"
(Our Bible Study name: Ce-re-us-a "play" on the
word serious: For further
study, research topics of Night-blooming Cereus, Century Plant,
or Queen of the Night.)
We still "bloom" in old age, and our lives have much
to offer. We are a sweet fragrance unto the Lord and others.
They shall still bring
forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing.
Psalm 92:14 KJV
And even to your old age I
am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you:
I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver
you. Isaiah 46:4 KJV
Our Motto Verse: II Corinthians 4:16 KJV
For which cause we faint
not; but though our outward man perish,
yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
Sharon  Cargill
loves seniors! She is honored to be the director of the Nursing
Home Ministry of Harrah First Assembly of God Church. The ministry
began with once-a-month "Sing Along" sessions in September
2003, at the Harrah Nursing Center. The "Sing Along"
sessions were held until the fall of 2010. Also, since approximately
May 2006, Sharon has taught a Bible study at the Harrah Nursing
Center on Sundays at 3 PM. Residents gather for a time of fellowship
and refreshments, singing, Bible study, and lots of hugs from
Sharon!
In addition, the ministry tries to do special things for the
residents throughout the year-especially on holidays. The ministry's
motto verse (II Corinthians 4:16) was one of Sharon's mother's
favorite verses. Before passing away, her mother had suffered
with asthma for approximately twenty years. Her mother often
quoted the verse and received strength from it. Sharon hopes
to encourage others with the verse too.
Wheter it's preparing the weekly Bible Studies for the residents,
making wheelchair/walker tote-bags or blankets for the residents,
planning a holiday get-togeter, Sharon stays busy endeavoring
to fulfill her God-given calling to be an encourager to seniors.
The 4th of July parties are really fun! Everyone loves to
hold "Mr. Patriotic Bear" who sings America the Beautiful.
There's always good food--whether its cookies, cake, ice-cream
sundays, floats, fruit, ect. There's a Patriotic Sing-Along and
LOTS OF SMILES!
Even though many residents are in wheel chairs, she
encourages them to remember that the spirit-man is not bound.
She encourages them by reminding them that their lives are precious
and there is a purpose for them according to Jeremiah 29:11:
For I know the thoughts that I
think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not
of evil, to give you an expected end (KJV). Also, encouragement
is found in Psalm 1:3. As they delight in the LORD and meditate
upon His Word verse 3 says, And
he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that
bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not
wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper (KJV). They
still can minister to those about them. It may be a smile, a
word of cheer, or a hand on the shoulder, but God still has a
work for them.
Thou shalt rise up before the hoary
head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God: I
am the LORD. Leviticus 19:32 KJV
Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this,
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to
keep himself unspotted from the world. James 1:27 KJV
We can do no great things;
only small things with great love.
-Mother Teresa
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