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Life at Royal Park Place A Message from Jeff Jehovah Jireh: The Lord Will Provide
recently retired from her full-time position and letting me know that if anything opened up at Royal Park Place, she would love the opportunity to serve in our community once again. I sent her an email, and within a week, I had gone from panic to praise as she accepted the Evening/Weekend position, and the openings had been filled without even being posted. People often thank me for assembling such a fantastic team here at RPP, but as you can see from this one example, God deserves the credit for calling amazing people to serve Him at Royal Park Place. Great is His Faithfulness!
In June, Kimberly VanDis shared with me that she
was going to be leaving Royal Park Place. This was really hard to hear, as Kimberly was a blessing to so many people over her three years at the front desk. After initial shock and disappointment subsided, I prayed for God to provide a quality replacement. Within a week, I started to see God’s plan unfold. Sarah Laarman, who was hired just a few months ago to work afternoons, mentioned that she would prefer to work mornings if possible. Jamie Kooiker agreed to consider and pray about picking up Sarah’s afternoons, which she did. Now I just needed to cover Jamie’s Monday evenings and her one weekend per month. This is where God’s provision is amazing. About a month before any of this happened, I got a call from Brenda VanDyke, former Director of Nursing at the Atrium, saying that she had
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Life Style ROYAL PARK PLACE Life Enrichment Activities for August
Entertainment: Pianist, Randy Heidema Wednesday, August 20 6:30 p.m. — Kings Room
Wii Bowling Tournament Wednesday, August 6 2:00 p.m. — Kings Room Wii Bowling Tournament Thursday, August 7 2:00 p.m. — Kings Room
Wii Bowling Pizza Party Thursday, August 21 5:00 p.m. — Dining Room
Bus Outing: Lunch at Russ’s and Thrift Shopping Friday, August 22 11:00 a.m. Bus Departure
Catholic Communion Thursday, August 7 1:30 p.m. — 2nd floor dining room at RAI Conference Grounds Outing : The Browns Saturday, August 9 4:30 p.m. Bus Departure
Conference Grounds Outing: Gary & Martha Matthews Saturday, August 23 4:30 p.m. Bus Departure Wheel of Fortune with Jeff Monday, August 25 3:00 p.m. — Dining Room
Taco Tuesday: James Street Inn Tuesday, August 12 4:15 p.m. Bus Departure Life Legacy Presentation Thursday, August 14 2:00 p.m. — Kings Room Entertainment: Fred Walker Thursday, August 14 6:30 p.m. — Kings Room
RPP Birthday Party: Grace Gospel Band Monday, August 25 6:30 p.m. — Kings Room
Alaska Travelogue with Jeff Thursday, August 28 2:30 p.m. — Kings Room
Lemonade Stand at Imagination Station Friday, August 15 2:00 p.m. Departure
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Chaplain’s Corner
I am honored to have a goldfinch bird figurine from my mother-in-law’s collection, which I display on a shelf (out of reach of my grandchildren😉). Recently, my husband Dave came inside and said, “There are some
creation became and remains hard work, and can sometimes feel like a losing battle. What’s to keep us from losing hope? We find the answer in Revelation 22:1-3, the last book of the Bible, where we read about another garden: The angel showed me (the apostle John) the river of the water of life…on each side of the river stood the tree of life…the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations. No longer will there be any curse. This is a vision of the ETERNAL garden where those who believe will live forever.
beautiful real-life goldfinches in the garden!” I spotted them darting among the zinnias and we commented on how much Mom would have enjoyed watching them. A few days later, Dave again mentioned the goldfinches, but his tone was not as affectionate. “Look what those finches are doing to the zinnias!” he muttered, showing me a few petals on an otherwise picked-clean stem. Dave enjoys gardening but likens it to a wrestling match — shooing the robins out of the raspberries, scaring the blackbirds out of the tomatoes, and waving the finches out of the zinnias. It’s like what happened in the Garden of Eden, when mankind fell into sin. The VERY GOOD world God had created in perfect harmony became a “wrestling match” between good and evil. In Genesis 3:17-19 (NIV), the first book of the Bible, we read: Through painful toil (mankind) will eat food from the ground…it will produce thorns and thistles…by the sweat of your brow you will eat your food… What should have been a delightful existence caring for God’s perfect
We sometimes wonder how we can live between these two gardens — Eden and Eternity — especially in times as challenging as these. We look to JESUS, who visited a garden before giving his life to
bridge the gap for us, to give us hope of one day standing by the river of life. Jesus, God’s son, bore the brokenness of this world upon His shoulders. In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus anguished over His Father’s command to stretch out His arms on the cross, even though He was the Creator of the perfect garden, and He rules in the eternal garden. In Hebrews 5:7-9, we learn that during Jesus’ life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with fervent
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cries and tears but son though (Jesus) was, he learned obedience from what He suffered and became the source of ETERNAL salvation for all who obey Him. Jesus knows the heartache we often experience in our lives because He also experienced great suffering. Because of what Jesus did for us, we know we have eternal life, in a garden where unity is restored, and the finches won’t eat the zinnias!
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At the Table On August 19, we celebrate National Potato Day! In October 1995, the potato became the first vegetable to be grown in space. The US Department of Agriculture has stated that “a diet of whole milk and potatoes would supply almost all of the food elements necessary for the maintenance of the human body.” So while we hope you eat more than potatoes this month, feel free to check out the Idaho Potato Commission for some great potato recipes!
Pastors for August, 2025: y August 3: Doug Fauble
Pianist: Ellen Klynstra y August 10: Dave Vander Wiele Pianist: Julie Disselkoen y August 17: John Zwyghuizen Pianist: Ellen Klynstra y August 24: Art Van Wolde Pianist: Judy Timmer y August 31: Tom Vanden Berg Pianist: Norma Boersen
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