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Life at Victorian Village
A Message from Jamie Thank You for Joining Us at the All-Campus Picnic! 🌞 We’d like to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who joined us for
returning to familiar schedules and activities. This is a wonderful opportunity to reconnect with our faith and with one another. We are delighted to welcome Chaplain Evan Goranson to our faith community! As we begin this new chapter together, we are grateful for the opportunity to welcome a new spiritual leader who will walk alongside us in faith, service, and community. A chaplain’s ministry is one of presence, compassion, encouragement, and care. Through prayer, conversation, spiritual support, and simply being there during important moments, a chaplain helps remind us that we are never alone. Whether someone is celebrating a joyful occasion, facing a difficult season, seeking guidance, or simply looking for someone to listen, the ministry of a chaplain can bring comfort and hope. We look forward to getting to know Chaplain Evan and learning more about his experiences, gifts, and vision for ministry. This is also an opportunity for our community to share who we are—our traditions, our hopes, our stories, and the values that bring us together. May September be a month filled with hope, gratitude, peace, and blessings for our entire faith community.
our All-Campus Picnic! It was wonderful to see everyone come together to enjoy an evening of food, fun, laughter, and community. Your participation helped make the event a memorable celebration of the spirit that brings our campus together. From delicious food, music and line dancing to great conversations and new connections, we hope you enjoyed the day as much as we did! As we welcome the month of September, we enter a season filled with change, new beginnings, and opportunities for growth. The days begin to shift, routines return, and the beauty of a new season reminds us that life is always moving forward. September is a wonderful time for our faith community to pause, reflect, reconnect, and look ahead with renewed hope. September often feels like a fresh start. After the slower pace of summer, many of us are
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September Life Enrichment Activities
Shopping Trip: Walgreens Senior Discount Day and CVS 9:30 a.m. Bus Departure Sign up in the What's Happening Book.
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14 th Crazy Bunco
1:30 p.m. — Grand Activity Center
15 th Shopping Trip: Neat Repeats 9:30 a.m. Bus Departure
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Happy Hour 3:00 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lounge
Sign up in the What's Happening Book.
15 th Entertainment with Fred Walker • 10:30 a.m. — Memory Support • 1:30 p.m. — AL First-Floor Lobby • 2:30 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lobby
Lutheran Service with Pastor Rick 1:00 p.m. — Grand Activity Room
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Shopping Trip: Jewel-Osco and Dollar Tree 9:30 a.m. Bus Departure Sign up in the What's Happening Book.
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15 th End of Summer BBQ
• 1:00 p.m. — Grand Activity Room • 2:00 p.m. — Grand Activity Room
16 th Card Making with Ellen 1:30 p.m.
8 th Classic Car Show
4:30–6:00 p.m. — Main Parking Area Snacks will be served!
16 th Bingo with Bethshan Residents 6:00 p.m. — Grand Activity Room
Bill Schepel will bring residents from the group CILA homes to visit and play bingo with Victorian Village residents.
14 th Walk to End Alzheimer’s
10:00 a.m. — Campus Walking Paths Our private campus walk will begin in the parking area between the Inn and Grand buildings.
21 st Happy Hour
3:00 p.m. — Inn Living Room
14 th Homer Glen Rolling Library 10:30 a.m. — Inn Living Room
22 nd Shopping Trip: Meijer and Aldi 9:30 a.m. Bus Departure
Sign up in the What's Happening Book.
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22 nd Joy Ride: Assisted Living 1:45 p.m. Bus Departure
Live & Learn STEADI Steps : Fall Prevention Tuesday September 22
22 nd Happy Hour
3:00 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lounge
23 rd Hot Breakfast
10:00 a.m. in the Grand Activity Center Fall prevention is a huge topic for people over the age of 65. Statistics related to injury and loss of independence show that prevention is important. This presentation shares information from the CDC’s STEADI program, the foundation of the Well-Being program at Victorian Village. Join Stacy to learn tips and strategies to decrease your risk of falling and improve confidence and maintain function and independence. A fall risk questionnaire will be available for you. Along with the Live/Learn Well-Being and Physical Therapy will be performing balance assessments, all are welcome. What does your balance score mean?
9:00 a.m. — Grand Victorian Dining Room
25 th Monthly Birthday Party • 1:45 p.m. — Inn Living Room
• 3:00 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lounge
28 th Homer Glen Rolling Library 10:30 a.m. — Inn Living Room
29 th Shopping Trip: Walmart 9:30 a.m. Bus Departure
Sign up in the What's Happening Book.
29 th Joy Ride: Memory Support 1:45 p.m. Bus Departure
29 th General Store for Bingo Coupon Redemption
3:00 p.m. — Grand Activity Room
30 th Musical Program with Vern & Vern 1:45 p.m. — Victorian Inn First-Floor Lobby
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Book Club No Bad Days by JT Jester Friday, September 18 th 1:00 p.m. — Grand Private Dining Room In No Bad Days, JT Jester shares his against-all-odds journey of overcoming physical and learning challenges to help others find joy in any circumstance. By age three, JT had spent 250 days in the hospital, and he endured sixteen major surgeries before turning sixteen. Diagnosed with VATER/VACTERL Syndrome, dyslexia, and short-term memory loss, he faced significant physical and educational obstacles. Yet JT achieved what many said he never would—learning to read, graduating from high school, attending college, and becoming a
Marquette Bank Full-Service Banking Thursdays at 10:00 a.m. Private Dining Room at the Grand We offer on-site banking with Marquette Bank to provide services to our residents. Banking services are set up in our private dining room at the Grand and are available
every Thursday: • September 3 rd • September 10 th
• September 17 th • September 24 th
News from the Courts Courts Happy Hour (Held the 3 rd Tuesday of each month) Tuesday, September 15 th 4:30 p.m. — Courts Community Center 1. Bring your own beverage and container (glass, mug, holder of any nature). 2. A SMALL appetizer to pass 3. When leaving, take it all home. No RSVP needed and no reminder calls will be made. Courts Potluck Thursday, September 24 th 11:45 p.m.. — Courts Community Center
successful motivational speaker, podcast host, and bestselling author. Through his experiences and the inspiring stories of others, JT proves that there are no bad days— only hard ones.
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Chaplain’s Corner
We have in these verses a conversation between our Lord Jesus Christ, and certain Scribes and Pharisees. The subject of it may seem, at first sight, of little interest in modern days. But it is not so in reality. The principles of the Pharisees are principles that never die. There are truths laid down here, which are of deep importance. We learn, for one thing, that hypocrites generally attach great importance to mere outward things in religion. The complaint of the Scribes and Pharisees in this place, is a striking case in point. They brought an accusation to our Lord against His disciples. But what was its nature? It was not that they were covetous or self-righteous. It was not that they were untruthful or uncharitable. It was not that they had broken any part of the law of God. But they "disobey the tradition of the elders. They don't wash their hands when they eat bread." They did not observe some rule of mere human authority, which some old Jew had invented! This was the head and front of their offence! Do we see nothing of the spirit of the Pharisees in the present day? Unhappily we see only too much. There are thousands of professing Christians, who seem to care nothing about the religion of their neighbors, provided that it agrees in outward matters with their own.
MATTHEW 15:1-9 Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem, saying,"Why do your disciples disobey the tradition of the elders? For they don't wash their hands when they eat bread." He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition? For God commanded, 'Honor your father and your mother,' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.' But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God," he shall not honor his father or mother.' You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition. You hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy of you, saying, 'These people draw near to me with their mouth, and honor me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. And in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrine rules made by men.'"
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Does their neighbor worship according to their particular form? Can he repeat their shibboleth, and talk a little about their favorite doctrines? If he can, they are satisfied, though there is no evidence that he is converted. If he cannot, they are always finding fault, and cannot speak peaceably of him, though he may be serving Christ better than themselves. Let us beware of this spirit. It is the very essence of hypocrisy. Let our principle be--"the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit." (Rom. 14:17.) We learn, for another thing, from these verses, the great danger of attempting to add anything to the word of God. Whenever a man takes upon him to make additions to the Scriptures, he is likely to end with valuing his own additions above Scripture itself. We learn, in the last place, from these verses, that the religious worship which God desires, is the worship of the heart.We find our Lord establishing this by a quotation from Isaiah, "This people draws near to me with their lips, but their heart is far from me." The heart is the principal thing in the relation of husband and wife, of friend and friend, of parent and child. The heart must be the principal point to which we attend in all the relations between God and our souls. What is the first thing we need, in order to be Christians? A new heart. What is the sacrifice God asks us to bring to him? A broken and a contrite heart. What is the true circumcision? The circumcision of the heart. What is genuine obedience? To obey from the heart. What is saving faith? To believe with the
heart. Where ought Christ to dwell? To dwell in our hearts by faith. What is the chief request that Wisdom makes to every one? "My son, give me your heart." Let us leave the passage with honest self- inquiry as to the state of our own hearts. Let us settle it in our minds, that all formal worship of God, whether in public or private, is utterly in vain, so long as our "hearts are far from Him." The bended knee, the bowed head, the loud amen, the daily chapter, the regular attendance at the Lord's table, are all useless and unprofitable, so long as our affections are nailed to sin, or pleasure, or money, or the world. The question of our Lord must yet be answered satisfactorily, before we can be saved. He says to every one, "Do you love me?" (John 21:17.)
A New Way to See a Hard Day
A difficult day does not have to define your outlook—or your future. Even in challenging moments, small choices can help us move forward: focusing on what we can control, accepting support from others, and recognizing even the smallest reasons to be grateful. Resilience is not about ignoring hardship or pretending everything is fine. It is about meeting each day with hope, courage, and the belief that tomorrow offers another opportunity to begin again.
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Senior Fitness with Symbria Why Fall Prevention Is Paramount
Falls represent a significant threat to the health and independence of older adults. Even a minor tumble can result in fractures, hospitalizations, and a dramatic change in lifestyle. As the leading cause of injury- related emergency room visits among seniors, falls underscore the urgency of proactive prevention. Yet, with the right combination of awareness, home modifications, physical conditioning, and community support, falls— and their life-altering consequences—can often be avoided. This comprehensive guide explores the myriad factors contributing to fall risk and presents actionable strategies for safeguarding senior well-being. A single fall can have far-reaching impacts. Beyond the immediate pain and potential for fractures, it can erode a senior’s confidence in daily activities. Fear of falling again often leads to reduced activity levels, social withdrawal, and even depression or anxiety. This inactivity contributes to muscle weakness and poorer balance, setting the stage for a dangerous cycle of repeated falls. Fortunately, many falls are preventable through awareness and planning. Identifying risk factors—like poor vision, certain medications, and home hazards—lays the groundwork for effective interventions that help older adults remain active, independent, and safe.
Common Fall Risk Factors While anyone can trip or slip, older adults often face specific health or environmental factors that elevate fall risk: y Physical Weakness: Loss of muscle mass (sarcopenia) and decreased bone density can make it harder to maintain balance. y Chronic Health Conditions: Diabetes, arthritis, heart disease, or neuropathy can reduce stability and sensation in the feet. y Medications : Sedatives, painkillers, or blood pressure drugs may cause dizziness, drowsiness, or blurred vision. y Vision and Hearing Impairments: Poor eyesight or compromised hearing can impair spatial awareness and reaction times. y Cognitive Issues: Dementia or mild cognitive impairment may lead to confusion, difficulty judging distances, or forgetting to use mobility aids. y Home Hazards: Loose rugs, clutter, poor lighting, and uneven floors can trip up even those with good balance. Addressing these risk factors requires an integrated approach, often involving family, home health care providers, medical professionals, and even community resources.
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