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Life at Victorian Village A Message from Tammy Tjoelker
This is the season of thankfulness, and we indeed have so much to be thankful for with our friends, family, and community that surrounds us here at Victorian Village! We enjoy great times gathering around the table, enjoying a
one another. Give one another the special compliments that are needed, and remember, in this season of thanksgiving, to show how thankful we are to be part of this vibrant, beautiful, and loving community at Victorian Village.
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delicious meal, and having a very blessed conversation. It is true that each of us needs socializing, whether indoors or outdoors, and as the days grow shorter in this season, we are inclined to make the most of these beautiful autumn days by sitting outdoors together. There is a glow to our campus at this time of year, and we enjoy the fall decorations of chrysanthemums, pumpkins, colorful changing leaves, corn stalks, and hay bales. A special thought comes to mind about how the single piece of hay gathered at harvest, when combined with other pieces, becomes a whole bale that gives weight and value for use during the later months. Let’s think in terms of one beautiful compliment leading to another, and another, until we can gather our thoughts through beautiful, uplifting conversations with
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November Life Enrichment Activities
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Victorian Inn Happy Hour 3:00 p.m. — Inn Living Room
11 th Shopping Trip:
Jewel-Osco and Dollar Tree 11:00 a.m. — Bus Departure Sign up in the “What’s Happening” book
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Homer Glen Rolling Library 10:30 a.m. — Inn Living Room
12 th Fun and Fellowship Games 1:00 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lobby
Shopping Trip: Walgreens Senior Discount Shopping Day and ALDI 9:30 a.m. — Bus Departure Sign up in the “What’s Happening” book
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Led by volunteers from Palos CRC. They always provide fellowship and cookies!
14 th Paddy Lynn Presents:
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Crazy Bunco 1:00 p.m. — Grand Activity Center
George Burns & Gracie Allen 1:00 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lobby
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Victorian Inn Assisted Living Joy Rides 1:15 p.m. — Departure point as posted Check the flyer for logistics.
17 th Victorian Inn Happy Hour 3:00 p.m. — Inn Living Room
17 th Homer Glen Rolling Library 10:30 a.m. — Inn Living Room
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Grand Happy Hour 3:00 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lounge
18 th Shopping Trip: Meijer 9:30 a.m. — Bus Departure
10 th Veterans’ Pinning Ceremony 11:00 a.m. — Grand Fireside Lobby
Sign up in the “What’s Happening” book
18 th Massage Therapist Allison 1:00 p.m. — Grand Beauty Shop
11 th Veterans Program with Gerald Glander
Sign up in the “What’s Happening” book for an appointment.
1:00 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lobby
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18 th Grand Happy Hour
20 th Memory Support
3:00 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lounge
Friendsgiving Tea Party 2:00 p.m. — Memory Care Unit
19 th Volunteer Luncheon
11:30 a.m. — Community Center By invitation only. Celebrating our faithful Victorian Village volunteers. We appreciate our amazing volunteers!
21 st Faith & Hope House
Friendsgiving Tea Party 10:00 a.m. — Faith House 1:00 p.m. — Hope House
19 th Card-Making Craft
21 st Book Club: A Light to my Path by Lynn Austin
1:30 p.m. — Grand Activity Center Join volunteers Linda and Ellen. Everything is provided—just bring yourself. 19 th Bingo with the Bethshan Residents 6:00 p.m. — Grand Activity Center Hosted with Bill Schepel and guests from CILA homes.
1:00 p.m. — Grand Private Dining Room
25 th Shopping Trip: Walmart 9:30 a.m. — Bus Departure
Sign up in the “What’s Happening” book
25 th Memory Support Joy Rides
1:15 p.m. — Departure point as posted Check the flyer for logistics.
20 th Grand Victorian Friendsgiving 12:00 p.m. — Grand Victorian
28 th Baking Club
20 th Victorian Inn Friendsgiving
1:00 p.m. — Grand Activity Center We will bake a new recipe for the Victorian Village cookbook, which will be released in December 2025.
12:30 p.m. — Victorian Inn Dining Room
20 th Sing-Along with Tammy
1:30 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lobby
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Victorian Village Book Club A Light to my Path by Lynn Austin Friday, November 21st 1:00 p.m. — Grand Private Dining Room Kitty, a house slave, has always obeyed Missy Claire and followed orders. But when word arrives that the Yankees are coming, Kitty is faced with a decision. Will she continue serving Missy Claire and her household? Or will she listen to Grady and embrace this chance for freedom? Even wise Delia says Kitty has to decide for herself — that nobody except the Lord can tell her which way to go. Kitty has always lived in a world where authority is not questioned. She never has learned to make up her own mind
News from the Courts Courts Happy Hour (Held the 3 rd Tuesday of each month) Tuesday, November 11 th 12:00 p.m. Courts Community Center
Courts Potluck Thursday, November 20 th 12:00 p.m. Courts Community Center
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 is available
any more than she has learned to read or write. But now Kitty has a daunting choice: How does she want her story to end?
every Thursday: • November 6 th • November 13 th • November 20 th
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Chaplain’s Corner: Who Is the Greatest?
LET US OBSERVE, IN THIS PASSAGE, HOW FIRMLY PRIDE AND LOVE OF PREEMINENCE CAN STICK TO THE HEARTS OF CHRISTIANS. We are told that "There was a dispute among the disciples as to which of them should be considered the greatest." The strife had been rebuked by our Lord on a former occasion. The ordinance which the disciples had just been receiving, and the circumstances under which they were assembled, made the strife particularly inappropriate. And yet at this very season, the last quiet time they could spend with their Master before His death — this little flock begins a dispute, as to who should be the greatest! Such is the heart of man — ever weak, ever deceitful, ever ready, even at its best times, to turn aside to what is evil! The sin before us is a very old one. Ambition, self-esteem, and self-conceit lie deep at the bottom of all men's hearts, and often in the hearts where they are least suspected! Thousands imagine that they are humble, who cannot bear to see an equal more honored and favored than themselves. Few indeed can be found who rejoice heartily in a neighbor's promotion over their own heads. The quantity of envy and jealousy in the world is a glaring proof of the prevalence of pride. Men would not envy a brother's advancement — if they had not a secret thought that their own merit was greater than his.
Now there was also a dispute among them, as to which of them should be considered the greatest. And He said to them, “The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those who exercise authority over them are called ‘benefactors.’ But not so among you; on the contrary, he who is greatest among you, let him be as the younger, and he who governs as he who serves. For who is greater, he who sits at the table, or he who serves? Is it not he who sits at the table? Yet I am among you as the One who serves. But you are those who have continued with Me in My trials. And I bestow upon you a kingdom, just as My Father bestowed one upon Me, that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel." Luke 22:24-30 (NKJV)
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Let us live on our guard against this great evil — if we make any profession of serving Christ. The harm that it has done to the Church of Christ is far beyond calculation. Let us learn to take pleasure in the prosperity of others — and to be content with the lowest place for ourselves. The rule given to the Philippians should be often before our eyes, "In lowliness of mind let each esteem others better than themselves." The example of John the Baptist is a bright instance of the spirit at which we should aim. He said of our Lord, "He must increase — but I must decrease." (Philippians 2:3; John 3:30.) LET US OBSERVE, SECONDLY, IN THIS PASSAGE, THE STRIKING ACCOUNT WHICH OUR LORD GIVES OF TRUE CHRISTIAN GREATNESS. He tells His disciples that the worldly standard of greatness was the exercise of 'lordship and authority'. "But you," He says, "are not to be like that. Instead, the greatest among you — should be like the youngest; and the one who rules — like the one who serves." And then He enforces this principle by the mighty fact of His own example, "I am among you as He who serves." Usefulness in the world and Church — a humble readiness to do anything, and put our hands to any good work — a cheerful willingness to fill any post, however lowly, and discharge any office, however unpleasant, if we can only promote happiness and holiness on earth — these are the true tests of Christian greatness. The hero in Christ's army is not the man who has rank, title, dignity, chariots and horsemen, and fifty men to run before him. It is the man who
does not seek his own things, but the things of others. It is the man who is kind to all, tender to all, thoughtful for all — with a hand to help all, and a heart to feel for all. It is the man who spends and is spent — to make the vice and misery of the world less, to bind up the broken- hearted, to befriend the friendless, to cheer the sorrowful, to enlighten the ignorant, and to raise the poor. This is the truly great man in the eyes of God! The world may ridicule his labors and deny the sincerity of his motives. But while the world is sneering, God is pleased. This is the man who is walking most closely in the steps of Christ. Let us follow after greatness of this sort, if we desire to prove ourselves to be Christ's servants. Let us not be content with clear head- knowledge, and loud lip-profession, and keen insight into controversy, and fervent zeal for the interests of our own party. Let us see that we minister to the needs of a sin-burdened world — and do good to bodies and souls. Blessed be God — the greatness which Christ commended is within the reach of all! Not all have the ability to learn, money, or both. But all can minister to the happiness of those around them, by passive or by active graces. All can be useful — and all can be kind. There is a grand reality in constant kindness. It makes the men of the world think. LET US OBSERVE, THIRDLY, IN THIS PASSAGE, OUR LORD'S GRACIOUS COMMENDATION OF HIS DISCIPLES. He said to them, "You have remained true to me in my time of trial." There is something very striking in these words of
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praise. We know the weakness and infirmity of our Lord's disciples during the whole period of His earthly ministry. We find Him frequently reproving their ignorance and lack of faith. He knew full well that within a few hours, they were all going to forsake Him. But here we find Him graciously dwelling on one good point in their conduct, and holding it up to the perpetual notice of His Church. They had been faithful to their Master, notwithstanding all their faults. Their hearts had been right — whatever had been their mistakes. They had clung to Him in the day of His humiliation, when the great and noble were against Him. They had "remained true to Him, in His time of trial." Let us rest our souls on the comfortable thought that the mind of Christ is always the same. If we are true believers, then let us know that He looks at our graces more than at our faults ; that He pities our infirmities, and that He will not deal with us according to our sins. Never had a master such poor, weak servants as believers are to Christ, but never had servants such a compassionate and tender Master as Christ is to believers! Surely we cannot love Him too well. We may come short in many things. We may fail in knowledge and courage, and faith, and patience. We may stumble many times. But one thing lets us do it always. Let us love the Lord Jesus with heart, and soul, and mind, and strength. Whatever others do — let us "remain true to Him," and cleave to Him with purpose of heart. Happy is he who can say with Peter, however
humbled and ashamed, "Lord, you know that I love you!" (John 21:15.)
LET US OBSERVE, LASTLY, WHAT A GLORIOUS PROMISE OUR LORD HOLDS OUT TO HIS FAITHFUL DISCIPLES. He says, "I confer on you a kingdom , just as my Father conferred one on me — so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel." These words were our Lord's parting legacy to His little flock. He knew that in a few hours, His ministry among them would be ended. He winds it up with a wonderful declaration of the good things laid up for them. Perhaps we may not see the full meaning of every part of the promise. It is enough for us to know that our Lord promised His eleven faithful ones glory, honor, and rewards, far exceeding anything they had done for Him. They had gone a little way with Him — like Barzillai with David — and done a little for Him. He assures them that they shall have a recompense worthy of a king in the eternal world. Let us leave the whole passage with the cheering thought that the wages which Christ will give to his believing people will be far out of proportion to anything they have done for Him. Their tears will be found in His bottle. Their least desires to do good will be found recorded. Their weakest efforts to glorify Him will be found written in His book of remembrance. Not a cup of cold water shall miss its reward. Commentary by J.C. Ryle
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Senior Fitness with Symbria Stabilizing Blood Glucose Levels through exercise
November is national Diabetes awareness month. We can take a pill, injection, or extreme diet and pay $$$ for someone/something else to manage our glucose, but did you know, you yourself have the power to change your own destiny!? The stomach changes food into glucose, which enters the bloodstream. The pancreas makes insulin, which then enters the bloodstream. When the glucose cannot get into the muscle cells of the body because the insulin levels are insufficient, the glucose builds up in the bloodstream. This condition is referred to as insulin insufficiency, which ultimately leads to Type 2 diabetes. You can manage diabetes through lifestyle changes, proper nutrition, and support. Here is how exercise and physical activity help control Type 2 diabetes: y Improving your muscle cells’ use of insulin y Burning excess body fat and controlling weight y Improving muscle strength and bone density y Lowering blood pressure y Lowering “bad cholesterol” and increasing “good cholesterol” y Improving blood circulation lowers the risk of heart disease and stroke y Increasing energy level and enhancing work capacity y Reducing stress, promoting relaxation, and releasing anxiety
Live & Learn Metabolic Disorders: Managing Diabetes Thursday, November 20th 10:00 a.m. in the Grand Activity Center Are you someone, or do you know someone, who is impacted by some form of metabolic disorder such as insulin resistance, prediabetes, or Type 1 or 2 Diabetes? This presentation is for you. Come away with important information that could extend your life as you learn how to manage this chronic condition, and most importantly, lifestyle techniques that could extend your life. Join Stacy for this important topic. Remember, with continued moderate exercise, your muscle cells take up glucose at up to 20 times the normal rate. This helps lower blood sugar levels and maintain them within a normal range. It’s not easy, but it is possible! Do the holidays make it more challenging? Check out our fitness bulletin board and join our scavenger hunt to get tips on surviving the holidays with diabetes.
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October was filled with fun, friendship, and fall festivities at Victorian Village! From lively musical entertainment and our Basket Raffle Fundraiser supporting the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, to the cheerful Oktoberfest celebration, there was something for everyone to enjoy. Residents also took part in memorable outings like lunch at The Patio, spent time with therapy dogs, joined in game days with Stacy, and enjoyed laughter-filled gatherings from Mahjong and Ladies Party fun to Joy Rides and Bingo. Take a look at the highlights from a wonderful month celebrating connection, community, and the vibrant spirit of autumn at Victorian Village. Sharing Life & Making Memories
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