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Life Style JUNE 2026
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Life at Victorian Village
A Message from Jamie Father’s Day is more than a holiday — it is a time to recognize the fathers, grandfathers, mentors, and
These moments may seem small, but they often create the strongest sense of connection and community. Summer also encourages residents to stay active and engaged in ways that support both physical and emotional well-being. Whether participating in wellness programs, enjoying live entertainment, sharing meals with friends, or taking part in community events, the season creates opportunities for connection and enjoyment throughout each day. The longer days and welcoming atmosphere often inspire residents to spend more time socializing and making new memories together. Family visits also become more frequent during the summer months, especially around Father’s Day, creating meaningful opportunities for multiple generations to spend time together. Shared meals, laughter, and storytelling help strengthen family bonds while creating lasting memories for everyone involved. These connections are an important part of emotional well-being and help residents continue feeling engaged, supported, and surrounded by people who care. In the end, Father’s Day and summer share a common message: life continues, love endures, and meaningful moments matter at every stage of life. Happy Father’s Day!
father figures who have shaped families and communities through their guidance, love, and support. Whether through a simple card, a family visit, a shared meal, or time spent together, these moments remind residents how valued they are. For many, the meaning of Father’s Day evolves over time. Some reflect on the children they raised, traditions they created, and lessons they passed down. Others remember loved ones who are no longer here, making the day both joyful and bittersweet. Our community helps create spaces where stories, memories, and meaningful conversations can be shared openly and celebrated. At the same time, summer brings renewed energy to Victorian Village. Warmer weather encourages outdoor gatherings, fresh air, gardening, and time spent with neighbors and friends. Residents may enjoy relaxing on the patio, attending seasonal events, or simply taking in the sunshine with those around them.
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June Life Enrichment Activities
12 th Entertainment: Andre Colbert 1:00 p.m. — 1st Floor Rehab
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Happy Hour 3:00 p.m. — Inn Living Room
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Homer Glen Rolling Library 10:30 a.m. — Inn Living Room
15 th Homer Glen Rolling Library 10:30 a.m. — Inn Living Room
Shopping Trip: Walgreens Senior Discount Day & CVS 9:30 a.m. — Bus Departure Sign up in the What’s Happening Book.
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15 th Senior Health & Fitness Day
9:45 a.m.–2:30 p.m. — Grand Dining Room, Grand Activity Room & Fireside Lobby Join Senior Fitness Specialist Stacy for a day focused on health and wellness, including a special healthy luncheon for Grand Victorian residents.
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Happy Hour 3:00 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lounge
15 th Happy Hour
Lutheran Service with Pastor Rick 1:00 p.m. — Grand Activity Room
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3:00 p.m. — Inn Living Room
16 th Shopping Trip: Meijer & Aldi 9:30 a.m. — Bus Departure
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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.
Sign up in the What’s Happening Book.
16 th Entertainment: Bob Kalal
2:00 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lobby
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Joy Ride for Memory Support 1:45 p.m. — Bus Departure
17 th Ice Cream Day Celebration
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Happy Hour 3:00 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lounge
Celebrate National Nursing Assistant Week with sweet treats. • 11:00 a.m. — Memory Care • 11:00 a.m. — Faith House • 1:00 p.m. — Hope House • 1:30 p.m. — Grand Activity Room • 1:45 p.m. — Assisted Living
11 th National CNA Celebration Happy Hour 11:00 a.m. — 1st Floor Rehab Meet our team during a special celebration Happy Hour.
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17 th Bingo with Bethshan Residents 6:00 p.m. — Grand Activity Room Bill Schepel will bring residents from the
23 rd General Store Bingo Coupon Redemption 3:00 p.m. — Grand Activity Room
CILA homes to join Victorian Village residents for bingo and fellowship.
24 th Hot Breakfast
9:00 a.m. — Grand Dining Room
19 th Men’s Luncheon
25 th Memory Care Picnic 11:30 a.m. — Grand Patio
12:00 p.m. — Grand Dining Room Honoring all resident men of Victorian Village in celebration of Father’s Day.
26 th June Birthday Party
• 1:45 p.m. — Inn Living Room • 3:00 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lobby
19 th Classic Car Show
3:30 p.m. — Parking Lot Outside Enjoy an afternoon featuring classic cars and community fun.
29 th Homer Glen Rolling Library 10:30 a.m. — Inn Living Room
29 th Happy Hour
20 th Entertainment: Will & Audrey Garrison and Lexie Tjoelker • 10:00 a.m. — Inn Living Room • 11:00 a.m. — Grand Piano Lounge
3:00 p.m. — Inn Living Room
29 th Worship Service with Communion 3:00 p.m. — Grand Activity Room
22 nd Crazy Bunco
30 th Shopping Trip: Trader Joe’s 9:30 a.m. — Bus Departure
1:30 p.m. — Grand Activity Center
Sign up in the What’s Happening Book.
23 rd Shopping Trip: Walmart 9:30 a.m. — Bus Departure
30 th Entertainment: Gerald Glander 2:00 p.m. — Inn 1st Floor Lobby
Sign up in the What’s Happening Book.
23 rd Joy Ride for Victorian Inn 1:45 p.m. — Bus Departure
30 th Happy Hour
3:00 p.m. — Grand Fireside Lounge
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Book Club My Friends by Fredrik Backman Friday, June 12 1:00 p.m. — Grand Private Dining Room Most people don’t even notice them—three tiny figures sitting at the end of a long pier in the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world. Most people think it’s just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise, and she is determined to find out the story of these three enigmatic figures. Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers find refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days on an abandoned pier, telling silly jokes, sharing secrets, and committing small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love. Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into eighteen-year-old Louisa’s care. She embarks on a surprise-filled
News from the Courts Courts Happy Hour (Held the 3 rd Tuesday of each month) Tuesday, June 16 th 4:30 p.m. Courts Community Center
Courts Potluck Thursday, June 25 th 11:45 a.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 every Thursday:
cross-country journey to learn how the painting came to be and to decide what to do with it. The closer she gets to the painting’s birthplace, the more nervous she becomes about what she’ll find.
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• June 18 th • June 25 th
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Chaplain’s Corner: The Kingdom of Heaven
The parable related in these verses is one of very wide signification. In its first application it unquestionably points to the Jews. But we may not confine it to them. It contains heart- searching lessons for all among whom the Gospel is preached. It is a spiritual picture which speaks to us this day, if we have an ear to hear. The remark of Olshausen is wise and true, "parables are like many-sided precious stones, cut so as to cast luster in more than one direction." Let us observe, in the first place, that the salvation of the Gospel is compared to a marriage feast . The Lord Jesus tells us that "a certain king made a marriage feast for his son." There is in the Gospel a complete provision for all the needs of man's soul. There is a supply of everything that can be required to relieve spiritual hunger and spiritual thirst. Pardon, peace with God, lively hope in this world, glory in the world to come, are set before us in rich abundance. It is "a feast of fat things." All this provision is owing to the love of the Son of God, Jesus Christ our Lord. He offers to take us into union with Himself—to restore us to the family of God as dear children—to clothe us with His own righteousness—to give us a place in His kingdom, and to present us faultless before His Father's throne at the last day. The Gospel, in short, is an offer of food to the hungry—joy to the mourner—a home to the outcast—a loving friend to the lost. It is glad tidings. God offers, through His dear Son, to be at peace with sinful man. Let us not forget this—"In this is love, not that we
Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying, "The Kingdom of Heaven is like a certain king, who made a marriage feast for his son, and sent out his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage feast, but they would not come. Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have made ready my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"' But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise, and the rest grabbed his servants, and treated them shamefully, and killed them. When the king heard that, he was angry, and sent his armies, destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. "Then he said to his servants, 'The wedding is ready, but those who were invited weren't worthy. Go therefore to the intersections of the highways, and as many as you may find, invite to the marriage feast.' Those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together as many as they found, both bad and good. The wedding was filled with guests. But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who didn't have on wedding clothing, and he said to him, 'Friend, how did you come in here not wearing wedding clothing?' He was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.' For many are called, but few chosen." Matthew 22:1-14
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There are thousands of hearers of the Gospel who derive from it no benefit whatever. They listen to it Sunday after Sunday, and year after year, and do not believe to the saving of the soul. They feel no special need of the Gospel. They see no special beauty in it. They do not perhaps hate it, or oppose it, or scoff at it, but they do not receive it into their hearts. They like other things far better. Their money, their lands--their business, or their pleasures, are all far more interesting subjects to them than their souls. It is an dreadful state of mind to be in, but awfully common. Let us search our own hearts, and take heed that it is not our own. Open sin may kill its thousands; but indifference and neglect of the Gospel kill their tens of thousands. Multitudes will find themselves in hell, not so much because they openly broke the ten commandments, as because they made light of the gospel. Christ died for them on the cross, but they neglected Him. Let us observe, in the last place, that all false professors of religion will be detected, exposed, and eternally condemned at the last day . The Lord Jesus tells us, that when the wedding was at last furnished with guests, the king came in to see them, and "saw a man who didn't have on wedding-clothing." He asked him how he came in there without one, and he received no reply. And he then commanded the servants to "bind him hand and foot and take him away." There will always be some false professors in the Church of Christ, as long as the world stands. In this parable, as Quesnel says, "One single castaway represents all the rest." It is impossible to read the hearts of men. Deceivers
loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins." (1 John 4:10.) Let us observe, in the second place, that the invitations of the Gospel are wide, full, broad, and unlimited . The Lord Jesus tells us in the parable, that the king's servants said to those who were bidden, "all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!" There is nothing lacking on God's part for the salvation of sinners' souls. No one will ever be able to say at last that it was God's fault, if he is not saved. The Father is ready to love and receive. The Son is ready to pardon and cleanse guilt away. The Spirit is ready to sanctify and renew. Angels are ready to rejoice over the returning sinner. Grace is ready to assist him. The Bible is ready to instruct him. Heaven is ready to be his everlasting home. One thing only is needful, and that is, the sinner must be ready and willing himself. Let this also never be forgotten. Let us not quibble and split hairs upon this point. God will be found clear of the blood of all lost souls. The Gospel always speaks of sinners as responsible and accountable beings. The Gospel places an open door before all mankind. No one is excluded from the range of its offers. Though efficient only to believers, those offers are sufficient for all the world. Though few enter the strait gate, all are invited to come in. Let us observe, in the third place, that the salvation of the Gospel is rejected by many to whom it is offered . The Lord Jesus tells us, that those whom the king's servants invited to the wedding, "made light of it, and went their ways."
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and hypocrites will never be entirely excluded from the ranks of those who call themselves Christians. So long as a man professes subjection to the Gospel, and lives an outwardly correct life, we dare not say positively that he is not clothed in the righteousness of Christ. But there will be no deception at the last day. The unerring eye of God will discern who are His own people, and who are not. Nothing but true faith shall abide the fire of His judgment. All spurious Christianity shall be weighed in the balance and found lacking. None but true believers shall sit down at the marriage supper of the Lamb. It shall avail the hypocrite nothing that he has been a loud talker about religion, and had the reputation of being an eminent Christian among men. His triumphing shall be but for a moment. He shall be stripped of all his borrowed plumage, and stand naked and shivering before the bar of God, speechless, self-condemned, hopeless, and helpless. He shall be cast into outer darkness with shame, and reap according as he has sown. Well may our Lord say, "there shall be weeping and grinding of teeth." Let us learn wisdom from the solemn pictures of this parable, and give diligence to make our calling and election sure. We ourselves are among those to whom the word is spoken, "All things are ready, come to the marriage feast." Let us see that we refuse not him that speaks. Let us not sleep as others do, but watch and be sober. Time hastens on. The King will soon come in to see the guests. Have we or have we not got on the wedding garment? Have we put on Christ? That is the grand question that arises out of this
The Gift of Community One of life’s greatest blessings is the comfort of community — sharing meals, conversations, laughter, and encouragement with one another. Friendships formed over the years, along with new connections made along the way, help bring meaning, joy, and companionship to everyday life. Whether it is gathering for an activity, enjoying time with neighbors, or simply stopping to visit in the hallway, these small moments of connection remind us that we were never meant to walk through life alone. A caring community provides support during difficult times, celebrates life’s joyful moments, and creates a sense of belonging that enriches the heart. God often works through the kindness of others — through listening ears, helping hands, thoughtful words, and shared experiences. In every season of life, community remains a beautiful reminder of love, friendship, and the importance of caring for one another. parable. May we never rest until we can give a satisfactory answer! May those heart-searching words daily ring in our ears, "Many are called, but few are chosen!" Commentary by J.C. Ryle
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Senior Fitness with Symbria June is Great Outdoors Month!
help prevent osteoporosis & low your risk of some diseases like cancer, type 2 diabetes, depression and heart disease. Nature sounds (Parks, Patios, and Porches, go find your favorite spot and just listen to the different sounds of nature: birds, wind, running water. Studies have shown a babbling brook and the whistling of the wind can change our brain chemistry and bodily systems. This helps us to relax no matter where we are in Gods beautiful creation.
Great Outdoors Month celebrations continued with National Get Outdoors Day, held on the second Saturday in June, is a nationwide event to encourage people to get outside and celebrate the day. Spending at least 10 minutes outdoors, or ‘green spaces’ rather, every day is an excellent way to take care of your mental and physical health always, especially now. • Boosts Vitamin D • Fresh air…Breathing fresh air outdoors, the body works hard to balance CO2 levels and consume oxygen, both of which require more energy, leading to a higher calorie burn. • Improves restful sleep • Mood elevating • Increased energy and reduced pain • Reduces inflammation • Reduces stress • Generates creativity • May even lower blood pressure POWER OF THE OUTDOORS Here are some Ideas to start your physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing! Walking, boost blood flow, stronger heart, & bones. Lower the risk of dementia. Gardening, increases creativity, gets you into fresh air, moves your body enough that it can
Live & Learn Muscles Matter: Stay Fit for Function Thursday June 25
10:00 a.m. in the Grand Activity Center As we age, our muscles begin to decline in strength, flexibility, and endurance which can significantly impact our ability to perform activities of daily need and desire. Learn tips and strategies to improve your overall muscular structure and strength capacity. Join Stacy for this informative presentation and come away with simple tips you can apply every day.
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May was filled with meaningful moments, fellowship, and fun for Victorian Village residents. From the festive Cinco De Mayo celebration and lively entertainment with Liz Goss to the beautiful Grutzius Family Student Recital, residents enjoyed a wonderful variety of activities throughout the month. Residents also gathered for Bible Study with Rev. Phil, connected with friends during the Ladies Luncheon, and welcomed the beauty of spring through Garden Club activities and a special planting party with Michelle Buikema and the Cub Scouts. The following photos capture just a few of the memorable moments shared together during May at Victorian Village. Sharing Life & Making Memories
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VICTORIAN VILLAGE Life Style We're Unbelievable NATIONAL CNA WEEK 2026: June 11 - 17
CNAs are the hands that comfort, the hearts that listen, and the strength patients lean on every single day. ❤️The long shifts, the hard moments, the compassion, the care… it never goes unnoticed. To all of our CNAs: thank you for being the calm in someone’s storm.
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