Today Jill and I will wander over to our local senior’s manor for a birthday party. This facility works mostly with care level 3 – 4 (in our health care system, this is just prior to hospitalization and also includes those who are disoriented, unable to care for themselves, and for whom home care would be unadvisable).
We won’t have a long time together. The program is planned for 2:30 with very short introductions, perhaps a song and then just being with the people. And therein lies the effort and the joy!
Not everyone who comes will remember later what happened. Not everyone who is there will enter into interesting and coherent conversation. But everyone who is there is God’s creation and as such is dignified with his image! So, we will gently touch people, speak about their birthdays, and bless them in God’s name.