2013 Fund Drive – Shepherd’s Center of Kansas City, Kansas Date:

Name: Telephone: Amount Pledged: ______

As a friend of the Shepherd’s Center, I realize how important it is to live a life that matters. Below is my pledge to help the Shepherd’s Center of Kansas City, Kansas provide programs and services for older adults in our community.

( ) Shepherd's Trailblazer ($1000 and over) ( ) Shepherd's Century ($100-$249) ( ) Shepherd's Benefactor ($500-$999) ( ) Shepherd's Sustainer ($50-$99) ( ) Shepherd's Patron ($250-$499) ( ) Shepherd's Friend __________

Payments will start on and be made as follows: ( ) Monthly ( ) Quarterly ( ) Semi-Annually ( ) Annually

Payment enclosed Balance due _____________

Signed: (x) Address: __________________________________ Contacted by (if applicable):

1. We are so grateful for all of the

financial support through our

annual campaign effort! We have

such caring contributors and we

treasure each and every one of

you!

2. Your donations keep the

Shepherd’s Center open and

operating, so if you’ve not made

a gift, please consider doing so –

the gift contribution form is on

the back page of the newsletter.

3. We had to cancel our December

Adventures in Learning due to

the weather, but will reschedule

the talented musicians who were

going to perform for us!

Adventures in Learning A free program of the Shepherd’s Center

held the third Friday of every month at Grace Lutheran Church, 3333 Wood Ave, KCK.

The Adventures in Learning Schedule for Friday, January 17, 2014

9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Health Screenings and Fellowship

Blood sugar and blood pressure checks provided by Delores Homes, LLC

(no cost)

10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Issues Forum - Sheriff Don Ash

Travelogue – Germany (presented by Mabel Shutt)

11:00 - noon History – The National Debt (presented by Ed Shutt)

Words of Inspiration – To Be Announced

NOON – Lunch $4 or bring your own

Menu: Sloppy Joe with whole grain bun, potatoes augratin, Scandinavian vegetables, peaches & strawberries, milk

12:30 p.m. - Program

Presiding: Norma Jacob Invocation: Norma Jacob

Program: Scott Kauffman, financial advisor – “Safe Investing in the New Year”

Make a reservation for lunch by calling the Shepherd’s Center office – 913-281-8908

Join us for Adventures in Learning. Everyone is welcome!

Happy New Year!

January 2014

THANK YOU! ** To the Midwest Women’s Missionary Society for donating more than 4 dozen skeins of yarn to our Prayer Shawl Ministries group, and to Linda Cousin for delivering them to our office. We are so grateful you remembered SCKCK with such a wonderful gift! ** And, to Margaret Steele and the Women in Leadership group at Kansas Gas Service – for inviting immediate past Board Chair Carol Levers and Melissa Bynum to their holiday luncheon, where they gave us dozens of toiletry and household items for our active participants.

Give a gift to the Shepherd’s Center of Kansas City, Kansas – we can’t do it without you! Date:

Name: Telephone: Amount Pledged: ______

As a friend of the Shepherd’s Center, I realize how important it is to live a life that matters. Below is my pledge to help the Shepherd’s Center of Kansas City, Kansas provide programs and services for older adults in our community.

( ) Shepherd's Trailblazer ($1000 and over) ( ) Shepherd's Century ($100-$249)

( ) Shepherd's Benefactor ($500-$999) ( ) Shepherd's Sustainer ($50-$99) ( ) Shepherd's Patron ($250-$499) ( ) Shepherd's Friend __________

Payments will start on and be made as follows: ( ) Monthly ( ) Quarterly ( ) Semi-Annually ( ) Annually

Payment enclosed Balance due _____________

Signed: (x) Address: __________________________________

All gifts are tax deductible. Please sign by the (x). Then detach and return this section to:

Shepherd’s Center of Kansas City, Kansas * 757 Armstrong Ave., Kansas City, KS 66101 MISSION: The Shepherd’s Center of KCK is an interfaith, multicultural, nonprofit organization that

promotes and supports successful aging. VISION: Building a community that connects, values, engages and celebrates older adults.

913-281-8908 www.sckck.org

TALK BOOKS SERIES DATES – we will enjoy four books this Spring!

Thanks to volunteer coordinator Jean Brown, our TALK (Talk About Literature in Kansas) Books series for Spring

2014 is set, and Jean has added an additional book and date to the series! The TALK Books series is a program of

the Kansas Humanities Council and we are grateful for their support in bringing literature into our lives. Books and

sign-up will be available at Adventures in Learning, and here in the office. ($10 fee to participate)

All discussions will be held the first Wednesday of the month March through June, from 1pm to 3pm at Trinity

Community Church, 5010 Parallel

March 5 - Alan Lubert will discuss The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd April 2 - Trish Reeves will lead The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini May 7 - Sister Rosie Kolich will lead discussion on My Last Days of Roy Rogers by Pat Cunningham June 4 - Judith Richards will discuss The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

RESOLVE TO GET INVOLVED!

Shepherd’s Center Calendar of Events

JANUARY

Monday, January 6 – Parkinson Exercise Group; 11am at Trinity Community Church, 5010 Parallel Wednesday, January 8 – Prayer Shawl Ministries; 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Trinity Community Church Monday, January 13 – Parkinson Exercise Group; 11am at Trinity Community Church Parkinson Support Group; immediately after exercise class (support group always meets the second Monday, after exercise class) Friday, January 17 – Adventures in Learning; 9am to 1:30pm at Grace Lutheran, 3333 Wood Avenue Monday, January 20 – Parkinson Exercise Group; 11am at Trinity Community Church Monday, January 27 – Parkinson Exercise Group; 11am at Trinity Community Church Monday, January 27 – Shepherd’s Center of KCK, Board Meeting; 11:30am at University United Methodist Church Tuesday, January 28 – Next Chapter KC Book Group; 5:30pm to 6:30pm at the South Branch Library Thursday, January 30 – Next Chapter KC Information/Networking Session; 6pm to 7pm at Donnelly College

FEBRUARY

Monday, February 3 – Parkinson Exercise Group; 11am at Trinity Community Church Wednesday, February 5 – Shepherd’s Center volunteers fold monthly newsletter; 9:30am at the office Monday, February 10 – Parkinson Exercise Group; 11am at Trinity Community Church Parkinson Support Group; immediately after exercise class (support group always meets the second Monday, after exercise class) Wednesday, February 12 – Prayer Shawl Ministries; 1:30 to 3:30p.m. at Trinity Community Church Friday, February 14 – Congregational Council; 2pm at University United Methodist Monday, February 17 – Parkinson Exercise Group; 11am at Trinity Community Church Friday, February 21 – Adventures in Learning; 9am to 1:30pm at Grace Lutheran, 3333 Wood Avenue Monday, February 24 – Parkinson Exercise Group; 11am at Trinity Community Church Monday, February 24 – Shepherd’s Center of KCK, Board Meeting; 11:30am at University United Methodist Church Tuesday, February 25 – JOE INFO (tentative); 9am to 11am at Trinity Community Church

LOOKING AHEAD….SAVE THESE DATES! Plastic Canvas, taught by Betty Lloyd, will begin on Tuesday, March 4 and run through April 8; 10am to noon at University United Methodist. Book and Bric A Brac sale: Board Members and Book and Bric A Brac coordinators Marge Blank and Terri Sullivan have set the dates for our annual Book and Bric A Brac sale – setup will take place on Tuesday, March 11 and the sale will run Wednesday and Thursday, March 12 and 13 – at the Conference Center at KCKCC. We may also run a half day/ bargain day on Friday, March 14. Tuesday, April 22 - A Clergy and Sponsoring Congregation Appreciation luncheon will be held at 11:30 am at the West Wyandotte Library. The Congregational Council will serve as the luncheon coordinating committee, and this will be a free luncheon so that we can salute and thank our clergy and congregations!

Happy New Year from the Next Chapter Kansas City program! For those of you who may not be familiar with it, the origins of Next Chapter KC date back to the early 2000’s with the Shepherd’s Center realizing that persons in the Baby Boomer Generation (born 1946 to 1964) would soon be reaching age 65 in record numbers, and that some would be interested in a career transition as early as their mid-50’s as they anticipated the “next chapter” in their lives. A Next Chapter project began with funding from the Jewish Heritage Foundation and the George Nettleton Home, Inc in 2007-08. Nine other organizations in KCK and Wyandotte County became partners with the Shepherd’s Center in this project. They include El Centro, KCK Chamber of Commerce, KCK Community College, KCK Public Library, Landon Center on Aging, Leadership 2000, Liveable Neighborhoods, Workforce Partnership, and Wy/Leav Area Agency on Aging. An Executive Council representing these 10 organizations gave initial guidance to the project and this gave way to the Wyandotte County Boomer Survey conducted in 2008-09, and then the development of the online Exploring Jobs Courses in conjunction with KCK Community College, the Aligning Passion and Purpose class, and several book group discussions. For the past year, a newly-formed Next Chapter Program Committee, chaired by Cris Siebenlist, has been meeting to review programs and identify additional specific areas of focus. We had a very full and developing year in 2013 with monthly Informational/ Networking Sessions starting in October, an ongoing almost monthly Next Chapter Book Group meeting all year in conjunction with the KCK Public Library, an Aligning Passion and Purpose class during November, and the offering of the Exploring Jobs Courses in the Spring, Summer and Fall Terms at KCKCC. There was also a Focus Group during June. Feel free to visit the Next Chapter KC website at www.nextchapterkc.org. The Book Group will be meeting on Tuesday, January 28 at the South Branch Library, KCK, from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and the Informational/ Networking session will be held at Donnelly College on Thursday, January 30 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. There is no charge for the Book Group. Please contact Karen Hostetler for more details and to register for the January Informational/Networking session. Also, please feel free to contact Karen (me) with questions regarding interest for yourselves, family, friends, church members, etc. at karenh@sckck.org or by phone at (913) 281-8908. The Shepherd’s Center legacy of encouraging and challenging persons to live fulfilling and contributing lives in the second half of life continues through the Next Chapter KC program.

- Karen Hostetler, Next Chapter Kansas City Director.

From the Executive Director I am so pleased and honored to be named the Executive Director of the Shepherd’s Center of KCK! I have more than 10 years of experience working with the Center; I’ve been on the board, served as the board chair, and also on staff as the community outreach director. 2014 is off to a running start and I am really happy to serve in this role for our community’s older adults (and Baby Boomers!). The New Year also brings new directors and officers to our board table, and I am excited to introduce those new faces to you in February. Finally, I want to honor and thank Diane Hentges for her many years of service to all of us, through her work as the volunteer coordinator at the United Way of Wyandotte County. Diane was a wonderful partner and we will miss her, but wish her a happy and healthy retirement. We are honored to be a United Way agency; our friends at the United Way are not only funders, they are day-in and day-out partners in our work. – Melissa Bynum, Executive Director