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First Baptist Church of Oklahoma City

In the heart of our city with a heart for the

world. 1201 N. Robinson

Ph. 232-4255 www.fbcokc.org

Sunday School: 9:15 a.m.; Worship: 10:30

a.m. Wednesday: Dinner 5p.m.;

Bible Study 6 p.m. Thurs: SALT (Study & Lunch

Together) 11:45a.m.

St. Joseph Old Cathedral

307 N.W. 4th St., OKC, OK 73101

Ph. 235-4565

Weekend Masses: Sat.Vigil @ 4pm;

Sunday @ 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

NOON - Spanish Service, Weekday Masses:Mon-Fri. @ Noon, Sacrament of Reconciliation:

Mon-Fri. 11:30 a.m. Sat. 3:15 p.m.

St. Pauls Episcopal Cathedral

N.W. 7th and Robinson

www.stpaulsokc.org Ph. 235 -3436

Sunday Holy Eucharist: 8, 9, 11 a.m.

Christian Education: 10:10 a.m.

Sunday Cathedral @ 5 p.m.

Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

3214 N. Lake Ave., OKC, OK 73118

Ph. 525-2349

Pastor: Rev. John Metzinger

Weekend Masses: Sat. @ 5 p.m., Sun. @ 8 a.m.,

10 a.m., 11:45 a.m. (V.N.)

Expressions Community Fellowship

A place where you can be who God created

you to be

Worship experiences: Sundays11 AM & 5:30 PM at 4010 N. Youngs Blvd in

Oklahoma City. (405) 761-1878

or visit www.expressionsokc.com

Olivet Baptist Church

1201 NW 10 OKC OK 73106

Traditional Worship, Practical Ministries

Human Diversity, Christian Unity

A light of love in a dark world of hurt Sunday

9:30 am S.S., 10:50 am Worship

Sunday 6 pm, Wednesday 6 pm activities www.

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First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)

Rev. John Malget, Senior Minister

36th & N. Walker, OKC, 73118

Phone: 525 -6551

Sundays:

Church School- 9:30 Worship- 10:30

fccokc.org

Church of the Open Arms

No matter who you are, or where you are on

lifes journey, you are welcome here!

United Church of Christ

3131 N Penn, OKC 73112

Fridays, 4pm- Food Pantry

Sundays, 10:45am- Worship

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Protect seniors cash andjewelry with cautious steps

By Petra Burdine

CEO, Assured Help Senior Care

Just th is past week anoth-er case of elder abuse madeit on the news.

An agency caregiver stolejewelry from a couple inthe estimated amount of$10,000. Unfortunately, theagency the caregiver workedfor, added insult to injuryby offering the elderly cou-ple just $1,000 to cover theirloss.

Since I am the owner ofa licensed companion/sitterservice, it saddens me to seeanother agency act this de-spicably; it tarnishes all ofour reputations.

All licensed agencies con-duct background checks oncaregivers, carry insuranceand bonding and are re-quired to provide each care-giver with in-office supervi-sion monthly.

But even with these pre-cautions in place sometimesan individual providing careto vulnerable elderly willtake something of value, orcommit some other act ofabuse.

The general estimate istruly shocking.

Elder abuse by agenciesand their staff can easily beprevented. As a senior orfamily member considering

hiring a caregiver to helpout, lock away valuables andmonthly check bank andcredit card state-ments.

Set up all billpayments as auto-matic drafts andcheck on themmonthly. If a care-giver does anyshopping, etc. al-low for a monthly

budget and either give cashin exchange for receipts ora refillable credit card limit-ed to the budget (and alwaysget receipts).

But financial abuse is justthe tip of the iceberg. Shock-ingly, it is most often is per-petrated by family members.All other forms of abuse areoften due to exhaustion, iso-lation and not enough edu-cation on the families andcaregivers side.

Our agency, Assured HelpSenior Care, is proactive inabuse prevention. Caregiv-ers are carefully screenedand matched to clients bypersonality and the numberof caregivers in a house islimited as much as possible.

Caregivers are also close-ly supervised; our manage-ment conducts frequent, un-scheduled visits while thecaregivers are working inthe clients homes.

Seniors and their familiesare encouraged to report anyirregularities; when familieslive out of state, home vis-its are more frequent. Newlyhired caregivers are pairedwith trusted and experi-enced caregivers for feed-back or assigned to clientswho can pick up the phoneand let me, the owner, knowif they are happy with thework done.

Among all the non-medi-cal home care agencies, myagency is purposely small

since I believe that that ev-ery senior deserves to betreated like my own parentsor grandparents and this isonly possible if I provide notjust oversight in an officebut also know every client,every caregiver and everyfamily.

Feel free to contact us ifyou have questions whenyour loved one needs in-home care. Were alwayshappy to answer questionsor otherwise be of service toyou. We are Oklahoma City-based and have provided theattentive service one can ex-pect from an independently-owned agency.

Call 405-819-4696 or visit1seniorcare.com.

Jack L. Werner, Ph.D., is theowner of A to Z Inspections.

He was the first designatedMaster Inspector by ORCIA(Oklahoma Residential andCommercial Inspection As-sociation) and two-time past

president of ORCIA. HUD Ap-proved Inspector ID#38. Pastpresident of Rotary and TheChamber of Commerce, Wer-ner holds a degree in construc-tion from OSU and teachesCertified Aging in Place Spe-cialist (CAPS) and Univer-sal Design & Build (UD&B)

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Verizon boosts second annualDAs Against Domestic Violencecollaboration

Staff Report

Verizon Wireless is collabo-rating anew with the Oklaho-ma District Attorneys Associ-ation (ODAA) to raise aware-ness of domestic violence incommunities across the state.

ODAA and the telecommu-nications giant joined forc-es to launch the 2014 domes-tic violence awareness effortthrough a press conference,last week at the Oklahomastate Capitol.

Approximately one in fourwomen are victims of domes-tic violence, said Chris Ross,president of the ODAA, in astatement sent to The CitySentinel.

A growing problem withinour communities, we are de-termined to help the victims

of domestic violence learnabout the ways of getting help.Oklahoma is ranked third inthe nation for the number offemales murdered by men insingle victim/single offend-er incidents. By combiningthe support of all the districtattorneys of Oklahoma, wehope to further provide op-portunities to raise awarenessthroughout all 77 counties inOklahoma.

The awareness campaign

will involve HopeLine phonedrives in district attorneysoffices across the state.

HopeLine is a program byVerizon that takes donationsof no-longer-used cell phonesand cell phone accessories

and turns them into a hopeline for surv ivors of domesticviolence. The donated phonesare refurbished, loaded withfree wireless minutes, andgiven to domestic violenceshelters and other support or-ganizations as tools to helpprovide victims with a privateand reliable phone for con-tacting family, counselors orprospective employers as theywork to rebuild their lives.

United with the samegoal, we hope our joint effortwith the district attorneys inOklahoma will make a differ-ence for victims of domesticviolence in Oklahoma, saidKristi Crum, president of Ve-rizon Oklahoma. We appre-ciate the work the OklahomaDistrict Attorneys Associa-tion has done and we know

they have great influence intheir local communities. To-gether we can make a differ-ence.

www.CapitolBeatOK.com

Several of the states District Attorneys gathered in the Blue Room of the Oklahoma state Capitol to launch a major newpublic awareness campaign aimed at combating the scourge of domestic violence in the Sooner State. Photos provided.

Sherry Knuth of Verizon WirelessOklahoma spoke at least weeks pressconference announcing a collabora-tion between the telecommunicationsgiant and the Oklahoma District Attor-neys Association to combat domesticviolence and raise public awareness.

At the recent 2014 Annual Membership meeting of the Oklahoma Citychapter of Americans United for Separation of Church & State, nationalcommunications chair, Rob Boston said it is time to discuss the real mean-ing of religious freedom, saying, you get to make decisions for yourself,not anyone else. Photo by James Nimmo.