Adopting Stella

These two pictures are of Stella, a resident of Ocean View. I have fallen in love with Stella and we gifted her with one of the quilts from the Thursday Sewing Class. Stella was thrilled! She is one of the residents that I have decided to take under my wing, I am adopting Stella and will spend lots of time with her when I visit. There are many like Stella who would love to be nutured by you.

Love, Pat

Cooking with Pat at Ocean View

Friday Feb. 19th. I was at Ocean View for my monthly cooking class. This time we had 9 residents who participated. We made stuffing and baked 2 large chickens. While the chickens were baking we made hot crab dip and enjoyed with crackers. Lastly I had baked some of my sugar cookies in advance and I brought them for the class to frost. They totally enjoyed this and before the chickens came out of the oven the cookies quickly disappeared. YUMMO, it was a delicious day full of fun and laughter. We told our funny cooking stories and decided that "whatever happens in the kitchen............stays in the kitchen". It was a great day of serving.

Check for my recipes on patsrecipes on the blog. Jan. and Feb.

Love, Pat

Sat. Feb. 20th. Youth from EAC

On Sat. Feb. 20th. we had a large group of youth from EAC come to Ocean View and Love, Serve and Connect with the residents. Since the building is huge and the residents are many I did not have the time to run around the facility for pictures. I was able to get the group together in the dining room for a group shot. Thank You to the youth who are making a difference in our community by giving back. We are proud of you!

Come back soon, we appreciate you!

Love, Pat Howard and Sara Simpson

TUESDAY TEAM AT OCEANVIEW

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to share these wonderful pictures of our Tuesday Team Loving, Serving and Connecting with our precious residents. My thank you to Sara, Sue, Joan, Rose and Emily. For those of you who didn't know, Emily is my daughter. She is featured twice in this series. How wonderful to have your children and grandchildren know the blessing of serving and be willing to give.
Rose has joined our team and will be be serving on a regular basis at Ocean View. This was an exciting day for Rose as she was employed at Ocean View years ago and is now visiting with residents and friends once again. I watched Rose as she finished up with her resident and she asked if she could have a prayer before Ruth (resident) went back to her room. Ruth gladly accepted! We are sharing our Mighty God> Thank you Rose for being willing. It is our blessing.

I will be cooking with residents at Ocean View tomorrow the 19th. and we will serve on Sat. the 20th. for the coffee social. We need volunteers who will say yes and commit to weekly, every other week or monthly serving with us. We open Fairgreen next Thursday afternoon with a new team and will open Smyrna West next week also. We need your help.

Come Love, Serve and Connect on our team! Pat Howard

Feb. 15th. Tuesday Team at OceanView

Coffee Social at Ocean View - Love, Serve and Connect

Sara and I had a team of seven (7) meet us at Ocean View Nursing Home this morning and we helped to serve the residents with visits and bringing them to the social where they enjoyed coffee and donuts. We took the time to visit at each table and get to know these wonderful people. Thank you to Charlotte, Sue, Joan, Judy and Michael. We appreciate your help and availability. We loved the residents, we served the residents and we connected. Thanks for your help.

Love, Pat Howard

Loving, Serving and Connecting

Ocean View Nursing Home Coffee/Social

February 6, 2010 Coffee Social Team at Ocean View

A New Ministry Of Cooking with Pat

LOVE, SERVE and CONNECT

My name is Pat Howard and I am a member of the Edgewater Alliance Church.
I am currently involved in a  "Cooking With Pat" project for our church and this
venture led me to the Ocean View Nursing Home where I serve and cook with some
of the residents.  We had our FIA (Faith in Action) program last October and
a Team from Edgewater Alliance Church joined me as we served and connected with
the residents for a day.
Our Women's Ministry Director, Tiffany Locke, approached me and encouraged me
to take the nursing home porject to the next level. I accepted and teamed up with Sara
Simpson.  We are now in the process of building Teams for three (3) local nursing
homes/assisted living facilities.
If you are interested in working with us and serving a community of people who are often
forgotten please contact us.  We will keep you informed through this website as the
"Love, Serve and Connect" Ministry develops.  We welcome all volunteers to contact
us.  Information will be available at the conneXion center as well as on the Glow Girls blog under Love, Serve & Connect.
Please help us to make a difference in the community with just a few hours a month.
Thank you and God Bless,           

Pat Howard and Sara Simpson

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