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religious aspects
For readers whose carees include mind/memory impairment within their list of ailments.
During the winter of 2014/5, one major challenge was motivating my wife to get out of the house. She managed only one trip to church.
This year, after a lot more thought, the realisation came that there was little social religion available [versus being given communion at home on a one-to-one basis]. It took little time this year [2016] to realise that it was a matter of choosing the most appropriate church.
All jolly fine Christians who one doesn't see for dust until the next service. source
Teresa is centre stage.
I found this picture by chance. Nobody thought to tell me about it [I took it] since it was posted in early January 2016 and this page was started on 11 March.
The first Sunday in 2016. A good service looked at from the small congregation perspective. The third Sunday was better attended and run on the same lines in a different venue. The large C of E parish church is behind both services. The Curate comes once a month to give Teresa communion. Three women come at the same frequency to share Bible reading.
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Let's move on to prolonging the active mind and learn about the appropriate church. Ross URC here.
One aspect is to make the most of the social opportunities which are within your caree's capability and interest. This page focuses on social religion as my caree's needs and interests are thus inclined..
The page on how to make the most of the information so that your caree can cope with making decisions is now clickable. Item 4 shows far more URC events and it is here.
The URC has a lively and clearly presented diary and this is typical. OTB = my addition to show that the event is on the board you have just seen
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Our Weekly Diary
These are regular events but do not necessarily take place every week through the year.
| Sunday 10.45am | Morning Worship |
| Sunday evening | Ecumenical Worship organised by Churches Together in Ross - Third Sunday of the month |
| Tuesday 10.00am | Bible Study / House Groups - Second and Fourth Tuesdays of the month |
| Tuesday 12.30pm | Lunch Club - Meets on third Tuesday of each month OTB |
| Tuesday 2.30pm | 1st Tuesday - On the the first Tuesday of each month - a programme of speakers and social activities for all. OTB |
| Thursday 7.30pm | House Group |
| Friday 12.30 - 13.00 | First Friday of the month - Quiet Space - Open Church Prayer, fellowshio and a simple lunch. All welcome. OTB |
| Friday 4.00pm | Choir Practice when called |
| Saturday 10.00-12.00 | Last Saturday of the month - Take a Break Coffee morning - bric-a-brac and cakes OTB |
Not OTB is a couple who share Bible reading once a month with Teresa.
more in due course
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Ross URC here C of E parish church
Another aspect of keeping an ailing mind as active as possible is person-centred tests as seen here.
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