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Volume XVI, Issue I
Love Thy Neighbor Minist r ies
t The Good Neighbor January, February, March 2020
Ministry Update Steve Kacprzak, Executive Director
Oh, the joy of serving the
Lord! 2020 got off to a
great start and we look
forward with anticipation to
what the Lord has in store
for us this year. But to
begin this first newsletter of
the New Year we need to
look back at least to
November and December.
In addition to our normal ministry outreaches, our
focus and energy were directed to the Good
Neighbor Get Together events and the Blessings in
a Bag Christmas gifts program.
The theme for the November Good Neighbor Get
Together was “Giving Thanks” and we focused on
giving thanks to God through song, word and
displays. The master magician/illusionist Adrian
Van Vactor provided
entertainment for our
guests and volunteers,
25 in total, and
delivered the Gospel
message in his
performance. In
December, with the
theme “Celebrating
Christmas,” we
explored Christmases past with family and friends
and of course The Reason for the Season. We all,
22 in total, sang Christmas songs and carols
accompanied by pianist Donna Hess.
The Blessings in a Bag Christmas gifts program
was a complete success and produced Christmas
gifts for these nursing homes: Pueblo Springs,
Park Avenue, Santa Rosa, Sapphire of Tucson,
Devon Gables, Mountain View, La Canada, and
Casas Adobes in addition to Sapphire Estates
assisted living. This was all possible thanks to:
• people who purchased gifts at Calvary Christian Fellowship and Vistoso Community Church.
• our wonderful Stitches for Love volunteers’ hand-made gift items.
• special financial gifts from Sonora Investment Management and Vistoso
Community Church.
Getting the gifts ready and
distributed to the facilities was
exhausting but a work of joy
for our Board Members.
Virginia and I delivered most of
the hand-made gift items.
Virginia, Charlene Van Pelt and
I checked each gift bag making
sure everyone on the lists
received an equal number of
gifts. Kevilee Watterson made
herself available to personally
purchase some needed last
minute gifts. And Matt
Cuthbertson picked up and delivered late gift
arrivals and played Santa for the residents at Park
Avenue.
We ran and finished this race rejoicing all the way.
The gifts given to residents, through this program,
totaled 1,096.
In December Virginia and I were invited to speak
at Vistoso Community Church to explain the work
and outreach of Love Thy Neighbor Ministries. As a
result of that presentation, 17 people indicated an
interest in volunteering in a LTNM program by
attending our ministry orientation given the week
of January 20th. Praise the Lord!!!
Be glad in the LORD and rejoice, you
righteous; And shout for joy, all you
upright in heart! Psalm 32:11 NKJV.
And if it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves this day whom you will
serve, whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the River, or
the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. But as for me and my house, we will serve
the LORD. Joshua 24:15 NKJV
Matt Cuthbertson
AKA Santa
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PAGE 2 The Good Neighbor—January, February, March 2020 VOLUME XVI , ISSUE I
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 NKJV
Our Wonderful Sponsors
Our heartfelt “Thanks” to each and every one who gave a financial donation to Love Thy Neighbor Ministries in 2019.
Ryan & Cheryl Anson Louise Bender David & Frances Bryniarski Calvary Christian Fellowship Carlton Village Senior Care Harry & Diane Carpenter Anna M Chamblee Popeye & Delia Costa Matthew & Tanya Cuthbertson Devon Gables Care Center Virginia Dixon Scott Ehrsam Carolyn Farley David Geoffrey Enrique & Sandra Gonzalez Bill Goodrich Lisa & Robert Grenier
Margaret Haack Billy & Dionna Hardwick Jennifer Harris Morgan & Sharon Hunter Frances Ivie Stephen & Virginia Kacprzak Dot Koller Colleen Kriz Ken & Ella Kunkle Thomas & Arlene Mazur Judy & John McFarland Jr. Joan McGee William McPherson Charles & Mary Mills Linda Nickles Mary Jane Parks Randy Reynolds
Ray & Carole Rogers Lavonne & James Seitz Smile Amazon Susan & Brad Soland Sonora Investment Management Dick Stup Pauline & Gary Suerwier Karen & Mark Tenace Kathy & Ned Thomas Susan & Tom Tjossem Vistoso Community Church Gain & Bill Von Fabrice Patricia Wait Kevilee & Steven Watterson Charles & Virginia Wiersma Tim & Heather Wilcox
Memorial Gifts received since our last newsletter
In Memory Of: Ron Bender From Lou Ann Bender
From Judy & John McFarland Jr. From Frances Ivie
From Ryan & Cheryl Anson
In Memory Of: Dave Van Vuren From Charles & Virginia Wiersma
In Memory Of: Richard Nichols From Linda Nichols & Ricky Nickles Jr.
Also our warm “Thanks” to the following folks who gave material and/or service gifts in 2019. These include such
things as hand-made items, professional time, gift items, materials, meeting room, etc.
Debbie Bohl Vickie Brennan Mary Casey Calvary Christian Fellowship Matthew & Tanya Cuthbertson Morgan & Sharon Hunter Ramila Janevski
Steve & Virginia Kacprzak Kevin & Pam Kercheval Colleen Kriz Barbara Montgomery June Parker Carole Riedner Patsy Reynolds
Dorothy Smith Linda & Bob Stewart Sharon Stark Vistoso Community Church Debbie Walker Kevilee Watterson
An editorial comment
I remember reading an article some years back suggesting that this nation has made a terrible mistake. We’ve thrown out a very valuable national treasure: our senior citizens’ wisdom. It’s not from a lack of compassion or caring; maybe, though, from a touch of arrogance. All too often society treats our senior citizens as if they were children. Society today is just moving too fast. Our senior citizens have spent a lifetime sorting out what is important from what is foolishness.
We do need to take good care of our senior citizens’ physical needs, but we must let them give us what they have been collecting all their lives: our inheritance of wisdom and the understanding of life. Where did this idea come? It came from God in His word: “Wisdom is found with the elderly, and understanding comes with long life.” Job 12:12
Slow down and listen to the wisdom of our senior citizens. Receive it, put it in your hearts, use it, spend it freely; it is your inheritance.
