Fall is just around the corner!
Be sure to visit our full monthly calendar for all our upcoming activities HERE. This month’s calendar is chock full of games, music and singing, travel, Happy Hours, concerts, movies and more!
Our church, Solheim Lutheran Church, is hosting a viewing of the movie “The Mission” on Friday September 15th at 6:30pm. This Oscar Winning PG rated film with a star-studded cast takes place deep in the jungles of South America where two men bring civilization to a native tribe. Now, after years of struggle together, they find themselves on opposite sides in a dramatic fight for the natives' independence. One will trust in the power of prayer. One will believe in the might of the sword. Join us! Everyone is welcome!
Mark your calendar for our Eagle Rock Oktoberfest on Saturday September 23 from 5pm-9pm. CLICK HERE to visit our Eagle Rock Oktoberfest page and learn more.
We have many other upcoming dates scheduled that allow us to enjoy this beautiful time of year! Join us!
October 28th is our biggest celebration of the year with our Centennial Masquerade Ball at the beautiful La Canada Flintridge Country Club from 6pm to 10pm.
November 16th: Across the Decades Fashion Show-with Music, Dance and Fashion through the decades
December 9th from 1pm to 5pm-Spirit of Giving Christmas Boutique with photos with Santa from 2-4pm and great opportunities to do your Christmas shopping! CLICK HERE to learn more, or to become a Boutique Vendor!
Check out the full calendar for more activities HERE!
We are excited to be collaborating with Alzheimer's Los Angeles, Forest Lawn, Huntington Hospital and USC Verdugo Hills Hospital - all knowledgeable and professional speakers for our two-part educational program: Enhancing Peace of Mind on Friday September 8th and September 15th from 1pm-3pm.
Session 1 on September 8th highlights:
Alzheimer's Los Angeles: Lisa Gaytan Harper, MSW on an understanding of dementia and enhancing care in the later stage.
Forest Lawn: Wendy Kim on learning options and benefits associated with pre-planning.
Session 2 on September 15th highlights:
Huntington Hospital: Patty Watson-Swan, RN on considering your own health wishes and expressing them in writing.
Adria E. Navarro, PhD, LCSW facilitates an advance directive workshop, with forms, signature witnesses, and mobile notary.
These programs are available to residents, family members, caregivers and our general community. If you’d like to register, please contact Ashley Brayman at 323 257 7518 x224, or email abrayman@solheimsenior.org.
While the August Book Group meeting unfortunately had to be cancelled, we are planning to lead off the September meeting with a discussion of a book which was first published one hundred years ago, in 1923, The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie.
CLICK HERE to see the list of the ten Bestselling Books of 1923.
The Murder on the Links is Agatha Christie’s second novel featuring Belgian detective Hercule Poirot. An urgent cry for help brings Poirot to France. But he arrives too late to save his would-be client, whose brutally stabbed body now lies face downward in a shallow grave on a golf course. The mystery deepens as Poirot encounters witnesses and suspects with various motives, a rival detective arrives on the scene with his own methods and theories, and the investigation uncovers a second, identically murdered corpse.
In addition, since there is time to read a second book for September, we are planning to follow up with a discussion of The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting, which was awarded the John Newbery Medal in 1923 as the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children. The second in the series of what would grow to include thirteen beloved Dr. Dolittle books, the novel tells the story of Dr. Dolittle’s wonderful voyage to Spidermonkey Island, as told by Tommy Stubbins, a cobbler’s son, a boy who wanted to be a naturalist when he grew up, and who was promised by the kindly Dr. Dolittle to be taught all that Dr. Dolittle knew about animals and their languages. The original edition included 18 illustrations in black and white by the multi-talented author. The Newbery medal was first awarded in 1922, making The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle the second book ever on which the honor was bestowed.
The Book Group will meet on Saturday, September 16, 2023, at 10:30 a.m. at Solheim Senior Community in the Private Dining Room. All are welcome. Please ask at the front desk for a copy of the upcoming books. And please join us even if you have not read or finished both or either of the selected books. We always seem to have a lively general discussion or two!
We look forward to seeing everyone in September as we continue to celebrate Solheim’s 100 Years. Happy Reading!