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  • 25 Oct
    Pathways4Learning

    Experimenting With Watercolors!

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    Pathways Institute for Lifelong Learning® members participated in an engaging artistic endeavor during Ms. Nancy Herron’s six session art course!  This extensive course allowed Pathways members to experiment with watercolor materials and techniques to create a landscape and a seashell watercolor scene. 

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    Nancy Herron is an outstanding artist with experience teaching art in Fresno City Schools, and to home schoolers K-12.  She loves teaching art to children and this course was her first time teaching older adults.  Nancy believes it is important for older adults to continue learning, growing and expanding regardless of age, which they certainly did during this course!

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    All participants completed the course with outstanding artwork!  For many, it was their first time using watercolors.  Helen Atwood says she enjoyed having room to spread out her materials and look at her painting from a distance.  Furthermore, class members enjoyed learning new techniques from Nancy, such as how to paint ocean waves.  

    Whether someone has a great deal of artistic talent or if  this is their first time picking up a pencil or brush, they are most welcome to join Nancy for her sketching course which will be offered in the spring  2012 term through the Pathways Institute.

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    15 Apr
    Pathways4Learning

    BRAHMS with Maestro Stuart Malina!

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    You are invited…

    To attend a special presentation by Maestro Stuart Malina featuring the music of Brahms!

    Please feel welcome to bring a friend to this exciting event which will be followed by a dessert reception.  This is a great way to introduce your friends to the many wonderful opportunities available through the Pathways Institute for Lifelong Learning®.

    Masterworks Concert Presentation:

    BRAHMS BRAHMS BRAHMS!

    Maestro Stuart Malina

    Maestro Stuart Malina

    Maestro Stuart Malina, Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra

    Monday, May 9, 2011

    1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m.

    Community Room, Messiah Village

    Maestro Stuart Malina will give a presentation on the upcoming Harrisburg Symphony Orchestra (HSO) Masterworks concert Brahms Brahms Brahms! including information about the music, concert, and performance by the HSO.  The concert will consist of the following selections conducted by Maestro Malina:

    Malina:  Brahms Fan-Fare

    Brahms:  Violin Concerto with Odin Rathnam, Violin

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    Brahms:  Symphony No. 1

    Dessert, coffee, and tea will be served following the presentation.

    Please RSVP today at 591-7213, we look forward to hearing from you!!

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    10 Jun
    TeeTutor

    Enhancing Life at Messiah Village

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    Enhancing Life is the motto on the Messiah Village emblem and there are many, many ways we experience this.

    Enhancing spiritual life with worship and Bible study in the chapel, nursing neighborhoods and residential areas is a way to learn, pray and become acquainted.

    Enhancing recreation and exercise life with morning exercise, swimming, disc golf, shuffleboard, and bowling.

    Enhancing social life with special dinners and teas, local and distant bus trips, movies and theatre, evening games and chat times.

    Enhancing learning is a service of Pathways Institute through classes, lectures, displays, book discussions and off-campus trips.

    Enhancing life with crafts such as quilting, knitting, woodworking, bandage rolling, cooking, poetry, investment and stamp clubs.

    Enhancing life through service such as filling water pitchers, pushing wheel chairs, entertaining children, serving the coffee, gift, and grocery shopping to name just a few.

    Enhancing life comes to Messiah Village by service of dedicated staff members and many, many volunteers who live both in Messiah Village and in the extended community. All of this and more helps residents to enjoy living here.

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    26 May
    Pathways4Learning

    Highlighting Pathways Through Pictures

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    The below pictures are from various Pathways classes offered so far this Spring term:

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    Mr. Shenk is a professor at Messiah College. He led this Pathways group on a trail highlighting various plants along the way.

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    This picture was taken during our course on renewable energy.

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    These ladies are part of the Tabitha’s knitting group. Students from Messiah College join them once a month.

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    Croquet Your Way’s Steve Fluder teaches residents the rules of the game.

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    24 Mar
    Pathways4Learning

    The Thrills of Lifelong Learning

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    We all enjoy learning new things during life, through personal experiences as well as book knowledge.  The concept of “lifelong learning” has indeed become popular these days as we hear about many adults who attend classes and engage in all kinds of unique experiences (with no tests or papers of course!).  They simply have a desire to learn and be enriched during this significant time of their lives!

    The Pathways Institute for Lifelong Learning® offers many outstanding opportunities to learn, engage, and be enriched through classes, trips, cultural events, and service projects!  In fact, two excellent classes were offered including “The Enneagram – What is Your Type?” and “The Making of the Atomic Bomb”.

    In her class on the Enneagram, Ms. Nancy Kohlstruk provided a unique opportunity for Pathways participants to learn about their own personalities and understand how they relate to others.  One person commented that the class was “eye opening, and offered another insight into human nature – mine and others”.  Someone else remarked that the “class came at an ideal time in my life and was very informative!”

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    The class about the Atomic Bomb taught by John Luetzelschwab, Ph.D., provided an opportunity for attendees to learn about the history as well as development of the atomic bomb.  Participants who served in World War II also shared their own personal experiences from this significant period of history, enhancing the learning experience for everyone involved.

     

    The spring 2010 term of the Pathways Institute has many more exciting classes and events to come through May, and we’d love to have you join us!  To learn more, check out our website:  www.thepathwaysinstitute.org or call us at 717-591-7213.  We look forward to hearing from you soon!

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