Last Monday I started work earlier than usual – 6:00 AM! I was working with Lindsey Beyer, Community Life Leader in Nursing Care. Lindsey often arrives around 5:30 am on Monday to help get ready for the week. She was well prepared for me, and when I actually arrived she was making phone calls to make sure all positions were covered for the day. I was impressed with Lindsey’s pleasant and direct approach to her work and her interest in doing things well, but also clearly had the well-being of staff and residents in focus. Thank you, Lindsey, for being committed to helping us be a community not an institution. Lindsey is another great team member and part of the 2010 President’s Circle.

On Thursday at 10:00 am is the groundbreaking ceremony for the “SPACE” (Special Care and Chapel Entrance) project. If you can attend the gathering near the Peace Garden, please come! Thank you again to many of you who gave to the Connections campaign. Your support has encouraged others to give. Over the next month, some construction work will begin outside. The main construction inside the building will begin in October. Thanks again!

I invite you this week to ask several people “What is going well?” Let’s remind each other that while there are things we may be frustrated about, there are also things going well at Messiah Village. One of the things that is going well we are again rated by Harrisburg Magazine as “Simply the Best” for 2010! It is great that others in the region recognize the good ways we serve older adults!

Again, I invite you to ask others either one-on-one or in meetings, “What is going well?” or “what is something you are proud of?” Let’s encourage each other this week!