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Safety During Viral Respiratory Illness Season

On January 7, 2025 the BC Ministry of Health put out new public health orders to help keep everyone safe during the current Viral Respiratory Illness season. Posters have gone up around campus. These new guidelines apply to all buildings on our campus and will stay in place until the Public Health Officer declares VRI […]

Invisible Sensors Lead to Fewer Falls for Seniors – Menno Place and Esprit-AI Team Up for Pilot Project

These sensors, which do not use cameras, provide non-invasive, real-time monitoring of residents’ sleep patterns.

Hymn Stories – December 2024

The origins of this carol date to medieval times. The Latin verses were discovered in the mid 1800s by an English minister named John Mason Neale, who translated and wove them together to produce “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.” Neale is also the author of the carol, “Good King Wenceslas,” and the Palm Sunday hymn, “All Glory, Laud, and Honor.” Find out more about this poet, scholar, and director of a home for the elderly.

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Hymn Stories – November 2024

Overwhelmed with God’s creative brilliance, Folliot S. Pierpoint wrote this poem, “For the Beauty of the Earth.” He intended it primarily for Communion services in the Anglican Church, but when it jumped the Atlantic, it quickly became associated with the American Thanksgiving holiday. Find out more about this hymn!

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Hymn Stories – October 2024

“My soul cried for deliverance, and God’s unlimited promises stood out like stars above me. But I wasn’t willing to pay the price.” The author of “Standing on the Promises,” Russell Kelso Carter, author was an athlete, educator, rancher, preacher, and physician. Find out more about his captivating testimony of surrender.

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Menno Place is Music Care Certified!

We are delighted to announce that Menno Place is the first long-term care home in Canada to be Music Care Certified!

Grandparent’s Day Was a Huge Success!

On September 7th over a thousand people came to Menno Place to celebrate Grandparents Day! 

Hymn Stories – September 2024

Cecil Frances Alexander wrote the hymn, “All Things Bright and Beautiful” as a song for children to explain the phrases and truths of the Christian faith expressed in the Apostles’ Creed. This series of hymns was published in 1848 in “Hymns for Little Children.” It became one of the most successful hymn-publishing projects in history, going through over one hundred editions.

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