Since its launch in 2017, the Counseling Center at Nashville’s Belle Meade United Methodist Church has served more than 30 individuals and couples aged 65 and over, about 15 percent of all clients served, in 240 counseling sessions. The center was created to provide a place on the west side of Nashville—Belle Meade, West Meade, Bellevue—for professional pastoral counseling. “Our …
Madison Street United Methodist Church in Clarksville, Tennessee, received a $7,500 grant from the Golden Cross Foundation. Money from this grant was used to start an iPad pilot project for older adults. “Older adults have become isolated because many church communications – newsletters, schedules, and other church information – are now distributed electronically,” said Aleeta Christian, chair of the church’s …
In October 2017, the Jeanette M. Travis School of Nursing at Martin Methodist College (MMC) received a $93,000 grant from the Golden Cross Foundation. The grant helped fund a rural health initiative through which MMC nursing faculty and nursing students provide health screenings and wellness information in various rural and urban communities in Middle Tennessee. As of January 2020, faculty …
Kent McNish, executive director of the Golden Cross Foundation, presenting Grace Sutherland Smith, executive director of Council on Aging of Middle Tennessee with grant award for intergenerational home sharing program. The Council on Aging of Middle Tennessee (COA) received a $10,000 grant from the Golden Cross Foundation. Money from the grant is being used by the non-profit organization to help …
Ministry with senior adults isn’t just a Sunday-morning calling for two Nashville-area United Methodist churches. Weekday clubs for senior adult member and community residents are key ministries for Hillcrest and Gordon Memorial. Gordon Memorial’s Best Years Club provides programming, meals, transportation, and everyday necessities while Hillcrest’s Sunny Day Club provides respite for caregivers and a regular outing for club members …
Residents in the Pulaski, Tennessee, area receive free health screenings during a recent Back to School Health Fair. Since 2017, Martin Methodist College nursing students and faculty have held more than 900 screenings in the Middle Tennessee area as part of the college’s rural health initiative. The initiative is funded in part by a grant from the Golden Cross Foundation. …
Open Table staff and interns break ground for The Village of Glencliff in Nashville. When completed, The Village will provide micro homes for up to 24 adults experiencing homelessness. Money from a Golden Cross Foundation grant is being used to build two units that will be earmarked for older adults. Open Table Nashville (OTN) received a grant for $60,000 from …
Audrea Laungerfeldt, prayer chairwoman for Wings of Hope in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, shares answers to prayer requests during the chapter’s Thanksgiving meal at St. Marks United Methodist Church in Murfreesboro. Wings of Hope Widowed Ministry (WOH) received a $3,500 grant from the Golden Cross Foundation, a non-profit corporation and extension ministry of the Tennessee Conference of The United Methodist Church. Money …
Chris O’Rear, Counseling Center director at Belle Meade United Methodist Church in Nashville, counsels a client. A grant from the Golden Cross Foundation supplements counseling fees for United Methodist senior adult clients unable to pay a minimum fee. The Counseling Center at Belle Meade United Methodist Church in Nashville received a $2,500 grant from the Golden Cross Foundation, a non-profit …
Alzheimer’s or another other form of dementia every 77 seconds. Today, someone is diagnosed every 66 seconds.
And the number is escalating. In 2050, it will be one person every 33 seconds.