UWF Event Unravels Caregiving Maze
As an aging congregation, where do we turn when we need hands-on assistance for our loved ones needing more help than family members can provide? How do we know we’ve made the right choices between in-home care or assisted living, or direct hire versus agency? Coming to our rescue is the United Women of Faith who along with enticing us with a salad lunch, brought in Kathy Hurst, a guest speaker who is a licensed agency owner of K’s In-Home Care Solutions to edify us on Sept. 20. She is a God send. Her slides and talk were comprehensive, running the gamut of caregiving and issues that may confront us in the decisions we make and then, providing a way we can make informed choices rather than running around trying to find aid at the last minute. Thank you to the United Women of Faith for providing us with this much-needed message.
In thinking about the needs of our congregation, the UWF addresses first, what our church is all about. According to Mary Horio, the UWF President, “Ai Shin, Ai Rin, Love God, Love One Another is our church motto and one of our United Women in Faith mottos is: We believe that love in action can change the world.” From these deeply seated faith values, was how the salad lunch and speaker came to be.
“It is wonderful and uplifting to see how today’s lunch and program came together to embody the spirt of these two meaningful and powerful mottos!” she stated.
Thanks were given to Hurst, for her informative Caregiving presentation and to our UWF co-chairs, Beverly Acuna and Terri Koike. She also acknowledged the many workers for all the behind-the-scenes hard work that made our UWF program and lunch possible. The UWF was pleased that there were 50 attendees who choose to fellowship and join the presentation following the provided salad lunch.
Mary Horio, ended the event with the following prayer as we are always thankful to God for overseeing church events such as these that engage us, provide fellowship, and sate us with food, of course.
“Dear loving and gracious creator God,
We raise a Hallelujah for Kathy Hurst and her Caregiving presentation that nourished our minds.
We are grateful.
We raise a Hallelujah for the many hearts and hands that worked on our program and provided our lunch that nourished our bodies.
We are grateful.
We raise a Hallelujah for all those in attendance that were led by the Holy Spirit in this time of fellowship that nourished our souls.
We are grateful.
And all of God’s children said… Amen!”
In thinking about the needs of our congregation, the UWF addresses first, what our church is all about. According to Mary Horio, the UWF President, “Ai Shin, Ai Rin, Love God, Love One Another is our church motto and one of our United Women in Faith mottos is: We believe that love in action can change the world.” From these deeply seated faith values, was how the salad lunch and speaker came to be.
“It is wonderful and uplifting to see how today’s lunch and program came together to embody the spirt of these two meaningful and powerful mottos!” she stated.
Thanks were given to Hurst, for her informative Caregiving presentation and to our UWF co-chairs, Beverly Acuna and Terri Koike. She also acknowledged the many workers for all the behind-the-scenes hard work that made our UWF program and lunch possible. The UWF was pleased that there were 50 attendees who choose to fellowship and join the presentation following the provided salad lunch.
Mary Horio, ended the event with the following prayer as we are always thankful to God for overseeing church events such as these that engage us, provide fellowship, and sate us with food, of course.
“Dear loving and gracious creator God,
We raise a Hallelujah for Kathy Hurst and her Caregiving presentation that nourished our minds.
We are grateful.
We raise a Hallelujah for the many hearts and hands that worked on our program and provided our lunch that nourished our bodies.
We are grateful.
We raise a Hallelujah for all those in attendance that were led by the Holy Spirit in this time of fellowship that nourished our souls.
We are grateful.
And all of God’s children said… Amen!”
The UMW provided a delicious salad lunch during fellowship time after service.
Kathy Hurst, owner of K’s In Home Care Solutions agency, was brought in as a guest speaker to talk about the ins and outs of caregiving and how to go about getting care giving services for you loved one if outside help is needed.
During her slide presentation, she covered the full range of care giving topics.
There was a great deal of interest in this topic with almost 50 attending.
UWF President, Mary Horio, closed the program with a Hallelujah and a prayer.
Posted in Newsletter 2026-10-22