Hamburg United Methodist Church Respite Program

09/10/2026

Memories in the Making painting group

09/10/2026

Two new guests joined us today at respite and had a great time! We had a Memories in the Making painting session with Linda Dinger facilitating it beautifully as she always does. Therapy dog team Rachel and Oz visited us, Lori had a cute scarecrow craft for those not painting, and we enjoyed a delicious lunch prepared by Midge. After lunch, we played bingo and then enjoyed our sing-along time with Barb Meader on the piano and Rollin Shoemaker as our MC.

08/13/2026

08/13/2026

Conga line!

08/13/2026

More crazy fun!

08/12/2026

Singalong time!

08/12/2026

Drum Circle

08/12/2026

Duets by Eve Roushey and Charlene Brooks

08/12/2026

Our respite program today was a cultural gem! We started out with violin duets by Eve Roushey and Charlene Brooks, both accomplished orchestra teachers in West Seneca schools. They enthralled us with their beautiful music! Even Thor the wonder dog chilled out and listened.
We then had a delightful chicken and fresh veggie pasta salad with a light orange cake for dessert made by Midge. While our drum circle folks were setting up, we talked about patriotism and what it meant to us and listed words on the blackboard that we associated with the past 250 years in the United States.
Then Caroline the Drum Lady, led us in a drum circle. Everyone had an instrument, no one was left behind! We had a lot of fun doing a conga line with Dorothy leading the way in her wheelchair. It was noted that everyone had a smile on their face! There are some videos also posted on this page of the drum circle.
And then, you can never have enough music, so we ended our day with a sing-along in the parlor led by Barb Meader on the piano and Rollin Shoemaker as our MC. I think it's safe to say that everybody went home happy and pretty tuckered out! They're going to sleep well tonight!