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Come, ye, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
— Isaiah 2:5
2016
Young guest travels great distance for refreshment
Come, ye, let us walk in the light of the Lord. - Isaiah 2:5
THE BEACONA newsletter of Seaside Home, Inc., Cape May, NJ
Providing Christian vacations for 137 years
any guests of Seaside Home travel a long distance to enjoy the respite the Home has been providing for 137 years. The group
of guests that travels the furthest has got to include Conor Butters.Conor, 16, lives in Glasgow, Scotland. In 2014 he enjoyed a
week at Seaside Home with relatives. In fact, he enjoyed it so much that he scheduled last summer’s visit, his second trip to the United States, to coincide with the Goldman Family’s trip to Seaside Home once again.
“Everyone is really happy at Seaside Home,” Conor says. “And there are so many things to do.” Included in his list of favorite things to do in Cape May is to go to the beach every day. “It’s so much warmer here. It’s always raining in Scotland and 55 degrees is the average temperature. It’s quite chilly, and I prefer the heat.”
Conor says he really enjoys the time he gets to spend with his cousins, as well as the devotions he gets to hear, while vacationing at Seaside Home. “I always leave Seaside Home feeling better than when I first got here.”
Everyone is really happyat Seaside Home
— Conor Butters
My Lord, Jesus Christby Jack Gallagher, age 8 My Lord, Jesus Christ,My Lord, Jesus Christ. He is the creator of everything!Oceans, plants, animals and us! And when we dieWe will be by His sideAnd never on the devil’s side. My Lord, Jesus Christ!
— July 29, 2015
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Seaside Home, Inc.201 Grant StreetCape May, NJ 08204(609) 884-8728 2016—Volume 29
The Beacon is distributed to all guests, donors, and friends of Seaside Home once each year. If you have any questions or news, or to be removed from our mailing list, please contact: Carolyn L. DoerrEditor and Chair,Outreach [email protected](570) 234-7713 The mission of Seaside Home is to spread the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and to give spiritual as well as physical refreshment to our guests. Wilma [email protected](610) 914-3517 Darlene [email protected](609) 670-9681
We are looking for your old Seaside Home photos and storiesIn an attempt to document the history of Seaside Home, we would be interested in your old photos, stories, and memories of time spent vacationing at Seaside Home. Old photos of Seaside Home, Cape May Point, or those from the early years at Grant Street are especially needed. For more information, please contact Pat Smith at [email protected], or 117 Old Pennell Road, Media, PA 19063. (610) 494-4707.
Dear Friends,My backpack of concerns felt heavy as I started my drive to
Seaside Home on a certain hot, humid day in July. My 92-year-young mother had recently fallen twice. My concerns included the extra physical care she would need, the onset of dementia, and the decision of whether she should stay in independent living or be moved to personal care.
Along with those overwhelming concerns, I wondered if I had packed the right clothes. Was it going to be hot and humid, or just right for my hormonal peaks? And then, of course, there was the traffic. Always the traffic. Everyone anxious to reach their final destinations.
As I crossed the last bridge into Cape May, I heard the sea gulls … then the crashing of waves against the shore. And then, there it was, standing majestic, like a welcoming beacon for weary travelers: 201 Grant Street, Seaside Home!
As I stepped across the threshold, my backpack of concerns instantly started to feel lighter! Feeling the love from friends, knowing I would receive the spiritual food that I needed, and, of course, not having to “think” about meals or doing the dishes! All I needed to do was follow the rules, and rest.
Are you counting the days until your next trip to Cape May? Seaside Home has been welcoming weary travelers for 137 years. God has been faithful in providing and protecting the Home. For this I thank Him!
We are looking forward to seeing you this summer. Enjoy this day the Lord has given to us!
Wilma Smoker, President
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# of towels ordered x ($25 each) __________ Total amount due __________
Please write a separate check to Seaside Home and include it with your reservation. We’re sorry, we cannot ship towels to guests; they must be picked up at Seaside Home. Thank you.
Seaside Home managers are continuing with their beach towel fundraiser. Reserve your towels now by filling out the form below and sending it with your reservation and a separate check. Your towels will be waiting for you when you arrive at the home. Towels will also be available for sale at the home while supplies last. Proceeds from the towel sale go to the Seaside Home General Fund.
Thank you for your support!
Beach Towel Order Form
Come, ye, let us walk in the light of the Lord.
— Isaiah 2:5
Greetings! Welcome to Seaside Home! Send in your reservation requests for the 2016 season and join us for a week of devotions and vacation. Requests will be processed beginning March 1st. Enclosed you will find four forms:
1. Submit the First Time Guest Reference Form if you have not been a guest with us before. Remember to have your pastor complete and sign the reference area. You can send this form before, or with, the request form.
2. Please read the 2016 Policies. They are very important, and you really do need to know them.
3. Fill out the Reservation Request Form. Each adult must submit his or her own form. This helps keep our records accurate and up to date. If you are bringing your children and Grandma, and Grandma has a different address, please send us a form with her information in addition to the form for yourself and children. If you are bringing adult, unmarried children, and they live at your address, you can list them on your request; please include individual email addresses. Married couples should submit one form, include individual email addresses, but designate one email address as primary.
4. The 4th form, the Temporary Caretaker and Medical Authorization Form, is required when you bring a child, under the age of 18, who is not your child or legal ward. The form should be submitted with the reservation request. The form must be submitted before the child is confirmed on the reservation. Contact the Registrar if you have any questions. NOTE: Some medical facilities may require a notarized form.
Please take a look at our website at sshcm.org for helpful information, or to contact the Registrar via email. All forms can be downloaded and printed from the website for your convenience.
We are praying for you. Blessings,
Darlene Schoenewald Darlene Schoenewald, Registrar
On the porch with the registrar
Phoebe Houser, left, and Coletta Cook, right, presented Seaside Home with more than $100 in change during their annual stay last summer. Seaside Home Managers appreciate this generous gift, which the girls collected during the year.
Monetary donations collected in the 2016 season will be used to help finance necessary repairs to the fire escape. Your help is greatly needed! Along with monetary gifts, these items are also needed:• Brown lunch bags • Paper towels• Twin-sized white sheets, flat and/or fitted • Toilet paper *• White pillow cases • Bath mats/carpet squares• Table lamps in good condition • Hand soap refills
Management and staff at Seaside Home sincerely appreciate your gifts and donations. You help to make this ministry possible!
How you can help this year
*We can only accept donations of Scott brand, single-ply toilet paper. Other brandscannot be used at Seaside Home. Thank you.
Spend your summer at the shore, serving in a great ministry! Seaside Home is now hiring all positions for the 2016 summer season. For more information, contact Jennifer Gavin at [email protected] or 610-931-6284.
HELP WANTEDCape May 2016 beach tag prices
Daily $ 63-day $12Weekly $18
Season passes can be purchasedfor $20 until March 31 or
$28 beginning April 1.
For more information call(609) 884-9525,
or visit www.capemay.com.
lease consider Seaside Home during your estate planning. A bequest to the Home will ensure that you leave behind a gift that will continue to help others for many years to come. See your attorney for more information.
Additionally, honoring a loved one through a memorial or tribute gift is an especially meaningful act. Memorial and tribute gifts allow you to thoughtfully remember family members and friends who have been an important part of your life. Some occasions for such gifts include the arrival of a new child, the passing of a friend or family member, or the celebration of a birthday, wedding, or anniversary. Your loved one, or his or her family, will receive a letter from Seaside Home saying that a gift was made in his or her honor or memory. Please send your gifts to Seaside Home, c/o Barbara Boyer, 3 Old Spruce Lane, Levittown, PA 19055.
TIGER PRINTING GROUP215.799.0500 • www.tigerpg.com
TAYLORMADEGRAPHICS717.805.6567
The Board of Managers of Seaside Home would like to give special thanks to:
Lisa Tosheff, Taylor Made Graphics, Harrisburg, Pa., for the time and talents she provided in the design of this newsletter.
And to Tiger Printing, which donated 100 percent of the paper and printing fees for this publication.
Your generosity has made this newsletter possible!
Seaside Homec/o Carolyn L. Doerr720 Colonial Ct.Mechanicsburg, PA 17050
Remember Seaside Home in your will and for all your memorial, tribute giving
Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
— James 4:14
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