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Senior Times - January 2025 Page 11Blessingsfor theNew Year!105 Capital Ave, NE %u2022 269-962-5527 %u2022 www.farleyestesdowdle.comBATTLE CREEK | AUGUSTA | RICHLANDThe Village ofA Mission of Presbyterian Villages of MichiganA SENIOR LIVING COMMUNITYMill CreekNOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR WAIT LIST300 Carl Avenue, Battle Creek, MI 49037PH: 269-962-0605 %u2022 FX: 269-965-2285 %u2022 TTY: 800-649-3777 %u2022 www.pvm.org%u2022 Secure entry with cameras throughout the property.%u2022 Small pet friendly%u2022 Individually controlled heating and cooling%u2022 Planned monthly resident activities%u2022 Easy elevator access to both upper floors%u2022 Library with computers available%u2022 Barrier-free apartments availableVeterans Preference For Qualified Applicants. Call today for details.and may have no other source of income. They may want to apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Our Compassionate Allowances program provides faster processing of disability claims for people with early-onset Alzheimer%u2019s disease and several other neurodegenerative (brain degenerative) disorders. More than a decade ago, SocialSecurity added early-onsetAlzheimer%u2019s disease to the Compassionate Allowances program. Learn more about our Compassionate Allowances program at ssa.gov/compassionateallowances.FASTER PROCESSING OF DISABILITY CLAIMS FOR PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER%u2019S DISEASEToday, more than five million Americans are living with Alzheimer%u2019s disease. It is a brain condition that causes problems with memory, thinking, and behavior. Since the onset of Alzheimer%u2019s can occur in younger people before they retire, it may affect their ability to work as the disease progresses.Our benefits and services are especially vital to people with early-onset Alzheimer%u2019s who are unable to work Hillary Hatch, Special to Senior TimesSOCIAL SECURITY Updates on Your60+ Years of Qualified ExperienceCo-Owners: Thomas J. Unger, ACSWPatricia D. Slayton, RN, MSN5350 Beckley Rd, Suite D(Side door of Southern Michigan Bank & Trust)269-883-6002www.homecaretransitions.netWe can meetyour home care needs!%uf076 Aide & Companion Service%uf076 Medication Set-Up Supervision%uf076 Housekeeping%uf076 Transportation%uf076 Nursing Services%uf076 Dementia Capable Trained Staff%uf076 Veterans Choice Program%uf076 All Employees Screened & BondedRev. Dr. James Gysel, Special to Senior TimesMATTERS Faithworld, I want you to kno %u2022 I still know people who proclaim faith in the face of fear;%u2022 I still watch people do random acts of kindness to spread the joy of true love in their hearts;%u2022 I hear the prayers of people who are asking God to heal, to help, and to give hope to the hopeless in our time;%u2022 I see food being gathered for the hungry; %u2022 I see people giving to great causes of mission in America and across the world;%u2022 I know people who are praying for their neighbors.%u2022 And in light of all of the above and countless acts of mercy offered on a daily basis, I believe that God is with us when we put our ultimate trust in Him.Jesus has promised us his presence in our hearts and our world to the end of time when he said, %u201cAnd be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.%u201d That promise is literally the last Word in the Gospel of Matthew, and it%u2019s a word that you can take with you today for hope, and it%u2019s a word you can cling to when you take your final breath.It can be both your daily Word and your last Word of hope. Because, with God all things are possible.%u201cThe light shines in the darkness,%u2026 and the darkness can never extinguish it.%u201dYou are not alone. So don%u2019t be afraid. Just believe.~ Faithfully yours, Jim GyselFAITH TRUMPS FEAR~ %u201cThe Word gave life to everything that was created %u2026 and His life brought light to everyone.The light shines in the darkness,%u2026 and the darkness can never extinguish it%u201d ~ John 1:4-5 (New Living Translation)Well, by the time you read this, the Christmas tree may have already been put back in the box or tossed to the curb for recycling. The glittering decorations may have already been put aside for another year. The gift-giving has subsided and given way to celebrating the potential that a new year offers as you read this.But for many, the world is still dark. Mideast wars continue to threaten the peace of the world. Drug addiction and fentanyl poisoning still imprisons and kills thousands in America. Hatred still imprisons the hearts of persons who have been hurt intentionally or unintentionally for a million reasons. Fear of the future and what we might not have rules the minds of the faithless.And yet, on the Christian calendar, the season of Christmas is still with us! The light is still shining in the darkness! There are 12 days between December 25 and Epiphany (celebrating the star of Bethlehem and the Magi that visit the Christ Child and give Him the gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh). And I propose to you that, %u201cthe glass is half-full.%u201dSo, in spite of everything that appears to be going wrong in the 395 S. Shore Drive, Suite 205Battle Creek, MI 49014 (269) 963-3900Probate %u2022 Elder LawEstate PlanningErin L. Majka Phillip E. Harterwww.mielderlaw.com