Dick and Kathy Sherman Care Fund
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This campaign is to fund assisted care personnel for my parents, Dick and Kathy Sherman, so they can remain together and in their own home. They need assisted care in their home. Here's their story.
Dad and Mom have been married for nearly 64 years. When they first married, Dad entered youth ministry when he was 21 (with Youth for Christ in Toledo, OH) and they later moved to the Bay Area (San Jose, CA) where he was the Tri-County YFC director in the late 50s-early 60s. Dad then became a youth minister at The Valley Church in Cupertino, CA, where he stayed until the early 70s, and where he directed the high school and college kids in "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown," which toured up and down California. He helped start a new church, The West Valley Bible Fellowship, in the early 70s, and he pastored that church until 1985, when it closed its doors. It was at Valley that Dad first heard about Francis Schaeffer, and then at the Fellowship where he wrote the study guides to two of Schaeffer's films (Reclaiming the World and The Great Evangelical Disaster). After the Fellowship, Dad went to work for Orchard Supply Hardware in corporate training, and he stayed with them until he retired in 1997. Throughout this time, Mom was the consummate wife and homemaker, making sure us kids were where we needed to be and on time, cooking meals, keeping the house running smoothly, etc. She was always there for us when we needed her.
During all that time, Dad and Mom cared and provided for a growing family (5 children). All the years he was in the ministry, Dad never had any retirement set aside. When he was pastor of the Fellowship, he also ran a landscaping business on the side to make ends meet, especially during the lean times when the Fellowship was out of money. During all those years, we never heard Dad or Mom complain about money or the lack thereof. They just made do with what they had; and we always had food on the table and good clothes for school and church. It was part of their Iowa and Great Depression upbringing that enabled them to take what they had and make it last and make it work.
Well, now it's time for us kids to pay them back. Over the last several years, Mom has developed dementia and she is now in need of 24/7 care. Dad can't do it all. He has tried, but it is too much work. He also recently had rotator cuff surgery on his left shoulder, so he will be in recuperation for at least 6 months. My brother Tim and one of my sisters, Melodee, have been tag-team staying with them, caring for them, but they are both worn out also, and they have their own families. We (my siblings--Patty, Melodee, Tim, Becky, and I) need to bring in professional care-givers who can assist with the daily needs of living.
Dad and Mom vowed to each other that they would be cared for at home until they repose. Mom, Dad, and I are Orthodox, which means that we know that all that happens to us is for our salvation and benefit. We trust in the Lord and look forward to our going home to Him.
Our knowledge and faith, however, don't pay the bills. We must do that. So, I, the youngest of the five kids, am appealing to you to give a little bit so that Mom and Dad, Dick and Kathy Sherman, can remain together in their little home in Scio, OR, and can live in dignity together. Whatever amount you can give will go entirely to their care. I will not take a dime. All funds will be used to pay for professional care-givers to attend to my parents' needs.
Although I don't think we would ever raise a million dollars, should that happen, any funds in excess of providing the needed assisted-care for my parents would be donated to Alzheimer's research and/or a similar family in need.
Thank you, and may God bless you for your almsgiving.
This campaign is to fund assisted care personnel for my parents, Dick and Kathy Sherman, so they can remain together and in their own home. They need assisted care in their home. Here's their story.
Dad and Mom have been married for nearly 64 years. When they first married, Dad entered youth ministry when he was 21 (with Youth for Christ in Toledo, OH) and they later moved to the Bay Area (San Jose, CA) where he was the Tri-County YFC director in the late 50s-early 60s. Dad then became a youth minister at The Valley Church in Cupertino, CA, where he stayed until the early 70s, and where he directed the high school and college kids in "You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown," which toured up and down California. He helped start a new church, The West Valley Bible Fellowship, in the early 70s, and he pastored that church until 1985, when it closed its doors. It was at Valley that Dad first heard about Francis Schaeffer, and then at the Fellowship where he wrote the study guides to two of Schaeffer's films (Reclaiming the World and The Great Evangelical Disaster). After the Fellowship, Dad went to work for Orchard Supply Hardware in corporate training, and he stayed with them until he retired in 1997. Throughout this time, Mom was the consummate wife and homemaker, making sure us kids were where we needed to be and on time, cooking meals, keeping the house running smoothly, etc. She was always there for us when we needed her.
During all that time, Dad and Mom cared and provided for a growing family (5 children). All the years he was in the ministry, Dad never had any retirement set aside. When he was pastor of the Fellowship, he also ran a landscaping business on the side to make ends meet, especially during the lean times when the Fellowship was out of money. During all those years, we never heard Dad or Mom complain about money or the lack thereof. They just made do with what they had; and we always had food on the table and good clothes for school and church. It was part of their Iowa and Great Depression upbringing that enabled them to take what they had and make it last and make it work.
Well, now it's time for us kids to pay them back. Over the last several years, Mom has developed dementia and she is now in need of 24/7 care. Dad can't do it all. He has tried, but it is too much work. He also recently had rotator cuff surgery on his left shoulder, so he will be in recuperation for at least 6 months. My brother Tim and one of my sisters, Melodee, have been tag-team staying with them, caring for them, but they are both worn out also, and they have their own families. We (my siblings--Patty, Melodee, Tim, Becky, and I) need to bring in professional care-givers who can assist with the daily needs of living.
Dad and Mom vowed to each other that they would be cared for at home until they repose. Mom, Dad, and I are Orthodox, which means that we know that all that happens to us is for our salvation and benefit. We trust in the Lord and look forward to our going home to Him.
Our knowledge and faith, however, don't pay the bills. We must do that. So, I, the youngest of the five kids, am appealing to you to give a little bit so that Mom and Dad, Dick and Kathy Sherman, can remain together in their little home in Scio, OR, and can live in dignity together. Whatever amount you can give will go entirely to their care. I will not take a dime. All funds will be used to pay for professional care-givers to attend to my parents' needs.
Although I don't think we would ever raise a million dollars, should that happen, any funds in excess of providing the needed assisted-care for my parents would be donated to Alzheimer's research and/or a similar family in need.
Thank you, and may God bless you for your almsgiving.
Organizer and beneficiary
Ted Sherman
Organizer
Murfreesboro, TN
Melodee Scofield
Beneficiary