In addition to serving preborn children and their moms for 42 years and counting, Vital Signs Ministries’ defense of the sanctity of life and commitment to “the least of these” has also involved us in several ministries to seniors… advocacy; personal visitation; our Tea Party Outreach; the every-Sunday church services at Aksarben Village Senior Living; Denny’s novel The Christmas Room; our “Untrivial Trivia” collection; and our extremely popular big band entertainment program, “When Swing was King.”  In this section, you will find information on these activities.

Just What Is “When Swing Was King”?

Read a wonderful article about how “When Swing Was King” started and what this ministry is all about.

“How Can My Friends and I Serve Seniors?

Dear _,

Thanks for your interest. Claire and I would certainly find time to talk to your friends about ministries to seniors if you’d like. But let me start by listing a few of the basic possibilities. Read More.

“Thank You So Much for Doing This For Us!”

“Thank You So Much for Doing This for Us!”
That’s what Norma said to me as she squeezed my hand after our church service. “You do such a good job and you’ve really become our friends….” Read More.

Reviews Of The Christmas Room

The Christmas Room by Denny Hartford is an honest, uplifting look at nursing home life, a novel that is full of human interest, spiritual challenge, and Christmas cheer. Below are some reviews of the book. Read More.

The Nursing Home Business: It Shouldn’t Be Mere Business for Christians

The nursing home in your neighborhood is, of course, a business. It is concerned with making money (even if the primary source of that money is from government) and it can only stay in business if it “earns” more than it spends in staff, building maintenance, equipment, supplies, and promotion. Read More.

“Helping Deal with the Quarantine”

When all 12 of the senior living facilities where we were presenting our “When Swing Was King” monthly shows went into severe lockdown a year ago, our live presentations of big band music, photographs, and social interaction were put on the shelf.  Read More.

WSWK Calendar

January 9 – Immanuel Courtyard at 1:00

January 13 – Legacy Arbors in Lincoln at 10:30

January 14 – Cedarhurst Senior Living at 2:00

January 15 – Immanuel Village at 1:30

January 16 – Newport House at 10:30

January 16 – Brookestone Village at 3:30

January 20 – Heritage at Sterling Ridge at 1:30

January 20 – Pacific Springs at 3:15

January 21 – Aksarben Village at 1:30

But be doers of the word,
and not hearers only.