A Bit of Background

Lindenholm  Ministries Inc.  has been incorporated with  the mandate to develop Christian­ orientated ministries by, and for,  the seniors  of  today  and future  generations. There  are new courses to  be  charted   and  opportunities to  be developed. The Christian principles of stewardship and servant-hood must  once  again be raised as the distinctive forms of thought  and practice they once were,  before society became "Christianized" and then increasingly secularized.  This  is  not  a call to the monastic response of the middle ages, but rather  the modelling  of Christian  lifestyle  within  society that  was  characteristic of the New  Testament Church.

The characterization of  Lindenholm Place and Lindenlake Terrace as caring  Christian communities is the expression of a hope that  they  will  become  such. There  is no imposition of  thought  or  practice of  any kind  on those  who choose to take residence there. It is an opportunity, a conducive  environment in which the seeds of change  have  been  sown.  At their most basic, both facilities are modern,  attractive, secure, comfortable  places  for residents to  live  that rival  any other price-competitive options   within   the  City  of  Winnipeg. 

 At  their  best,  both facilities  will   be  all  of  that  as well as communities in which the residents will have the freedom and encouragement to exercise their intrinsic motivation to  serve  others  ahead  of themselves.     That  service   may  be  expressed   in  a variety  of different ways,  few  of  which  have yet been identified. Some will  likely  be a mixture  of personal and  group   actions,   formal   and  informal    activities,   from   the  very   practical   to  the philosophical,   from  the arts to the sciences,  from  the occasional  to the routine.  All of the activities are  to be initiated at  the  discretion of  the  residents,  in  an environment  of  true freedom.