Lutheran Haven

12/25/2025

The magic of Christmas is in the moments we share, the joy we spread, and the love that surrounds us. Wishing everyone a season filled with peace, comfort, and heartfelt memories. Merry Christmas! ❤️🎄

12/23/2025

A Christmas Miracle in the Fire at the Haven
Not long before Christmas, three years ago, Rev. Les and Diane Kimball endured a devastating house fire (the first ever at Lutheran Haven) that destroyed nearly everything in their home. Over the previous 4 years, Pastor Kimball had crafted the double-sided intarsia nativity which was meticulously made from various hard woods from around the world. At the end of each Christmas season, he and Diane would carefully wrap the figurines in bubble wrap and place them in a box on the floor of their closet.
On September 13th, 2022, the unthinkable happened when their home caught fire. Blessedly, everyone was able to escape safely. When the ductwork above the ceiling burned through that night, the thick, black, highly heated smoke from the garage poured through the ceiling vent and destroyed all their clothing, but NOT the box below containing this prized, hand-made nativity scene and another box of nativity puzzles that Diane made for their many grandchildren.
“What a joy it was when four of our adult children carefully sifted through the charred debris over the next several days looking for anything they could salvage from the ruins and came out with 2 boxes! Inside was the perfectly preserved nativity Pastor Kimball made along with Diane’s nativity puzzles. “This was just one more of God’s miracles for our family in the fire.”
Pastor Kimball reminds us, “Isn’t that what Christmas is all about – God intervening in the lives of His people with a miracle of gigantic proportion? It’s not at all difficult to imagine the joy of those shepherds when the sky bursts forth with heavenly brilliance and angels announcing the greatest gift ever to mankind.”
“Our home at the Haven is now fully decorated for Christmas with this nativity as the centerpiece and it serves as a continual reminder of God’s faithfulness to us, and our thankfulness to Him for His blessings and His miracles both big and small.”
“When you go through deep waters, I will be with you. When you go through rivers of difficulty, you will not drown. When you walk through the fire of oppression, you will not be burned up; the flames will not consume you. For I am the Lord, your God.” Isaiah 43:2

12/23/2025

12/17/2025

“Seven years ago, we welcomed our very first residents to The Landings Independent Living at Lutheran Haven! This addition to our campus has truly been a blessing to our residents, families, and friends—offering dining options, fellowship, a salon, a library, and so many wonderful memories along the way. God is good!”

12/09/2025

It’s not too late to join us for our event on Thursday, 12/11! It's a great opportunity to tour different floor plans and get a glimpse into life on campus. Tours begin at 11 AM, and we’d love for you to stay for lunch if you can. Feel free to bring a friend, RSVP @ 407.542.1637

12/05/2025

12/04/2025

11/27/2025

May your Thanksgiving be filled with joy, meaningful moments, and a reminder of all the blessings around us. 🍁

11/17/2025

Our Elves at Lutheran Haven are preparing your Christmas Seals!

Each year, the Lutheran Haven Foundation hosts Christmas Seal Stuffing Day to help get this beautiful mailing to you! This is our 79th annual Christmas Seal outreach and 37 of our wonderful residents spent hours stuffing thousands of envelopes!
As you know, our Christmas Seal campaign is our largest outreach for the year and we hope you will prayerfully consider how you might support the mission and ministry of Lutheran Haven: To provide a quality, Christ-centered haven of care for older adults.

Our Benevolnt Care Fund is critical in assisting retired Lutheran pastors, rostered church workers, retired Lutherans and others in need of our healthcare services. We also assist with things like Advanced Fees and Monthly Maintenance Fees along with assisting residents with emergency needs such as temporary healthcare assistance or even meals. It is only through the generosity of people like you who support the Haven that we can continue to come alongside these faithful servants.

Chances are that you know first-hand how Lutheran Haven’s mission has touched someone’s life. By supporting our Christmas Seals outreach, you become a vital part of Lutheran Haven’s mission! Your prayers and gifts are crucial to someone greatly in need who cannot help themselves in their elder years.

Our residents are AMAZING as you can see! The recipients of benevolent care funding are kept private; however, our residents know your support goes directly to help their friends and neighbors in need. That’s why we always have such an enthusiastic response when it comes to our annual stuffing day! This is a big job, and they got it done in record time!
We are so thankful for our incredible residents and 2 very special Christmas Elves who kept this operation running smoothly, Jennifer Bonczyk, our Community Liaison and resident, Karen Hill! We also thank Vince Farina, our Health & Wellness Coordinator who led us in a short exercise break, along with our own Chef Eddy who prepared a wonderful lunch as a thank you to our volunteers. Our maintenance guys were also a huge blessing for moving a ton of boxes! What a team!
By assembling this cavalcade of flying paper and busy hands, all the hard work by our amazing volunteers saves the Haven a great deal of money on production costs. Now, you know when you receive this lovely appeal for help, it came to you through the love of one neighbor to another at Lutheran Haven!

11/14/2025

Mark Your Calendars – A Night of Musical Adventure!
Open Dress Rehearsal: Thursday, November 20th at 6p