Covenant Living of the Great Lakes
Grand Rapids, MI - Assisted Living, Nursing Home, Independent Living, CCRC
With clear blue skies above and sparkling Lake Michigan waters just 25 miles beyond, nature-lovers will delight in the park-like setting at Covenant Village of the Great Lakes. Located in a 40-acre woodland just four minutes from downtown Grand Rapids, MI, our country-home ambiance is enhanced by big-city advantages you won’t find in most retirement communities.
In the heart of Western Michigan—close to wonderful parks, shopping, live music and fine dining—Covenant Village of the Great Lakes is a great location to begin your retirement future. Surrounded by natural beauty, city-lovers will enjoy our proximity to the cultural sophistication and year-round vibrancy of Michigan’s second-largest city.
In a community center bustling with events and opportunities, you’ll find a state-of-the-art fitness studio, a heated indoor pool and a relaxing Jacuzzi, sauna and steam room. There’s so much to do at Covenant Village of the Great Lakes, from formal dining to creative arts and wellness opportunities.
With refundable entrance fees and a full continuum of care, we’re a Continuing Care Retirement Community (CCRC) that offers a wellness center and a range of health care options for a confident and secure future.
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Title: An Inside Look: Covenant Living of the Great Lakes
Time: 8 min 39 sec
Description:
Listen as members of our community tell the story of Covenant Living of the Great Lakes and what it means to be a Covenant Living Community.
Transcript:
[Music] the people here have been extremely friendly we have gotten to know so many people walking down through the hallways oh you're relatively new you know I'm so-and-so very outgoing very very friendly I like the fact that it was back from the road and the beautiful surroundings the woods over here it's quiet I was impressed with the people both the staff and the residents everybody was very very friendly and the people are really I would say one of the top priorities covenant village is we often talk about ourselves being a boutique offering really close to downtown and what I mean by a boutique offering is we're nestled in the woods we're a really quiet community that is so close to the hubbub of downtown Grand Rapids that you wouldn't recognize that when you walk out on a balcony or patio here yet the convenience of downtown is within two miles I think you know people talk about the Midwest having that Midwest nice that is really exonerated in this Grand Rapids campus Grand Rapids itself is a unique area and that the people that have settled here really pride themselves on their kindness and commitment to each other and taking care of neighbors and I think that's what resonates here so covenant retirement communities really was birthed out of a vision from the evangelical covenant church in 1886 and they opened the home of mercy and it was in the city in the city of Chicago covenant retirement communities today has grown to the 15 communities that it is and one of the commitments that was made many many years ago is that covenant retirement communities would have a retirement community in every Conference of the evangelical covenant church and so as individuals move in and they look at the financial security of that individual community well that's extremely important they also have the assurance that they have a backup from the larger organization in the event of access to funds to do new development or in the event that that community would be challenged financially they know that their investment in covenant retirement communities is safe so being part of the CRC system allows us to share and learn best practices you know when you're a standalone you kind of get in a bubble but the benefit of not being in that standalone bubble and only having your own experience is that you can gain experience and ideas from the other campuses so covenant village has been in existence for about 15 years here in the Grand Rapids market we started with an assisted living and it was started by a group of concerned people from the covenant church at a first covenant and thrown ample covenant that really had a passion to bring a community for seniors not only from their congregation in their membership but also for Christians across the Grand Rapids metro area and when you look at this campus you can tell that the compassion and love that they had and the commitment that they had to build this campus it really shows in everything from how it's been designed to the grounds to just really that the people so we have independent living assisted living memory care a really small skilled nursing facility where it's my absolute favorite place to eat dinner because when you go there and there's how and wives that live together in campus eating and having a family meal just as you would at home we have approximately 360 residents total if you incorporate health care along with the independent living and about 260 staff members so it's not quite one-to-one well it's a very active lifestyle for us lots of things to do both in Grand Rapids and here in the building she has her art activities I have the woodshop I go bowling we bowling the Wednesday afternoon I'm in the choir but because we are still so busy with our own friends and family and work and church we probably have not participated in quite a few of the activities that are here however I encourage these activities to keep going because it'll come a time where I'm gonna need them and I want to do them oh man there's a lot of things we have we have bus trips I may be a couple of a week or more and get together on a bus trip and and just go and just have an enjoyable time wall for lunch or something like that together the cleaning ladies even know our names the maintenance people know our names the dining room waitresses and waiters know our names and by the way that's a big plus we have a wonderful staff in the dining room those young people come usually from a college nearby or maybe a high school and they're trained well and they really seem to enjoy their jobs you know we are small we're not a large CCRC think we're just the right size because we know everybody everybody knows each other and we the staff know each other and the staff know the family commitment and the family connections between independent and skilled so it's a neat and neat opportunity for people to get services and feel comfortable and safe knowing that the next step is going to be okay I see a lot of residents and a lot of Staff members who inspire each other and I'm being honest about that I really do think that that's very very important that the residents and the staff are they exhibit faith to each other faith in each other trust in each other and simply enjoying life together honestly I think what inspires me to serve here is all of the residents if you get to make them happy and you get to make them feel comfortable and at home so seeing them be happy it's just really brightened up my day and it really wants me to excel here I have the day I actually walked through the door for my initial interview it was it was an absolute calming environment when I walked through the door and I just the friendly faces and everybody was so just welcoming when I came in the door and I absolutely just fell in love with it and wanted to be here my god inspires me to serve to be used to serve the residents to treat them with the same respect that I want to be treated with every day I come into work I pray that God will use me somehow and that I won't miss the important things [Music] do it as soon as you can soon as you make the decision to do it don't wait till the last minute and say and well in the future we'll take care of it from my perspective don't wait by coming here at the age that we are we wanted to take advantage of a lot of the things that are here as the swimming pools and in some of the activities that are going on and we thoroughly thoroughly enjoy coming here and being involved with the community here I know what I would say move in while you're young enough to do things and enjoy this place this campus has a unique cultural vibe and neighborhood feel that is so welcoming that we joke about it as staff but we're mostly serious that we want to live here in 25 years this is a place that we could see ourselves retiring at it's active it's busy its noisy it's fun but it's also quiet and peaceful when you want it to be [Music] you
Time: 8 min 39 sec
Description:
Listen as members of our community tell the story of Covenant Living of the Great Lakes and what it means to be a Covenant Living Community.
Transcript:
[Music] the people here have been extremely friendly we have gotten to know so many people walking down through the hallways oh you're relatively new you know I'm so-and-so very outgoing very very friendly I like the fact that it was back from the road and the beautiful surroundings the woods over here it's quiet I was impressed with the people both the staff and the residents everybody was very very friendly and the people are really I would say one of the top priorities covenant village is we often talk about ourselves being a boutique offering really close to downtown and what I mean by a boutique offering is we're nestled in the woods we're a really quiet community that is so close to the hubbub of downtown Grand Rapids that you wouldn't recognize that when you walk out on a balcony or patio here yet the convenience of downtown is within two miles I think you know people talk about the Midwest having that Midwest nice that is really exonerated in this Grand Rapids campus Grand Rapids itself is a unique area and that the people that have settled here really pride themselves on their kindness and commitment to each other and taking care of neighbors and I think that's what resonates here so covenant retirement communities really was birthed out of a vision from the evangelical covenant church in 1886 and they opened the home of mercy and it was in the city in the city of Chicago covenant retirement communities today has grown to the 15 communities that it is and one of the commitments that was made many many years ago is that covenant retirement communities would have a retirement community in every Conference of the evangelical covenant church and so as individuals move in and they look at the financial security of that individual community well that's extremely important they also have the assurance that they have a backup from the larger organization in the event of access to funds to do new development or in the event that that community would be challenged financially they know that their investment in covenant retirement communities is safe so being part of the CRC system allows us to share and learn best practices you know when you're a standalone you kind of get in a bubble but the benefit of not being in that standalone bubble and only having your own experience is that you can gain experience and ideas from the other campuses so covenant village has been in existence for about 15 years here in the Grand Rapids market we started with an assisted living and it was started by a group of concerned people from the covenant church at a first covenant and thrown ample covenant that really had a passion to bring a community for seniors not only from their congregation in their membership but also for Christians across the Grand Rapids metro area and when you look at this campus you can tell that the compassion and love that they had and the commitment that they had to build this campus it really shows in everything from how it's been designed to the grounds to just really that the people so we have independent living assisted living memory care a really small skilled nursing facility where it's my absolute favorite place to eat dinner because when you go there and there's how and wives that live together in campus eating and having a family meal just as you would at home we have approximately 360 residents total if you incorporate health care along with the independent living and about 260 staff members so it's not quite one-to-one well it's a very active lifestyle for us lots of things to do both in Grand Rapids and here in the building she has her art activities I have the woodshop I go bowling we bowling the Wednesday afternoon I'm in the choir but because we are still so busy with our own friends and family and work and church we probably have not participated in quite a few of the activities that are here however I encourage these activities to keep going because it'll come a time where I'm gonna need them and I want to do them oh man there's a lot of things we have we have bus trips I may be a couple of a week or more and get together on a bus trip and and just go and just have an enjoyable time wall for lunch or something like that together the cleaning ladies even know our names the maintenance people know our names the dining room waitresses and waiters know our names and by the way that's a big plus we have a wonderful staff in the dining room those young people come usually from a college nearby or maybe a high school and they're trained well and they really seem to enjoy their jobs you know we are small we're not a large CCRC think we're just the right size because we know everybody everybody knows each other and we the staff know each other and the staff know the family commitment and the family connections between independent and skilled so it's a neat and neat opportunity for people to get services and feel comfortable and safe knowing that the next step is going to be okay I see a lot of residents and a lot of Staff members who inspire each other and I'm being honest about that I really do think that that's very very important that the residents and the staff are they exhibit faith to each other faith in each other trust in each other and simply enjoying life together honestly I think what inspires me to serve here is all of the residents if you get to make them happy and you get to make them feel comfortable and at home so seeing them be happy it's just really brightened up my day and it really wants me to excel here I have the day I actually walked through the door for my initial interview it was it was an absolute calming environment when I walked through the door and I just the friendly faces and everybody was so just welcoming when I came in the door and I absolutely just fell in love with it and wanted to be here my god inspires me to serve to be used to serve the residents to treat them with the same respect that I want to be treated with every day I come into work I pray that God will use me somehow and that I won't miss the important things [Music] do it as soon as you can soon as you make the decision to do it don't wait till the last minute and say and well in the future we'll take care of it from my perspective don't wait by coming here at the age that we are we wanted to take advantage of a lot of the things that are here as the swimming pools and in some of the activities that are going on and we thoroughly thoroughly enjoy coming here and being involved with the community here I know what I would say move in while you're young enough to do things and enjoy this place this campus has a unique cultural vibe and neighborhood feel that is so welcoming that we joke about it as staff but we're mostly serious that we want to live here in 25 years this is a place that we could see ourselves retiring at it's active it's busy its noisy it's fun but it's also quiet and peaceful when you want it to be [Music] you
Video Transcript
Title: Covenant Living Communities and Services
Time: 3 min 32 sec
Description:
With 15 residential communities in ten states, our Common Purpose is to create joy and peace of mind for our residents and their families by creating a better way of life.
Transcript:
[Music] you believe in the power of Christian community is really a summary statement of our full mission I have watched people who have come into our organization either as a resident or as a staff member who have not had an acid-based journey and because of their experience they've turned their lives over to Christ and that's the beauty of being a ministry of the evangelical covenant church I felt that we really grew to believe that this was the best move we could make at the time I felt like I belong right in the very beginning I knew people before I moved in here because of living in the area and the church here but I've made many new friends we had a tragedy in our family and we had an awful lot of love and support and caring from people here phone calls and cars and flowers and many things like that people really reached out people really appreciated loving caring spirit that's on the campus throughout staff and even other residents as they get to experience life that a covenant retirement community overwhelmingly people embrace that is really what makes a special and unique hospitality individuality congeniality and spirituality are really the core pieces of what build christian community and those are the areas where we put our focus covenant retirement Kunis is based upon the Christian principles and the fact that we're here not only living for ourselves but we're here living to help others we studying faith-based books interesting the background of people and how they contribute I found that a growing experience living here we're not living in the past but we're just actively improving our lives and their walk with God somebody might say what did your kids think about you coming here and I say I didn't ask them but they were very supportive of my coming here I feel coming here has been a gift to our four children they do not have to worry about us they're happy that we're here and that's a big bonus tres people come here to live age is completely irrelevant in looking back on life and seeing where God's direction was evidence maybe at the time I didn't see a great vision but now having come here I can look back that God hand was in it and it was the right thing for us it's about watching whether residents or staff blossom into something that they never thought was possible it's about the people that's why I love what I do you
Time: 3 min 32 sec
Description:
With 15 residential communities in ten states, our Common Purpose is to create joy and peace of mind for our residents and their families by creating a better way of life.
Transcript:
[Music] you believe in the power of Christian community is really a summary statement of our full mission I have watched people who have come into our organization either as a resident or as a staff member who have not had an acid-based journey and because of their experience they've turned their lives over to Christ and that's the beauty of being a ministry of the evangelical covenant church I felt that we really grew to believe that this was the best move we could make at the time I felt like I belong right in the very beginning I knew people before I moved in here because of living in the area and the church here but I've made many new friends we had a tragedy in our family and we had an awful lot of love and support and caring from people here phone calls and cars and flowers and many things like that people really reached out people really appreciated loving caring spirit that's on the campus throughout staff and even other residents as they get to experience life that a covenant retirement community overwhelmingly people embrace that is really what makes a special and unique hospitality individuality congeniality and spirituality are really the core pieces of what build christian community and those are the areas where we put our focus covenant retirement Kunis is based upon the Christian principles and the fact that we're here not only living for ourselves but we're here living to help others we studying faith-based books interesting the background of people and how they contribute I found that a growing experience living here we're not living in the past but we're just actively improving our lives and their walk with God somebody might say what did your kids think about you coming here and I say I didn't ask them but they were very supportive of my coming here I feel coming here has been a gift to our four children they do not have to worry about us they're happy that we're here and that's a big bonus tres people come here to live age is completely irrelevant in looking back on life and seeing where God's direction was evidence maybe at the time I didn't see a great vision but now having come here I can look back that God hand was in it and it was the right thing for us it's about watching whether residents or staff blossom into something that they never thought was possible it's about the people that's why I love what I do you
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