Find Golden Triangle Senior Ministries on SETX ChurchGuide

SETX Church Guide Find Golden Triangle Senior Activities and Organizations Get help finding Golden Triangle senior ministries with SETX Church Guide. SETX Church Guide is a comprehensive website for the Southeast Texas Christian community. With over 400 local articles each year from around the Southeast Texas church community, the site helps Southeast Texas senior find activities, fellowship, and fun. What are some Southeast Texas church activities that you might enjoy? SETX... Read More

Escape the Winter Blues – Moody Gardens”Rainforest Roadshow”

Senior Entertainment – East Texas and the Golden Triangle Region Moody Gardens Presents: “Rainforest Road Show” On today’s Southeast Texas Senior Fun Guide we are highlighting a great senior outreach program of Moody Gardens. Winter is a tough time for lots of Southeast Texas Seniors. The constant temperature changes. 25 degrees one day and 80 the next. Constantly taking jackets on and off as the temperature continues it’s never ending roller coaster.... Read More

Lead, Inspire, Change – The Beaumont RSVP Program Provides Volunteer Opportunities for Seniors

Beaumont RSVP Program Retired Senior Corps Volunteer Program Welcome to the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program of Southeast Texas, a volunteer engagement organization for adults 55 and over! RSVP assists people in finding ways to apply their lifetimes of experience by addressing critical needs in their communities. RSVP also supports volunteers in service with free volunteer training and benefits. RSVP can connect you with volunteer opportunities that match your talents,... Read More

SETX Seniors are using chair tai chi for exercise, relaxation, and fun!

Today on Southeast Texas Senior Fitness we look at chair tai chi. Locally, chair tai chi is available through The Best Years Senior Center in Beaumont TX. SETX seniors are looking for fun new ways to exercise. Everyone has a favorite- mall walking, golf, tennis, Zumba. It’s always nice to learn something new though. The Best Year’s Center is offering something brand new to Southeast Texas- Chair Tai Chi, a therapeutic & wellness program for seniors. Chair Tai Chi isperformed... Read More

Beaumont Seniors- Intermediate Spanish Lessons at Best Years Senior Center

Senior Center Beaumont TX – The Best Years offers intermediate Spanish sessions twice a week. For active Beaumont seniors, learing Spanish can open up a whole new world of opportunity- meeting new people, travelling, even interacting with visitors at our Southeast Texas churches and civic groups. Learning a foreign language can be a wonderful activity for Beaumont senior citizens.  It is easiest when done at a young age, but it is never too late for learning. Southeast... Read More

Southeast Texas Seniors Support Boy Scout Troop 106 at the South Texas State Fair

Southeast Texas seniors enjoy the South Texas State Fair. In a lot of ways, a great Golden Triangle festival takes us back to our youth. We also enjoy sharing the South Texas State Fair with our grandchildren. Many of us remember money being TIGHT when we were at the fair – some years there wasn’t money for rides. Some there wasn’t money for that enticing South Texas State Fair food. When we can, we like to let our grandchildren get their fill, both of carnival... Read More

Explore Washington DC with the Best Years Center

The Best Years Center Day Trips have been eagerly anticipated outings for local seniors for a long while. This year the Best Years Center  is stepping their trips up a pretty big notch by adding new vacations packages for seniors that bring them quite a ways from their homes in Southeast Texas. One of the trips will be to Washington DC, with the help from Travel with Collete Vacations, and this DC trip will have Southeast Texas Seniors exploring just about every inch of the... Read More

March Day Trip for Seniors – with the Best Years Senior Center in Beaumont

The March Day Trip with the Beaumont Best Years Senior Center will be to The Houston River Oaks Garden Club’s Azalea Trail on Friday, March 8. 11 am- 5pm. (Departure time is 8:30a) Senior price is $15 (6 stops) Brunch at the award-winning Breakfast Klub, avg. $10 $5 bus charge: Daytrip total estimated $30 Times 8:30 until .. For more information or to sign up for this Senior Day Trip, get in touch with Suzanne Martin. at the Best Years Senior Center, 780 S. 4th Street,... Read More

Qualifying for Christmas Pool Tournament

Pool is a great game for SETX seniors.  It’s not a game that requires the brute strength or stamina we had in our youth. In a lot of ways, Southeast Texas seniors actually have a lot of advantages over younger players. First, a retiree has a lot more time to practice than a young guy with a full time job and growing kids. Second, patience counts for a lot in pool. Young players often lack patience- they want to hit the ball hard, sink multiple balls every turn, and to try... Read More

Senior Day Trip to Huntsville. Friday 11/9.

There will be a great “Senior Day Trip to Huntsville on Friday November 9th. Be at the Best Year’s Center by 6:30a and you’ll be back  between 5 and 6pm.  The trip was organized by Dr. Deborah Queen, Director of the YWCA H.E.A.R.T.S. Museum: New Permanent Museum was completed with a Grand Opening Ceremony appropriately held on Veterans Day November 11, 2009. To compliment the inside exhibits, New Permanent Building has acquired several historically significant... Read More

Quilts- a Link to Family, History, and Heritage

Quilting has a rich history in Southeast Texas and across the American South. Frequently quilts are designed for, lovingly crafted to commemorate, and given on special occasions and to memorialize significant family events. In our family, my wife’s grandmother has designed a special quilt for each of her grandchildren to celebrate their birth and again to celebrate their weddings. For more than 30 years, the biennial Quilt National exhibition created by The Dairy Barn Arts Center... Read More