Watching King’s High School students build real friendships with seniors at CRISTA Senior Living is such a sweet picture of faith passed down through lived experience, and Amanda Hostetler—whose family is woven through CRISTA’s ministries—shares how these visits become mutual blessing for everyone involved.

Students show up to pray, listen, and learn, while residents pour out wisdom, stories, and decades of ministry that still shape lives today. It’s the kind of intergenerational community that reminds us of how the family of God grows stronger when we show up for each other.

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There’s something beautiful about watching faith come alive across generations, and Amanda Hostetler’s story does exactly that—shaped by life in East Asia, a bustling home of 15 kids, and years of teaching students to see the world through a biblical lens.

Her passion has sparked a growing partnership between King’s Schools and CRISTA Senior Living, where mission‑minded teens step into memory care and worship spaces to pray with, learn from, and serve residents.

It’s a sweet picture of the Kingdom in motion: youth and seniors blessing one another, growing together, and building a multi‑generational ministry that keeps expanding.

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CRISTA Senior Living’s intergenerational community shows how God weaves together the lives of students and seniors in ways that bring joy, purpose, and unexpected friendship. As King’s Schools students share meals, conversations, and encouragement with residents, people like Diana’s mother‑in‑law discover renewed meaning, deeper connection, and a beautiful “second chapter” surrounded by faith and community.

For families considering a transition, hearing directly from residents, who warmly invite others to “join them”, often becomes the clearest reminder that God meets us through welcoming places and the people who fill them.

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CRISTA Senior Living shows how God uses simple acts of service to knit generations together in ways that shape hearts on both sides. As King’s students serve residents with meals, music, and everyday help, they discover friendships that deepen their faith.

Those same relationships helped Diana Fairchild’s hesitant mother‑in‑law find renewed joy, purpose, and community at Cristwood. Through prayer, gentle encouragement, and a welcoming Christian environment, she now feels healthier, less alone, and grateful she said yes to a place where God is clearly at work.

For more information on CRISTA Senior Living, go to cristaseniorliving.org

CRISTA Senior Living’s story is a gentle reminder of how God uses relationships across generations to bring healing, purpose, and unexpected joy. As King's students serve residents and form genuine friendships, their lives, and the lives of those they meet, are shaped by prayer, shared stories, and simple acts of love.

Diana Fairchild’s own family experienced this transformation when her lonely mother‑in‑law found community, renewed faith, and a fresh start at CRISTA, showing how God often meets us through the people who welcome us in.

For more information on CRISTA Senior Living, go to cristaseniorliving.org

For more information on CRISTA Senior Living, go to cristaseniorliving.org

For more information on CRISTA Senior Living, go to cristaseniorliving.org

For more information on CRISTA Senior Living, go to cristaseniorliving.org

For more information on CRISTA Senior Living, go to cristaseniorliving.org

For more information on CRISTA Senior Living, go to cristaseniorliving.org