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Listening to Legacies Promotes Intergenerational Communication
The California-Nevada Older Adult Ministry Council is pleased to announce the publication of Listening to Legacies, an innovative booklet providing an easy-to-follow program for intergenerational understanding and communication between middle-school age students and older adults.
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Seminary Course: Aging from a Theological Perspective, August 17-20, 2010
Older Adult Ministry Certification course work will be offered August 17-20, 2010, at Widewater Retreat and Ministry Center, Liberty Center, Ohio, through Wesley Theological Seminary.
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Older Adult Ministry Grants
Applications will be available, both in print and on our website, in August 2010.
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From Age-ing to Sage-ing: A New Vision of Growing Older, March 16, 2010
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How to Conduct an Older Adult Survey
Determine the people you want to survey. Who are your older adults?
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Congregational Older Adult Survey Forms
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Center Sage (Fall 2009)
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United Methodist Committee on Older Adult Ministries, 2009-2012
Addresses and contact information for committee members.
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Cokesbury Webinars
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Older Adult Ministry for Small-Membership Churches (pdf brochure)
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Mini-Retreat Model for Older Adults: A Time for Reflection
Older adults from several California churches and other communities have been discovering the wonders of a time of contemplative prayer and reflection which we call "Walk the Walk: Breathe a Prayer."
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UMC -- Four Areas of Focus
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Wesley Study Bible Available
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Center on Aging and Older Adult Ministries Brochure (free)
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Aging and Ministry in the 21st Century: An Inquiry Approach
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A Panel Discussion on Aging
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Generational Anchor Points That Help Define or Shape a Generation
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When an Older Adult Moves to a New Location
Knowing that change can cause anxiety and pain, one older adult's Sunday school class developed a ritual to help her deal with moving to a new home.
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Southeast Jurisdiction Association of Older Adults
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Getting Started: Older Adult Ministry (pdf -- 6 pages)
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Aging and Older Adult Ministries District Leadership Training Two-Hour Workshop Model (pdf)
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Older-Adult Ministry Leaders Hear Call to Expand Table
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Q&A: Dispelling Myths About Being Older (UM Portal)
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Celebration of Older Adults Service
This Celebration of Older Adults Service was prepared and delivered on May 13, 2007, at First Presbyterian Church in Billings, Montana. It is used here with permission.
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Review of Aging Nation: The Economics and Politics of Growing Older in America
Two leading policy gerontologists tackle the conventional (and often false) wisdom, propagated by the doomsters, about the perils of a nation living longer.
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Settling In: My First Year in a Retirement Community (Enlarged Print)
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Adult Children and Aging Parents
Adult children should take advantage of the time when everyone is gathered together to initiate a conversation with parents and family members about "what if" scenarios and health and financial concerns.
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Download the Older Adult Ministries Logo
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Recommended Resources Related to Older Adult Ministries
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Faithful Aging
The church is not about helping people age "successfully," but rather helping people age "faithfully."
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