Contents:

• From Faith to Practice: Sage Corps
  If people are living longer and healthier than previous generations, what purpose does living longer have for individuals and for our world?


• A Day of Wondering and More
  I wondered if those who don't remember God and can't get to the church campus to worship are remembered by their church family and considered equal to those who faithfully fill the pews and lend their tithes and offerings. I wondered what would happen if more of the outside world went inside the care home, offering love and care and Christ.


• Older Adult Ministry Survey
  The Center on Aging and Older Adult Ministry invites you, the person responsible for Older Adult Ministry in your church, to complete an online survey.


• New Life for Old: Spiritual Formation and the Retirement Experience
  Many of the participants in The Academy for Spiritual Formation are in the fifty-plus category, and the occasional octogenarian is a welcome addition.


• Honoring Our Elders in Today's Church
  When I use the term elders, I am referring to a very specific group of Christian people who should be defined not only by their ages but, even more significantly, by their past and present roles of participation within the life of our congregations.


• Cole Honored by Committee
  The Reverend Dr. Elbert C. Cole received the Outstanding Leadership Award for his many years of faithful service to older adults in The United Methodist Church.


• Resources
  New Beginnings: The Gifts of Aging


• Older Adult Ministry Grants 2007
  The United Methodist Committee on Older Adult Ministries, meeting in March 2007, awarded 26 older adult ministry grants.


• Wesley Theological Seminary Class
  In April, twelve people participated in the Wesley Theological Seminary course, "Issues of Aging and Older Adulthood," that was offered in Nashville, Tennessee.


• Older Adult Ministry Events


• Fall 2007 Center Sage in pdf format