Contents:

• Leaving Your Legacy
  People wrongly assume that the most important issue among families is money and wealth transfer, but it's not. Non-financial items that people leave behind -- such as values, morals, ethics, and their faith story -- are more important today than the financial aspects of inheritance.


• Establishment of Conference Director of Older Adult Ministry
  It is believed that the Rocky Mountain Conference is the only conference in the General United Methodist Church that will have this position at this level.


• CCRCs -- A Sequel
  What can be done to faithfully and effectively address needs of an aging society in the church?


• Older Adult Ministry Leaders Hear Challenge to Expand Table
  A United Methodist bishop has challenged leaders of the church's older adult ministries to be more inclusive in inviting people to Christ's table.


• Spotlight: Healing Place Ministries
  As part of the Comprehensive Plan for Older Adult Ministries, the United Methodist Committee on Older Adult Ministries awarded grant funding in 2006 and 2007 to various programs/ministries in local churches, districts, annual conferences, and UM-related institutions. One program that received funding in 2006 was Healing Place Ministries, a ministry of crime victims' advocacy for the elderly in the Arkansas Conference.


• Resources
  For further reading about intentional ministry by, with, and for older adults.


• District Leadership Training in Older Adult Ministries
  A Two- or Three-Hour Workshop Model


• Living with Purpose in a Worn-Out Body
  Author Missy Buchanan explores the inner life shared by many people in nursing homes and retirement centers.


• Abide with Me: Prayers for Life's Eventide
  This thoughtful and insightful book by Carlee Hallman contains over 100 brief prayers that deal with life's later years.


• In Memoriam
  It is with great sadness that we report the death of our good friend Shirley Roe Painter, who died November 16, 2007, in Kennewick, Washington.


• Certification in Older Adult Ministries
  If you are involved in the Certification Program at Wesley Theological Seminary, or are interested in taking a seminary course in older adult ministries, or are participating in the General Board of Higher Education and Ministry's Certification Program in Older Adult Ministries, you may be interested in the fall course being offered by Wesley Theological Seminary.


• Older Adult Ministry Events


• Spring 2008 Center Sage in pdf format