More About the Center on Aging & Older Adult Ministries
Many of you received the fall/winter 2000 (issue #8) of Information: Adult Ministries newsletter. In it you read that the General Conference meeting May 2-12, 2000, in Cleveland, Ohio, adopted legislation approving a Comprehensive Plan for Older Adult Ministries. In an effort to help the United Methodist Committee on Older Adult Ministries carry out the initiatives of the Comprehensive Plan, the General Board of Discipleship established the Center on Aging & Older Adult Ministries.
The Center staff includes Richard H. Gentzler, Jr., D.Min., Director, and Teri Kline, Assistant to the Director. Founded on the principle that ongoing faith development of midlife and older adults is critical for the transformation of the world, the vision of the Center is:
A church environment where the wisdom, skills, experience, and faith which often abound in midlife and older adults are being intentionally developed and fully utilized.To achieve this vision, the Center commits to the following Mission Statement:
The Center on Aging & Older Adult Ministries will provide quality resources and valuable training support to help equip leaders (both clergy and laity) in their ministry of faith development with midlife and older adults.
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