Our goal is to develop strategies which will help inform older adults on a wide variety of topics: those relating to spiritual, physical and mental health, financial concerns, law and retirement issues, housing and transportation matters, volunteer and employment opportunities, and end of life planning.
Retreats and other events planned by the Older Adult Ministry create opportunities to gather and focus on particular age-related issues, with time for worship, learning together and fellowship.
Members
George Whipple, moderator
Evalyn Page
Lillian Rhudy
Ralph Rhudy
Karen Scherling
Regional and National Events
Supporting Older Adults in the "Third Thirty" Webinar
December 3, 2 p.m.
Free Virtual Webinar
Learn about the challenges of aging, how older adults can best navigate them, and how the church can provide support. Chris Pomfret, a 10-year member of POAMN and its current treasurer, will lead the webinar and introduce an ecumenical curriculum for church organizations and/or older adult leaders to use or adapt with their congregations.
The webinar is free; registration is required.
What does Christian vocation look like for the elderly?
God calls us to serve the world with our bodies—even when those bodies are failing.
“Life is a gift of God, and aging is a natural part of living, involving the whole life span from birth to death. Older adults are not a different category of persons, but are simply those persons who have traveled further along on the journey.”
Task Force on Older Adult Ministry—2004 General Assembly PC USA 1992