Watch the video from our virtual Working Group meeting held on February 16, 2023.

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Season by Season: Meditations about aging
Winter * Spring * Summer * Fall


Watch our webinar from September 16, 2021
”Older Adult Men and the Church: Sharing Wisdom, Resilience, and a Well-Rounded Perspective”

Watch our webinar from August 2021
”The Care & Wisdom of Women in the Church”

We participated in the August 7, 2021 Disciples Virtual Gathering. Read our report of the day>
Find our upcoming events and webinars here.

Watch our webinar from June 2021
”Welcoming and Affirming LGBTQ Older Adults”

Watch our webinar from April 2021
“Inter-Aging: Tapping the Power of Older Adults in Touching the Lives of Others”

An NBA grant-funded project of
the Mid-America Region 

Older adults have a legacy to give and a lifetime of experiences to share. The elderly can and do regain significant influence in their lives when they are involved with others. By working with older adults and enabling them to be advocates for their own successful aging, we all have so much to gain.

How do we recognize, honor and utilize the experience, wisdom, and gifts of older adults in our churches? How do we develop ministries that integrate and weave multiple generations together spiritually? How do we find meaningful ways for older adults to live as faithful disciples through liturgy, study, service, witness, and community? These are questions critical to our ministries.

Our Older Adult Ministries project offers many avenues for exploring older adults’ physical and spiritual needs and wishes, and assessing congregations’ priorities in developing new ministry programs for older adults, by raising awareness about aging, addressing biblical perspectives and exploring new ministry models intergenerationally and for older adults.

Jan Aerie, family counselor and gerontologist, is coordinator of Older Adult Ministries. She has written numerous resources, and lead many workshops and programs for faith groups and secular service organizations in many states.

Contact: Churches who wish to participate are invited to utilize the many resources offered here, or contact Older Adult Ministries Coordinator Jan Aerie, or Regional Minister Rev. Dr. Paul Koch via our Contact page.

Watch our video
“Older Adult Ministries and YOU” >

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