Older Adult Ministries

For two years the Shepherding Ministry Team has sponsored persons to attend the Presbyterian Older Adult Ministry Network (and Health Ministries) Conference.  Older adults make up a good percentage of our church membership, and the team is looking for ways to assist congregations in ministry to this part of our population.  Books on parish nursing and older adult ministry have been purchased for the Presbytery Resource Center.  We will be providing leadership training on “compassionate listening”.  As our work progresses, we hope to make concrete suggestions to congregations on ways to support older adults and their special needs and ways for older adults to use their gifts in ministry to all generations.

Presbyterian Older Adult Ministries Network (POAMN)

May 1, 2011 is Older Adult Sunday.  The POAMN 2011 Planning Guide will provide you with resources to structure a worship experience for that Sunday as will as a number of other suggestions as to how to make the month of May a collective experience of older adult activities as other resources that can be used through out the year.  Simply click on “2011 OAM Planning Guide” at the bottom of their web site: www.poamn.org.

POAMN’s next national convention and conference will meet in San Antonio, Texas from October 11- 14, 2011

Contact Kurt Freund for more information (616-940-0818, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it )