Older Adult Ministry:
General:
- Older Adults and Caregivers Ministry and Outreach, a PRC webinar: Click here
- The Third Thirty, a 10/2023 PRC webinar with Chris Pomfret about how we live the third thirty years of our lives: Click here and click here for the Third Thirty curriculum.
- A Presbyterian minister discusses her intentional approach to retirement, 5/2023 article that contains four episodes of the podcast Everyday God-talk: Click here
- The Age Wave: Principles to Guide Older Adult Ministry, a 2020 webinar created by the Presbyterian Church in Canada featuring PC(USA) minister and author, Joyce MacKichan Walker: Click here
- Aging Gracefully: Ritual honors the richness of growing older, 6/20/2022 PC(USA) article: Click here
- Presbyterian Older Adult Ministry Network website offers learning opportunities, grants, and more: Click here
- Presbyterian Older Adult Ministry Network (POAMN) resource site: Click here
- Pew Research Study 2014 on Religious Landscape: Click here
- Spirituality After 70 (PRC webinar): Click here
- Retirement as a Spiritual Journey, 2/2020 (PRC webinar): Click here
- Spirituality and Aging: A Guide for Seniors on Faith, Meaning, and Connection, 4/2020 (Greater Senior Living article): Click here
- Living Till We Die: a journey of faith practices (article tells how to get the curriculum): Click here
End of Life Issues:
- Responding to death and end of life issues, 10/2021, Union Presbyterian Seminary hosts a thoughtful and moving online panel discussion: Click here
Mental Health Issues:
- Dementia Friendly Congregations, a 10/2023 PRC webinar: Click here
- Alter program gives churches tools to minister to people living with dementia: Click here Article: Click here
Resources:
- Emergency Preparedness for Older Adults: Stay Prepared, Stay Safe, a 12/2023 article from the National Council on Aging: Click here
- The Care Partner Tool Kitis a series of 13 QuickSheets and resources for congregations supporting caregivers and for individuals who are caring for others. Some topics for these PDF downloads include Roles and Responsibilities, Accompanying a Loved One to the Doctor, A How-To Guide: Starting a Care Partner Support Group, The Guilt of Caregiving, Churches Ministering to Care Partners, and Care Partners Planning Together: Preparation for the Hard Conversations.
- Presbyterians for Earth Care webinar explores ways older adults can work to halt climate change, 1/2023: Click here
- Faith Formation with Older Adults from Opening Doors to Discipleship resources: Click here
- On the Brink of Everything: Grace, Gravity, and Getting Old by Parker J. Palmer, 2018, $