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Event educates older adults

Ann Sherrod is anointed with oil as worship concludes a retreat for older adults in April. Photos by Holly McCray Robert Oltmanns receives the blessing of oil. ...

Senior Living Sunday: Retirement communities adapting to cultural shifts

Special offering on Mother’s Day On May 13, a new special offering will be received in the Oklahoma Conference, to support the benevolence work at four UM-related retirement communities in the state. Donations for "Senior Living Ministries Sunday" may be given through your church. You also may send financial gifts directly to the Oklahoma...

Offering pays tribute to elderly

Senior Living Ministries Sunday By Holly McCray Her hair is gray in all my memories. She was already in her late 40s when she moved in with us, and I merely a toddler. I remember her singing in the church choir, and her hands turning Bible pages as her head bowed to read at home. Yet I know her hair wasn’t always white from age. She married at 17, survived the Great Depression, hand-picked cotton alongside...

Senior adult class becomes high school football team's patrons

Cheering on the Putnam City West High School football team are members of the Perspectives Sunday School Class from OKC-Church of the Servant. From left: Nancy Whitten, Arlene Keim, and Helen and Alven Lawson.  The Perspectives Sunday School Class...

Spotlight on baby boomers

Even calling boomers ‘older adults’ is problematic—Missy Buchanan By Holly McCray On the topic of aging baby boomers, Missy Buchanan is naming names. "I called my grandmother ‘Granny.’ I don’t know any of my friends who want to go by Granny. They come up with cutesy names," said Buchanan, who fits that U.S. demographic group. "Even the way we name ourselves is different. The...

Egan event schools senior adults

New camp event: Senior Adult University The theme for Senior Adult University deserves an A+. The new program’s purpose is clearly conveyed: "Keeping Up Without Burning Out; Slowing Down Without Giving Up." Scheduled for Oct. 10-12 in Holliman Lodge at Camp Egan, Senior Adult University will be taught by Mel Whittington, Rebecca Kingsbery, and Guy Langston. Among the topics: "Personal Faith...

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Shannon McClure of Oklahoma City comforts a patient at a hospital in Lugansk, Ukraine. Hospice team teaches in Ukraine We can serve Christ at every stage of our lives. The mostly older...

Prepare your older adult ministries to enter 'A New Frontier'

Older Adult retreat On April 12-14, Camp Egan will host a Senior Adult Retreat. The Conference’s Older Adult Ministry Council plans three retreats in 2011. Canyon will host in September, and Cross Point in October. www.okumc.org/Older_Adults ...

Older Adult Ministries

Richard Gentzler Jr. autographs one of his eight books, on aging and spirituality, for Phyllis Poston of Wagoner at the "Fully Alive, Fully Mature!" training event April 30-May 1 in Oklahoma City. I don’t know why God keeps me here ...

Specialist in Older Adult ministry will teach in Oklahoma City

Registration fee is $15 if received by April 16. Saturday lunch is included. A group discount is available. Contact Ann Browning at the United Methodist Ministry Center, Oklahoma City, abrowning@okumc.org,  405-530-2199. "It is highly likely that, by 2030, adults age 65 and older will outnumber both children and youth" in the United States. —Quote by Richard Gentzler, director, Center on Aging and Older Adult...

Specialist in Older Adult ministry will teach in Oklahoma City

Registration fee is $15 if received by April 16. Saturday lunch is included. A group discount is available. Contact Ann Browning at the United Methodist Ministry Center, Oklahoma City, abrowning@okumc.org,  405-530-2199. "It is highly likely that, by 2030, adults age 65 and older will outnumber both children and youth" in the United States. —Quote by Richard Gentzler, director, Center on Aging and Older Adult...