Older Adults Ministry Team
The mission of Presbyterian Older Adults
Ministry is to provide for spiritual, health,
and well being of older adults in the
Presbyterian Church (USA). To achieve this POAMN
will:
- Advocate for and with older adults
- Develop leaders
- Develop ministry models
- Sponsor conference
- Provide support among networks members
- Communicate with members and the larger church
The Older Adult Ministry Team (OAMT) has now formed. Current members are: Virginia and George Reichman (Mandan), Cathy Bliss (Wilton), and Melissa Barenthsen (West Fargo).
The OAMT has set three goals for the upcoming year. Two of the goals will be in connection with the Presbytery's partnership in Kenya. The OAMT wants to help resource the libraries in the Chogoria Presbytery with books. They would also like to collect netting supplies to send over with the 2008 mission trip to Kenya. In addition, they want to encourage older adults throughout the Presbytery to spend some of their free time giving back to the community (more information to come on this).
Other resources:The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s Older Adult Ministries is committed to equipping leaders, developing covenant connections and providing resources to welcome and encourage older adults to participate at every level of the church while meeting their needs and utilizing their talents.
This website offers the United Methodist Center on Aging and Older Adults Ministries excellent newsletter, Center Sage. Many interesting articles related to older adult ministries which will help inform the reader
.