![]() ![]() Older adults maintain a church food and clothing pantry. Once a week or monthly, hold a game day for older adults (include games that involve mental stimulation). Older adults share their lives with children and youth who have few or no extended family members living in the community. Flowers for Homebound and Nursing Home Residentsįollowing worship services, altar flowers are taken to homebound and nursing home residents.Older adults take educational and informational, recreational, mission study, or work mission trips. Older adults participate in “low impact” aerobics class, “Body Recall,” or some other form of exercise designed for older adults. Provide support, networking opportunities, and resource information for adult children of aging parents.Companion Services: Older adults escort other older adults for visits to the doctor, dentist, pharmacy, grocery store, etc., helping them along the way. Older adults provide direct care for people having difficulty with activities of daily living (ADLs): walking, dressing, getting to/from bed, going shopping, and preparing meals. Invite older adults from your church and community to participate in a summer picnic. Advertise in Local Theatre & Senior Citizen CenterĪdvertise your older adult ministry in the local theatre, Senior Citizen Center, local restaurants, and other places older adults congregate.Listed below are ministry ideas with older adults.ĭevelop a one-day or several-days a week Adult Day Care at your church for older adults who need specialized care for working caregivers. Be sure to identify needs and plan your ministry accordingly. Subjects have included heaven, the real God, the mission of Jesus, and living your glory days now.As you plan for intentional older adult ministry, keep in mind that each older adult is an individual. A typical series is six sessions, each about 30 minutes. Our sessions have often centred around a video series by the likes of Max Lucado, Chip Ingram and Ray Vander Laan. Fellowship and encouragement are important at any age, but perhaps most especially for seniors, as isolation and loneliness is often a demoralizing reality. We helped build a homey atmosphere by providing coffee, tea and snacks.Īt our Bible study, people begin to arrive 15 minutes early, then for the next half-hour or so we relax, chat and catch up. Before the pandemic came, our group met regularly on a weekday afternoon because most participants are retired and prefer not to drive after dark.įor in-person gatherings, a central location is also important – we use the church building instead of a member’s home. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. ![]() Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. Attendees must feel sure they will never be buttonholed or forced to take part until they feel completely comfortable in doing so. AtmosphereĪ warm, non-threatening atmosphere is crucial to the success of any Bible study – where everyone feels at home and no one will ever be embarrassed by not answering questions, praying audibly, reading verses, etc. Although the pandemic has changed everyone’s circumstances right now and for the near future, the lessons we learned remain relevant and can still be implemented online or with social distancing measures in place. ![]() How can our younger and healthier members be an encouragement to their parents’ and grandparents’ generation? How can we help them deal with the loss of a spouse, concerns for children and grandchildren, finances and loneliness?įor the past few years my wife and I have had the pleasure of leading a Bible study for seniors. It’s critical local churches prioritize their care. Even to your old age and gray hairs I am he, I am he who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you I will sustain you and I will rescue you.
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