DR. PETE MENCONI As Baby Boomers search for significance, meaning, and purpose for their lives, the local church is one place they will look. Today, local churches and the worldwide church are going through profound changes. In order for churches to minister effectively to Boomers in their search, pastors and church leaders must understand the changing [...]
Posts from the ‘Emerging Issues’ Category
Email Hoaxes and Urban Legends
Posted March 1st, 2010 Leave A CommentIf you communicate by email, you probably have received those messages that herald the end of the world, some eminent doom, or a cautionary tale. During the past presidential election, thousands of these unverifiable emails were clogging cyberspace each day…
ROI: Return On Investment With no Risk
Posted March 1st, 2010 Leave A CommentWhen you invest money you give it to someone else to use. You lose control of it for a period of time. They make use of your money to accomplish their purposes, and for the privilege of doing that…
EFCA Encore Final Report
Posted February 11th, 2010 | 1 Comment »My personal interest in older adult ministry or “senior adult ministry” as I used to refer to it, was sparked during my time as pastor at Faith EFC of Spirit Lake, Iowa from 2002-08. The church was located in a retirement destination, and I began to see the “age-wave” and it’s effects on the church.
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know
Posted February 11th, 2010 Leave A CommentPractical Suggestions to Help You Help Someone Else ▪ 80 million boomers live in the United States [MMMI]. ▪ 26.8% of Americans are boomers [MMMI]. ▪ Someone in the U.S. turns age 50 every 7 seconds [AARP]. ▪ 4 million boomers turn 50 every year [The Boomer Project]. ▪ 32 million boomers are already age [...]
Stewardship and Older Adults
Posted January 18th, 2010 Leave A CommentEnd of Life Stewardship Planning Kay J. Confer, Certified Financial Planner, Saint Joseph MI Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center The largest intergenerational wealth transfer in history is about to begin. It is estimated that $41 Trillion dollars is about to begin transferring from this generation to the next. As pastors and key [...]
Aging Well – The Family Table
Posted January 18th, 2010 Leave A CommentThe Family Table Missy Buchanan, Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center A couple of years ago, my husband and I built a smaller home to mark the beginning of a new season in our lives. Our youngest child had completed college and had accepted a job in New York. We were real empty nesters, [...]
Leaving a Legacy of Faith
Posted January 18th, 2010 Leave A CommentHow to Leave Life’s Most Important Gift Leona D. Bergstrom, Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center There is much talk these days about what it means to leave a legacy. Perhaps it’s because we Boomers are actually beginning to understand our own mortality. In this month alone we personally have buried one friend and [...]
More Coming Soon…
Posted January 18th, 2009 Leave A CommentStay tuned to gocasa.org for more content in the coming months.
