Call for 2025 Planning Guide Articles

POAMN requests your submissions of creative ways to minister to older adults for the 2025 Older Adult Ministry Planning Guide. This guide helps ministry leaders implement new ways of celebrating, stimulating, and fostering the spirituality of their older congregation...

Recommended Reading: Biblical Grandparenting

– Recommendation by Gloria Sannermark  Recently, a woman grasped my hand after church with an urgent question. “Our world is a mess. What can we do?” she implored. As a parent, grandparent, and retired pastor, I share her concerns. Biblically, we older ones are...

Recommended Reading: 10 Gospel Promises for Later Life

– Recommendation by Cindy Wright  “Standing on the Promises,” a familiar hymn, leads the reader into a ‘hits close to home’ introduction of Jane Thibault’s purposeful book. She begins by compiling fears she heard often during her 30 years of conversations with...

2024 Conference Recap

POAMN held its 2024 conference at Solana Beach Presbyterian Church near San Diego, California, May 28-29. Some 75 people from across the USA participated. For about 40 percent of the attendees, this was their first POAMN event.  RECENT POSTS From Generation to...

Meet the 2024-2025 Board

On May 16, POAMN’s membership elected four officers to lead the organization in the coming years. These four, plus those they have appointed to serve with them on the board, bring energy and valuable experience as POAMN launches a new organization structure and...

Recommended Reading: The Blue Zones

– Recommendation by Chris Pomfret  The human body is amazingly adaptable and profoundly affected by how we live. When author Dan Buettner heard of small areas of the world where longevity far exceeded anywhere else, he decided to visit these microcosms. What he...