by Kelley Hope | Sep 23, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
Two years ago, Margaret Prentice celebrated her 90th birthday with a drive-by birthday party during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. A year ago, Margaret moved from a house to Willamette Oaks Senior Apartments & Assisted Living Facility. This year, Margaret...
by Kelley Hope | Sep 20, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
How are you ministering for, to, and with older adults? Does your congregation or organization offer programs to engage older generations? Tell us! We would love to share ideas for providing older adult ministries. Your congregation, program, or event could be...
by Kelley Hope | Aug 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
In January 2023, almost a year after the first shelling of Ukraine began, my neighbor, Stan Paulic, invited me to join him in Poland to volunteer with All Hands and Hearts (AHAH). After doing my due diligence, which included both researching AHAH and my heart, I...
by Kelley Hope | Jul 27, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
POAMN and the Office of Christian Formation (OCF) of the Presbyterian Mission Agency (PMA) are partnering on an online module to help people create or initiate older adult ministries (OAM) in their congregations. For many of us, two books published by PC(USA) in the...
by Kelley Hope | Jul 10, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
In 1983, the General Assemblies of the two Presbyterian Churches (North and South) made the decision to reunite. As part of that reorganization, an office on Older Adult Ministry was added to the structure of the Presbyterian Church (USA) at its headquarters in...
by Kelley Hope | Jul 3, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
According to Google, some variation of the phrase “do not be afraid” is mentioned in the Bible 365 times. My husband and I just returned from a wonderful vacation to New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji that had been on our bucket list for our entire married life. It is...
