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Elders: Geezer Forums helpful for information and connections

Nurturing Elders and Others Geezer Forums helpful for information and connections By the Rev. Paul Graves “So what is your agenda, Paul?” The woman and I...

Housebreaking Ageism in the Church

Housebreaking Ageism in the Church | By the Rev. Paul Graves A few months ago, I invited us to consider naming the unidentified elephants that...

Lazy Daze at Lazy F

By Rev. John J. Shaffer What is Lazy Daze at Lazy F? An Older Adult camping experience available for both laity and clergy in the Pacific...

Q: What’s Next? A: You registering for this year’s Older Adult Retreat!

Older Adults Retreat September 18 – 20, 2018 Lazy F Retreat Camp . Ellensburg, WA. Still thinking about going to the September Retreat?  You still have time...

Elders: Safe Sanctuary to Include Older Adults

The background image above features a photo of The Sanctuary of St. Mary's Cathedral courtesy of Wikipedia. For more info on this image,...

Messy Church celebrates multi-generational relationships and discipleship

Messy Church celebrates multi-generational relationships and discipleship By Scott Klepach, Jr. There are scavenger hunts and painting crafts. Or, there are camp songs and googly-eyes But...

Learning to Walk in the Dark

Learning to Walk in the Dark By the Rev. Paul Graves “Then I said to myself, ‘Oh, he even sees me in the dark! At night I’m...

Elders: Don’t Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth!

U.S. Army Capt. Cherise Neu, center, demonstrates how to properly check a horse’s teeth and health at a veterinary civic action project in Apia,...

Gentzler retiring as Center on Aging & Older Adult Ministries Director

Dr. Gentzler presents a session at Energizing Elderhood at Des Moines UMC in 2010. For more photos, click here. Gentzler retiring as Center on Aging...

Prophetic Grace in a Manger

"When we celebrate Jesus’ birth only as a “Jesus sweet and mild” newborn, we unconsciously dismiss the radically prophetic message his birth and whole life embodied." Rev. Paul Graves challenges us to see the birth of Christ as the bold unmerited gift of grace that it is.

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