Meeting Needs and Sharing Christ at Eighty: Don Crooker
Don encourages us to see the unlimited potential for serving in our communities.
Don inspires us go through doors that will open to us during retirement. Sometimes our noticing an unmet need may be a sign that God is prompting us to do something about it! He suggests contacting agencies on your own or teaming up with someone else as you respond to a variety of needs in your community, church and neighborhood.
If Christians are not involved in community projects, how will these needs be met? And how will we let our lights shine beyond our Christian community? Don encourages us to see the limitless potential for serving in our communities.
Taking Inventory of the Tools in Your Toolbox: Kathy Benton
We need mentors of all ages in our lives, and older adults can certainly help round out the toolbox of younger leaders---serving as models, coaches, consultants, mentors.
In helping older adults find their new normal, Kathy encourages all of us to keep a good variety of new and older tools in our toolbox.
We need mentors of all ages in our lives, and older adults can certainly help round out the toolbox of younger leaders---serving as models, coaches, consultants, mentors. Kathy challenges the young to initiate some of these important cross-generational conversations, drawing from their wisdom and practical experience.
She emphasizes too that this same spirit of openness needs to flow from adults as we grow older . . . being teachable . . . staying teachable. Waking up each morning with the question, "Who will teach me something today?"
Knowing that the road to remaining purposeful has lots of twists and turns, Kathy encourages older adults to remain persistent as they pursue opportunities. Lean on the truth that God still has a purpose for our lives, and He will help us find it!
Embracing All Generations in Worship: Kyle Popineau
Leading corporate worship extends beyond song choice and musical arrangement. Beyond spending time alone with God, Kyle points to another key component: developing healthy relationships with those you are leading.
Worship, designed to be so pure, unifying and relational, has sadly become a source of frustration and conflict in many churches, especially among older adults.
Kyle points out that our best worship may be unseen, as we commune one-on-one with God. The best corporate worship experiences naturally flow from genuine relationships with God AND also from mutual respect and trust on a human level. As a worship leader, Kyle finds when he takes time to show a genuine interest in older adults, they'll be more engaged in worship.
This podcast is an invitation to both worship leaders and older adults. Take the time to get to know each other! You will both benefit, and worship is so much richer when relationships between generations are healthy.