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| Celebrating
Older Adult Ministries Week | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monday | Psalm
9:1-2 NIV | |
| “I will praise you, O Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonders. I will be glad and rejoice in you; I will sing praise to your name, O Most High.” | ||
Write
or name what God has done for you in the past. | ||
| Tuesday | Ephesians
3:14-17a NIV | |
| “For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hears through faith.” | ||
Name
and pray for those in your family, circle of friends, church family or community
who need God’s love and comfort at this time. | ||
| Wednesday | Ephesians
3:17b-19 NIV | |
| “And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge – that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” | ||
Name
the saints in your life, past and present, give thanks and pray for their needs. | ||
| Thursday | Habakkuk
3:2 NIV | |
| "Lord, I have heard of your fame; I stand in awe of your deeds, O Lord. Renew them in our day, in our time make them known.” | ||
Remember
a time when you stood “in awe of [God’s] deeds” and give thanks
for all the people who were part of it. | ||
| Friday | Psalm
61:1-3 NIV | |
| “Hear my cry, O God; listen to my prayer. From the ends of the earth I call to you, I call as my heart grows faint; lead me to the rock that is higher than I. For you have been my refuge, a strong tower against the foe.” | ||
Name
and pray for those concerns that affect the life and wellbeing of seniors, in
your community, the country, the world. | ||
| Saturday | Psalm
145:1-2 NIV | |
| “I will exalt you, my God the King; I will praise your name for ever and ever. Every day I will praise you and extol your name for ever and ever.” | ||
Write
or make a mental list of the various ways you, or seniors in your congregation
serve God’s purpose in this world. | ||
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Have a hymn sing before or after worship |
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Solicit
your senior's favorite hymns and use those as liturgy elements. |
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Honor
your senior members at a carry-in after worship for various reasons, i.e. Most
miles spend doing volunteer ministry….. ; most faithful at worship ….
; being a child/youth magnet; etc. You get the idea! Check out www.oldlutheran.org
for fun rewards. |
| Make a picture board showing seniors at "work" doing their various ministries within and the congregation and beyond. |
| Lift up your homebound and nursing home residence who still participate in the life of the church through their prayers. |
| Have a storytelling festival where senior members tell of a significant event of their faith journey; or have the stories revolve around your congregation. Make this part of a social gathering such as a pot-luck or ice-cream social, family fun day. |
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Share
a meal with your parishioners at the care facility/senior residence they reside. |
Pastor
Liz Nickel, pastorliznickel@yahoo.com,
Older Adult Ministry Committee Chair
Chet
Holmquist, Cah022820@aol.com
Pat McQuade,
APRN,MSN, Parish Nurse, mcquade292@aol.com
Mary Jo Mikulski, Associate in Ministry, mj.mikulski@verizon.net
Pastor Bonnie Sparks, narthex2@hotmail.com
Sabine Thomas, Deaconess deaconess@zionlutheranchurch.net
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