EXPLORING THE LONGEVITY REVOLUTION:
AGING AND MINISTRY IN THE 21ST CENTURY
Sponsored by Kentucky Conference Older Adult Ministry Team
September 9, 2010 – Thursday
8:45 am – to 3:45 pm
Kavanaugh Life Enrichment Center , Crestwood, KY
CEU’s - .6

  CONFERENCE LEADER:
Dr. Richard H. Gentzler, Director of Older Adult Ministries – GBOD , Nashville , TN
"We are a member of the most significant demographic population in the emerging world.  Dr. Gentzler
will share with us significant useable information that will inform the ministry of Older Adults in
the local church and that is impacting ministry globally."
Come and learn and dialogue with one another under the leadership of
this learned and experience leader of and in Older Adult MInistries  
                     
           Send $15.00 individual registration fee with your form to:
             Ms. Sue Deibel, Adm. Asst. Connectional Ministries,
         The Kentucky Annual Conference, UMC
  7400 Floydsburg Rd.
Crestwood , KY 40014
Or register on line.. www.kyumc.org
    Or send check to Kentucky Conference Treasurer at the above address.



0LDER ADULT MINISTRIES TEAM
KENTUCKY ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Jane E. Booth, Chair – OAMT – KY Conf. UMC
E-mail: janebooth36@yahoo.com

OAMT  ANNUAL  REPORT

"They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, the Lord is upright, He is my Rock ….."
Psalm 92:14-15 –
The PURPOSE of the Older Adult Ministries Team (OAMT) is to address the spiritual needs of the older adults in their affirmation of life in relationship with God, self, and community.
Our THEME for this quadrennium is NEW BEGINNINGS: THE GIFTS OF AGING.
The  MISSION is:      "PRAY – SHARE – LISTEN – LOVE – SERVE."
OAMT members:  Chair; Judith Ford, Vice Chair; Sarah Ewing, Secretary; Rebecca Heid, Asst. Secretary; Larry E. Berry, Jim Cassetty, Hunn Choi, Rebecca Church, Jerry Faber, Shirley Grimes, Dorothy Lanphierd, Deborah Mumphrey, Stephen D. Proctor, Harry Robe, Jane Thibault, Martha Turner, Pat Workins, and Julie Hager Love. (Add 2 Hispanic names)  Although we now have members from six Districts, our future goal is to have a representative from each district on the conference team.
Working with the Bishop and District Superintendents we are in the process of having an OAMT District Coordinator appointed to serve on the District Leadership Teams.  Those already named are:  Bowling Green Dist., Beth Fiss; Columbia Dist. – Gary Hardin; Louisville Dist. – Trish Smith; Owensboro Dist. – Betty Rush; and Prestonsburg Dist. – Sharon Kinner. 
Our team privilege held 3 of our regular meetngs at Wesley Manor, Louisville; Wesley Village in Wilmore; and Lewis Memorial in Franklin.  These vital OA ministries rolled out the “red carpet” for us with a tour of their facilities and superb hospitality.
The HAVE A HEART offering last February was $4931, a 16% increase. This offering provided benevolence care to residents who have depleted their personal resources, but still need the loving care of these senior residences.  Thanks for your prayerful generosity.
We are working toward 100% OAMT members being able to attend the SEJ Senior “Wisdom & Grace” Conference at least once during this quadrennium, and this first year we had 44% of the team who were able to participate at the Lake Junaluska event.  Brochures about this year’s conference are on the OAMT display table in the resource area.  We also had 27 other Kentuckians active local church OAM Leaders attend from our conference. A Jump-Start packet of resources were given to each one.  What a time of SPIRITUAL RE—CREATION!
This past Fall, Jump-Start resource packets were sent to 112 local church OAM Leaders across the conference providing information about Kentucky Conf. Resources, along with aids from the Center for Aging & Older Adult Ministries at the General Board of Discipleship in Nashville.
Rev. Dr. Richard Gentzler, Jr., Director of the Center of Aging and Older Adult Ministry, GBOD, in Nashville, presented a review of the purpose and workings of an OAMT in an annual conference.  Several guests from the Franklin area, 3 ministers, and 6 team members benefited from his expert knowledge.  It was suggested that each District Superintent appoint a representative to the District Leadership Team in order to facilitate requiring a local church to name a leader for its OAM.  A survey prepared by Dr. Gentzler was recommended for setting up a database of  OAM activities and service ministries that are now in operation and to update each quadrennium.  150 surveys have already been issued. The Districts Coordinators. will have a key role in getting this accomplished.
In September, we started a Golden Disciples – Food for Thought devotional series on the Monthly On-Line Net News.  Various team members prepare a Scripture, Prayer/Grace, Thought for the Month, and Senior Ministry Tip. Check it Out! We also have started articles in the Quarterly Printed Net News about OA ministries including one from Hopkinsville, and Bowling Green so far.
.This  theme for Older Adult Recognition Day in May was AGE STRONG! LIVE LONG!– , recognizing the diversity and vitality of today’s older Americans who span 3 generations.  The 2008 General Conference UMC established May as the month to recognize the contributions of older adults, and to join with them in providing ministries that support and empower older adults.  The energy and commitment of all the older adult’s core leadership component in most congregations finds them doing their part to enhance the quality of life for all God’s children.  Please put this on your Church/District Calendars.
Four regional workshops that to be led by Dr. Richard Gentzler, Jr., about “AGING & MINISTRY IN THE 21st CENTURY” as follows:
1) September 9, 2010 – Faneli Hall, Kavanaugh LEC, Crestwood - Central Region: E-town, Frankfort, & Louisville Districts
2) April 7, 2011 – Union College, Barbourville – Southeast Region: Columbia, Corbin, & Prestonsburg Districts
3)  April 8, 2011 – Kentucky Wesleyan College, Owensboro – Western Region: Bowling Green, Madisonville, & Owensboro Districts
4)  April 19, 2012 – Wesley Village, Wilmore – Northeast Region: Ashland, Covington, & Lexington Districts
Note: You have received an announcement brochure in your conference packet which gives you more detailed information about this workshop event, including  .6 CEUs.

Food for Thought and Talk: What do you think about the statement, “Christians don’t RETIRE:  They RE—FIRE! -? (Quote From  10 Gospel Promises for Later Life, “Promise #2 – We Have a Lifelong Mission” by Dr. Jane Marie Thibault, member Ky. Conf. OAMT)