Aging
Authors
Topics
Church's Ministry with Older Adults, The
Type: BOOK
Author: Taylor, Blaine
Author: Taylor, Blaine
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Aging
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Clergy
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General
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Laity
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Ministry
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Older Adult
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Pastoral Care
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Pastoral Skills
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Programming
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Handbook for pastors and churches seeking to better serve people over 65. A toolbox of suggestions, illustrations, and program ideas designed for clergy and lay people committed to ministry with America's fastest growing population segment.
Faith Development in the Adult Life Cycle: Report of a Research Project
Type: BOOK
Author:
Author:
Results and implications of a study conducted between 1981 and 1986 examining a variety of factors relating the processes of aging and faith development among adults. Study involved over 1000 persons in North America
Forty-Six: A Study for Midlife Adults Who Want to Make a Difference
Type: BOOK
Author: Gentzler and Miller
Author: Gentzler and Miller
Individual or group study identifying major issues that many people face as they move into midlife. Combines information about aging with biblical and personal reflection.
Full of Years: Aging and the Elderly in the Bible and Today
Type: BOOK
Author: Sapp, Stephen
Author: Sapp, Stephen
Eye-opening Bible-based guidebook. Covers: The current status of older Americans, what the Bible teaches about aging and the elderly, the contemporary Christian understanding of aging, the Christian's obligation to older people.
Fullness of Time: Short Stories of Women and Aging
Type: BOOK
Author: Hickman, Martha Whitmore
Author: Hickman, Martha Whitmore
Contains short stories of great tenderness blending great triumph and loss that is the essence of aging. Includes "Weavings," short story winner of the 1989 Associated Church Press honorable mention award of merit in fiction.
Good Old Age, A
Type: VHS
Author: UMCom
Author: UMCom
Old age is a subject that many people would prefer of avoid discussing or even thinking about. Yet, as the joke goes, getting old beats the alternative. Of all the different topics that a group might choose to study, aging is the only one that is going to happen to everyone. Designed to challenge some of the common thinking about aging by introducing several older people who share their reflections on growing older. Comes with study guide.
Hello In There
Type: VHS
Author:
Author:
Dramatizes the story of Mary, a widow living in a retirement home, who creates imaginative ways to escape the monotony of her existence. Includes leader's guide.
Honor Your Father and Mother: For Middle Adults who Love and Care for Older Adults
Type: BOOK
Author: GBGM Church School Publication
Author: GBGM Church School Publication
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Aging
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General
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Group Study
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Intergenerational
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Middle-Age/Midlife
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Older Adult
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Parent/Child Relationship
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Parenting
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Leader and Student books. Study for middle adults in 7 sessions, covers the myths and realities of aging, what it means to be caught in the "sandwich" between needs of children and parents, interpersonal relationships, and the spiritual journey shared with aging parents or other older persons.
How Can I Be Over the Hill When I haven't Seen the Top Yet?
Type: BOOK
Author: Wilson, Patricia
Author: Wilson, Patricia
Faith-full reflections on the middle years of life. With experience constantly accumulating, the Christian life gets better and better. Takes on the subject of aging with the light, humorous outlook familiar to readers of her previous books.
Last Right, The
Type: VHS
Author: Fortier, Robert
Author: Fortier, Robert
Based on a true story of a family grappling with the serious illness of their aged father. Communicates the confusion and helplessness of a family confronted by the dilemma of death with dignity. In a lucid moment he asks his family to respect his wish (stated many years ago) that if he ever became "really sick" to let him go quietly.
Late Frost, A: Reflections on Aging
Type: VHS
Author:
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Divided into approximately ten 5-minute segments dealing with aging issues. Useful for all who interface with the elderly, and especially Stephen Ministry programs. The video often shows older adults as seen through the eyes of children and youth. Includes discussion guide.
Minnie Remembers
Type: VHS
Author: Henderson, Arnold and Smith
Author: Henderson, Arnold and Smith
A deeply-moving visual poem about the quiet despair, the sense of futility, and the sometimes incredible loneliness that is often part of aging. Includes leader's guide.
Portraits Of Age
Type: VHS
Author: Simone di Bagno
Author: Simone di Bagno
Shot on location around the world this video comprises individual short stories of elderly people and the roles they play in their respective societies. A Fisherman in India, a grandmother in Uganda, an activist in Argentina, a dance teacher in Cambodia, a grandfather in Egypt and a volunteer in New York. This video shows how active and productive the senior citizen is today.
Social Issues: A Bishop's Perspective
Type: BOOK
Author: Colaw, Emerson S.
Author: Colaw, Emerson S.
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Aging
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Alcohol
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Drugs
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Ecology
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Ethics
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Family
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Gambling
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General
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Homosexuality
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Peace
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Racism
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Sexuality
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Social Justice
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United Methodist
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Here is one Bishop's attempt to give much-needed leadership in the continuing debate about social issues. What do United Methodists believe about social issues? About tough, controversial issues such as abortion, nuclear war, and homosexuality? About alcoholism and gambling? About the role of the family?
Television Looks at Aging
Type: BOOK
Author: Briller, Bert R.
Author: Briller, Bert R.
An appraisal of how the medium of TV serves the interests of a growing segment of the population. A national sample of programming in the 1980s shows how TV is helping to make the older generation of Americans more visible by drawing attention to their needs and their very real contributions to society.
You and Your Aging Parents
Type: VHS
Author:
Author:
Designed to help adult children understand the emotional and physical needs of their aging parents and realize their own emotional and physical limits as caregivers. Includes presenter's guide.