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#207724 - 09/15/10 02:17 PM
Re: Christian Ministry in the 'Second Half' of Life?
[Re: Songbird]
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Another idea for MINISTRY is teaching to read and write. You would be surprised to learn how many people need to learn or improve such basic skills.
Learning to make a budget and stick to it would be great for some, given the trying economic times we live in today.
Teaching English as a second language to friends from other countries is a great ministry too!
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#207726 - 09/15/10 04:51 PM
Re: Christian Ministry in the 'Second Half' of Life?
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Donna: My sister has a Inspirational Card Ministry. She makes her own cards with her own hands and gives to those around her in distress, dealing with illness, loss, discouragement or any other negative situation. She loves to see the smile on the receiver's face when the open it and feel so loved and special.
At times, people ask her to make a special card for a specific situation and they buy it. What she collects from those sporadic sales she gives to help build churches.
She also has her own ministry, helping out college students who lack basic necessities. She regularly makes baskets with lots of goodies including food items, everyday and school items. She only requires of them that once they finish college, the return the good by doing good to another student in need.
I hope one of these ideas helps you.
Edited by Songbird (09/15/10 04:52 PM)
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#207730 - 09/16/10 12:18 AM
Re: Christian Ministry in the 'Second Half' of Life?
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Believe it or not, there are women, like me, who've never had kids and STILL don't know "what to do" for the Lord.
We never had kids and will never have grands/great grands etc. Ministering to those who continue to flounder when all we see around us are grandmothers. We cannot relate.
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#207743 - 09/16/10 01:48 PM
Re: Christian Ministry in the 'Second Half' of Life?
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Di, I am not my uterus. The world is not divided into grandmothers and other people. We all have skills and good intentions: those are all that's needed to help others.
I have an idea: I'd like to see something about helping older women seek their place as connectors and mentors. All too often I think we're overlooked as no longer cool and young, but we can do all the things mentioned in this thread and more. Helping to set up a community clearing house to match people with needs might be a great way to help some folks step out.
More: staying up-to-date with electronic media. These are just tools that can be used to do research, connect people, disseminate information.
Taking care of our health. If we learn good habits, we can set an example for everyone around us and still keep moving.
Dotsie had a great idea for relating to your adult children, but it could be expanded to include women our age and our relations to everyone else. We're all going through stages in life and adjusting to them can have a huge effect on our relationships to everyone else.
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#207871 - 09/20/10 04:02 PM
Re: Christian Ministry in the 'Second Half' of Life?
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Boomers, I'm taking notes! I do so hope that the Women's Ministry Department will allow me to teach a class on one of these topics. We have a lot of learning under our collective belts (even if we don't wear actual belts any more! ).
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#207873 - 09/20/10 06:31 PM
Re: Christian Ministry in the 'Second Half' of Life?
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-Parenting Classes for Unwed Teen-age Mothers is a good way for "more experienced" women to help others too.
_Also starting a "non christian spouse support group" can help many dealing with the pressure and the ups and downs of such a status. it can be a truly positive outreach and an eye-opener too!
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#207876 - 09/20/10 06:36 PM
Re: Christian Ministry in the 'Second Half' of Life?
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Jabber: I love your idea to visit the elderly in shelters and nursing homes. So many of them are "tossed away and forgotten" .
This weekend we went to visit an elderly lady from church and she was delighted. Didn't want us to leave. They do get lonely and providing them company does them well!
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