Senior Adult Ministry and Fellowship
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Immanuel’s congregation includes a vibrant community of older adults who are active participants in all aspects of parish life. The mission of Senior Ministry and Fellowship is to support them in their faith journey with educational and fellowship opportunities of special interest to seniors, links to important resources, and programs that help to integrate all generations spiritually.
Immanuel Seniors on the Move! Below, view photos of some of the many activities hosted by Immanuel's Senior Adult Ministry and Fellowship:
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News and Upcoming EventsLUNCHEONS GOODWIN HOUSE We are hoping to resume Our monthly Senior Ministry and Fellowship luncheon at Goodwin House soon. Please watch for announcements. ZABRISKIE PARISH HALL BROWN BAG Bring your sandwich or salad to the Zabriskie parish hall will be Tuesday, September 27, at 12:15pm. At Senior Ministry and Fellowship’s monthly brown bag luncheon we will be joined by our Assistant Rector (and new dad) Sam Sheridan and Associate Rector Susan Parsons to talk with us about how seniors can best support the faith development of the children here in our parish and those in our extended families, living locally or far away. If you have a favorite children’s book touching on faith or with a spiritual worldview, please bring the title and author’s name and we will compile a list to be shared amongst ourselves and uploaded to the Immanuel website. SPECIAL GUEST! We will also be joined by The Very Reverend Ian Markham, Dean and President of Virginia Theological Seminary. Rev. Markham will introduce the Lifelong Learning class that he will be offering a VTS this autumn, Faith and Conspiracy Theories. The class will be Tuesday evenings, November 15 to December 6, from 7:00-8:30pm in the Addison Academic Center. We will have the tables in the parish hall spread apart and tables will be designated for eating or not eating. Bring your sandwich and sit at an EATING table or wear your mask throughout the gathering and sit at a NON-EATING table. It will still be an opportunity to gather together. Senior Ministry and Fellowship will provide dessert and beverages. There is no cost for this luncheon and all Immanuel seniors are invited to attend. No reservation is needed, but it does help in planning right amount of dessert! Please email Karen Besser if you have questions. EVENT No van this month! Instead, Senior Adult Ministry and Fellowship will be meeting in the parish hall and the adjacent kitchen to create chocolate candies to be sold at the Pumpkin Patch in October. Join us on Saturday, September 24, from 9:30 until 12:00pm. If you can use a microwave, you might spend some time melting the different colors of chocolate. If you prefer to be seated, you will be piping chocolate into molds or wielding a small paint brush to give the pumpkins, autumn leaves, or ghosts a little color-contrast detail. Finally, we’ll be wrapping the cooled candy in boxes and wrappers, ready to be priced and sold. No need to commit to the entire three hours; just come for as long as you are able. Come and help prepare an exciting new offering for the Pumpkin Patch. Remember, 100% of the proceeds from the sale of things that we make ourselves at Immanuel goes straight to Patch profit and then out into the community via the organizations designated by our Outreach Committee. So, all hands to the chocolate! Please RSVP to Karen Besser. |
"Stewardship of Retirement"
Retirement for most of us describes about one-third of our lives. Yet for many, planning for it seldom goes beyond questions of adequate income, a keen anticipation of some things we won't have to do anymore and a vague notion of leisure. These things are essential, but life is much more.
The "Stewardship of Retirement" Seminar was led by Immanuel parishioner The Rev. Dr. Francis H. Wade at Immanuel on September 27, 2014. Participants included both those contemplating retirement and those already retired. A series of break-out sessions drilled down on the issues of leaving one pattern of life and establishing a new one. The first video below is the introduction by Dr. Wade. Below that are shorter videos of his comments preceding each of the break-out sessions.
The "Stewardship of Retirement" Seminar was led by Immanuel parishioner The Rev. Dr. Francis H. Wade at Immanuel on September 27, 2014. Participants included both those contemplating retirement and those already retired. A series of break-out sessions drilled down on the issues of leaving one pattern of life and establishing a new one. The first video below is the introduction by Dr. Wade. Below that are shorter videos of his comments preceding each of the break-out sessions.
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