To Study and Recommend Strategies to Advance Congregation-based Older Adult Ministries

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To Study and Recommend Strategies to Advance 
Congregation-based Older Adult Ministries 
WHEREAS, Congregations of the Synod are blessed by growing 
memberships of active older saints; and 
WHEREAS, Older adults, at a different stage of life, may be 
seeking renewed purpose and value; and 
WHEREAS, Older adults, as God’s children, make a significant 
impact upon the lives of others in the name of Jesus Christ; and 
WHEREAS, Older adults are to be looked upon as a special 
blessing God gives to the Church to be actively used in the mission 
of the Church; therefore be it 
Resolved, 
That the Synod in convention give thanks to God for 
the gifts and service of older adults in its congregations; and be it 
further 
Resolved, That the Synod in convention direct the appropriate 
synodwide board or office to study and identify resources and 
strategies to empower congregation -based older adult ministry at 
the local level and to report its findings and recommendations to the 
congregations and districts of the Synod; and be it finally 
Resolved, That the Synod in convention encourage the use of this 
study to strengthen and expand faithful, congregation-
based older 
adult ministries throughout the Synod. 
Southeastern District 
Ov.