"BECOME YOUR LEGACY"--MAY IS OLDER ADULT MONTH
“I pray that the God of Glory may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation…so that with the eyes of your heart, you may know what is the hope to which you have been called and what are the riches of God’s glorious inheritance among the saints…”
Ephesians 1: 17-18 Oxford inclusive version
Each May, the Older Adult Ministry Cabinet of the Caring Ministries sponsors Older Adult Month. The theme for 2009 is “Become Your Legacy.”
Rachael Freed, founder of Life Legacies, has described legacy as the “footprints we leave behind.” A legacy is evidence that our lives have had meaning and that we have made a difference to the people our lives have touched. “Becoming your legacy” is a life-long process, one that we begin as children and continue throughout our lives as we lead the way by example, teaching and living life faithfully—striving toward the “hope to which we have been called.” Our beliefs and values, our thoughts and actions, contribute to who we are as people of God and guide us toward the hope to which God has called us. Like the transformation from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly, our lives are a process of becoming our legacy.
Wonderful resources have been created to help you and your congregation explore "the hope to which you have been called" and ways to live out and preserve our legacy. Worship resources, Sunday school and small group study sessions, intergenerational activities, and personal reflections are available at www.brethren.org/oam. Click on Older Adult Month to download and print these materials or contact Caring Ministries at (800) 323-8039 for paper versions of these resources.
Kim Ebersole
Director of Family Life and Older Adult Ministries
Ephesians 1: 17-18 Oxford inclusive version
Each May, the Older Adult Ministry Cabinet of the Caring Ministries sponsors Older Adult Month. The theme for 2009 is “Become Your Legacy.”
Rachael Freed, founder of Life Legacies, has described legacy as the “footprints we leave behind.” A legacy is evidence that our lives have had meaning and that we have made a difference to the people our lives have touched. “Becoming your legacy” is a life-long process, one that we begin as children and continue throughout our lives as we lead the way by example, teaching and living life faithfully—striving toward the “hope to which we have been called.” Our beliefs and values, our thoughts and actions, contribute to who we are as people of God and guide us toward the hope to which God has called us. Like the transformation from caterpillar to chrysalis to butterfly, our lives are a process of becoming our legacy.
Wonderful resources have been created to help you and your congregation explore "the hope to which you have been called" and ways to live out and preserve our legacy. Worship resources, Sunday school and small group study sessions, intergenerational activities, and personal reflections are available at www.brethren.org/oam. Click on Older Adult Month to download and print these materials or contact Caring Ministries at (800) 323-8039 for paper versions of these resources.
Kim Ebersole
Director of Family Life and Older Adult Ministries
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