The North Carolina Conference Committee on Older Adult Ministries seeks to be a focal point for connecting with, building, and resourcing older adult ministries in the local church and Annual Conference. We work to raise awareness of the issues touching the lives of our older adults, and to be in ministry to, with and by older adults.

The responsibilities of the Conference Council on Older Adult Ministries is to:

• Advocate on behalf of older adults and older adult concerns
• Network with local church leaders in older adult ministries
• Resource district and local church leaders
• Train district and local church leaders

Your Conference Council is here to serve you. Please contact us with stories of what your church is doing with Older Adults and how those ministries are meeting the needs of this group of persons, both within your church and outside its doors. Be sure to check out the other resources for Older Adult Ministry in the menu on the left.

A UMNS Feature                       By Heather Hahn*                         12:00 P.M. EST Sept. 3, 2010

Jean Christy felt she was not doing enough for her church, so she called her pastor and asked how she might volunteer.

She was a mere 104 at the time.

Christy suggested she might use her telephone skills to cheer up her fellow Christians, and the Rev. Mike Macdonald, her pastor, agreed.

Since March, Christy has been the “birthday ambassador” for Andrews (N.C.) United Methodist Church. She estimates she calls at least one person a week. She offers well wishes not just to regular worshippers, but also those who have not gone to church in a while. Read more »

Older Adult Ministry

From the 2010 Wisdom & Grace Conference, the following factoids were shared:

According to the US Census Bureau (July 1, 2004), 36.3 million people are 65 and older in the U.S.; 4.9 million people are 85 and older; projected population of people 65 and older in the year 2050 will be 86.7 million.  The projected increase in 65 and over between 2000 and 2050 is 147%.