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Adult Ministry
Older-Wiser-Loving-Life - Adult Ministry At Northwood
 O.W.L.L.S., Northwood’s Adult Ministry, reaches out to senior
citizens through four prongs or specialized areas of ministry. Fellowship and
Fun, under the guidance of Bev Grounds, is already planning day trips and other
special events. Financial and Legal Matters are handled by Blanche Ryan, who
will get help and information she can’t provide herself. Linda Iverson is in
charge of arranging Programs on and Help with Personal Needs. Sally Johnson
provides small group studies on Personal and Spiritual Growth as well as time
for any seniors who simply want to come in and talk about whatever. These four
persons, along with Charlotte Canaday, Jane and Jay Maust, and Jean Longway, who
represent different age groups in the older population of the church, form the
Older Adult Ministries Council. The council meets on the last Monday of every
month to plan future programs and activities and evaluate on-going and past
programs.
Click here to view the photo slide show from the trip to see the painted
churches in Schulenburg, Texas.
Associate For Older Adult Ministry Available For Pastoral Counseling
By Sally Johnson
I plan to be in my office at the church, God willing, every Wednesday between
9 and 5 and invite any of you who are lonely, who have a problem or a decision
you want to talk about, or simply want to visit, to come see me. I know that
often people who live alone or do not have family members nearby sometimes have
decisions to make or problems to deal with and would simply like to talk things
over with another person, someone whom you can trust to keep whatever you say in
confidence, someone who will listen and ask questions without judging you or
telling you what to do. Sometimes you feel the pastor is so busy and your needs
so relatively unimportant that you don’t want to take his time. Still, you wish
you had somebody to talk with. I am offering to be that “somebody.”
Sometimes you may not even have a problem. You’d just like to talk about God
and your experience of or relationship with God with someone who will take you
seriously and not make judgments about how you pray – or don’t pray – , how you
feel close to – or distant from – God. Again, I want to be that “someone.”
I do recommend that you call before you come so that you won’t have to wait
to see me in case someone is already there. I also will be glad to make “home
visits” to those unable to come to the church. Please call me at the church on
Wednesdays or at my home (828-6122) to set up a time for me to come.
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