TY - BOOK AU - Koepke,Donald TI - Ministering to older adults: the building blocks SN - 0789030489 (hardcover : alk. paper) AV - BV4435 .M54 2005 U1 - 259/.3 22 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Haworth Pastoral Press KW - Church work with older people KW - Aging KW - Religious aspects KW - Christianity N1 - "... has been co-published simultaneously as Journal of religion, spirituality, and aging, Volume 17, Numbers 3/4 2005."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Why older adult ministry?; Donald R. Koepke --; Pt. 1: The fundamentals --; Step one: --; Who are the elderly?; Robert Carlson --; Step two: --; What do you want the older adult ministry program to accomplish?; Donald R. Koepke --; Step Three: --; Assessing readiness for OAM (Older Adult Ministry); Donald R. Koepke --; Step Four: --; Planning for older adult ministry; Donald R. Koepke --; Pt. 2: Programming based on spiritual needs --; Spiritual need one: spiritual development: the aging process: a journey of life long spiritual formation; Ray Mattes --; Spiritual need two: continued learning for older adults and older adult organizations; Rod Parrott --; Spiritual need three: opportunities to serve, "Call me a master, not a senior citizen"; Bonnie Stover --; Spiritual need four: opportunities to be served and to share with others; Donald R. Koepke and James Ellor --; Spiritual need five: providing quality pastoral care as a congregation; Robert A. Rost --; Spiritual need six: community building; Judy Armstrong Bever --; Pt. 3: Putting it all together --; Building blocks for older adult ministry; Donald R. Koepke UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0511/2005011144.html ER -