Adult Christian Education Presents:
Surprises and Opportunities In Aging
A Class for those between ages 40 and 100
This class begins on Sunday, May 7 and runs through June 11, at 9:15 AM in the Fireside Room at The Community Church. This same class will also be repeated in the afternoons at 4 PM starting on May 14 running through June 18. We hope this schedule will allow the flexibility you may need to be able to attend this class. Feel free to attend the entire series or just the class that may be of particular interest to you. You may also attend either the morning or afternoon class, depending on what might fit your schedule best for that day. There will be a $10 fee to cover class materials.
May 7 - Growing Old in the 21 Century: Interaction with the Passing of Time ² How Long Can We Expect to Live? ² How Long do We Expect the Older Generation to be Around? ² How Do We Plan for the Expected and the Unexpected?
May 14 - Companions for the Last Thirty Years ²Who will Accompany Us Our On Aging Journey? ² Who Will We Accompany Through Their Aging Process? ² What Are the Skills We Need for Connection? ² What Are The Supports We Need to Have in Place?
May 21 - What Are the Emotional Experiences We Can Expect for the Last 30 Years? How Do We Prepare for Time on Our Hands? ² Where Will We Find the Emotional Support? ² How Do We Tackle the Reality of Intergenerational Communications? ² Are We Whining or Winsome? ² We Do have Choices.
May 28 How Do We Prepare our Bodies & Our Spirits for Unexpected Years? What are the Fallacies & Realities of Health Issues for Us & Our Families in the Aging Process? ² How Do Lead Ourselves, Our Families & Friends of all Ages into the Joys of Well Being?
June 4 How Do Climb the Mountains & Move Through the Valleys with Style & Excitement? How De We Develop Expectations that Can Be Shared Over Generational Divides. ² How Do We Share Experiences with Families & Friends in Ways That Offer Cause For Celebration & Warmth?
June 11 How Do We Develop our Road Maps with Contingencies for the Unexpected? How to Pack our Spiritual Back Packs with essentials for the Trip? ² How do we Share our Learnings with Excitement Instead of the Tedium of Complaining? ² How Do We Insure Our Capacity to Listen to Ourselves & Others on the Pathway to The End of our Journey.
This Class is designed for those between the ages of forty and ninety, for those connected to the ending decades: either their own or with those they care about.
We will share wisdom, humor and frustration and learn about ourselves and each other. We will learn how to be partners in the aging process rather than patients or observers. We will discover resources that are written and resources that come in a variety of packages.
This is a class based on faith and understanding. We will be coming together to learn and explore and we will encourage reflection and adventure.
You are invited to join us for individual sessions or the entire series. This is a subject matter in which we all have a significantly invested interest – aging is going to happen whether we talk about it our not. We can promise this will be an experience that offers you opportunities to explore and share in ways that work best for you.
