Older Adult Ministries Reading List

AUTHOR'S NAME TITLE YEAR
Arn, Win and Arn, Charles
Catch the Age Wave: A Handbook for Effective Ministry with Older Adults
1999
Carlson, Dosia
Engaging in Ministry with Older Adults
1997
Chinen, Allan
In the Ever After: Fairy Tales and the Second Half of Life
1989
Combs, Ann
How Old Is Old?
1987
Dunson, Miriam A Very Present Help:  Psalm Studies for Older Adults 1999
 
Fischer, Kathleen
Winter Grace
1998
Gentzler & Clingan
Aging, God's Challenge to Church and Synogogue
1996
Gentzler, Richard
Designing an Older Adult Ministry
1999
Gentzler, Richard & Miller, Craig Kennett Forty Six: A Study of Midlife Adults Who Make A Difference 2001

 
Greenberg, Vivian E.
Respecting Your Limits When Caring for Aging Parents
1998
Hayflick, Leonard
How and Why We Age
1996
Jacobs, Ruth Harriet Be An Outrageous Older Woman 1997
 
Job, Reuben
A Guide to Spiritual Discernment
1996
Jones, Doris Moreland
And Not One Bird Stopped Singing: Coping with Transition and Loss in Aging
1997
Johnson, Barbara
Leaking Laffs Between Pampers and Depends
2000
Johnson, Barbara
Living Somewhere Between Estrogen and Death
1997
Kimble, Melvin (Ed
Aging, Spirituality and Religion: A Handbook
1995
Koenig, Harold G. & Weaver, Andrew J.
Counseling Troubled Older Adults: A Handbook for Pastors & Religious Caregivers
1997
Lanese, Janet
Grandmothers are Like Snowflakes, No Two are Alike
1996
Levin, Nora Jean
How to Care for Your Parents, A Practical Guide to Eldercare
1987
Martz, Sandra Haldeman, ed.
Grow Old Along with Me the Best is Yet to Be
1996
Maves,Paul
Faith for the Older Years: Making the Most of Life's Second Half
1998
Maxwell, Katie
Bedside Manners: A Practical Guide to Visiting the Ill
1990
McIlwain, Harris and Bruce, Debra
My Parent, My Turn
1995
Miles, Miska
Annie and the Old One
1971
Miller, Craig K. Baby Boomer Spirituality: Ten Essential Values of a Generation
 
1991
Moody, Harry R.
Ethics in an Aging Society
1992
Morgan, Richard
Autumn Wisdom: A Book of Readings
1995
Morgan, Richard
I Never Found that Rocking Chair: God's Call at Retirement
1992
Morgan, Richard
No Wrinkles on the Soul: A Book of Readings for Older Adults
1990
Morgan, Richard
Remembering Your Story: A Guide for Spiritual Autobiography
1996
Morgan, Richard
With Faces to the Evening Sun
1998
Paul, Susanne S. & Paul, James A. Humanity Comes of Age: The New Context for Ministry with the Elderly
 
1994
Saussy, Caroll The Art of Growing Old: A Guide to Faithful Aging 1998
     
Seymour, Robert E.
Aging Without Apology: Living the Senior Years with Integrity and Faith
1995
Simmon, Henry C. Thriving After 55:  Your Guide to Fully Living the Rest of Your Life
 
2000
Strecker, Teresa R.
Alzheimer's Making Sense of Suffering
1997
Thibault, Jane Marie
A Deepening Love Affair: The Gift of God in Later Life
1993
Weaver, Koenig, (Eds
Reflections on Aging and Spiritual Growth
1998
RELATING TO CHILDREN
Fox, Mem
Night Noises
1989
Fox, Mem
Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge
1985
Mayer, Mercer
Just Grandpa and Me
1985
Mellonie, Bryan & Ingpen, Robert
Lifetimes: The Beautiful Way to Explain Death to Children
1983
Sanford, Doris
It Must Hurt A Lot: A Child's Book About Death
1986
Seuss, Dr.
You're Only Old Once!
1986
Viorst, Judith
The Ten Good Things About Barney
1971


Recommended Reading: Compiled by the N.C. Conference Committee on Older Adult Ministry

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