Senior Adults

Senior Adults

Stretching Seniors

Join us Tuesday and Friday mornings at 9:00 am
in the Multi-purpose Room for a great time of
stretching and having fun getting into shape

Young at Heart Ministry

We offer the Young at Heart Ministries which provides monthly Christian fellowship of eating out, cook outs, day trips, and special overnight trips for those sixty and above. This ministry meets the first Monday of each month.

Young At Heart meets on the first Monday of each month at 10:30 am for a special time of fellowship. We enjoy a fine meal prepared for us while engaging in conversation with friends around the table. After the meal, we have a brief meeting to discuss and plan upcoming events and relay any news we need to hear. We close the day with a guest speaker who delivers a message designed to address our specific needs. Join us in the Fellowship Hall each month for this special time.

Sr. Adult 1.1 Young at Heart Fellowships
2010

All monthly fellowships will meet in the Fellowship Hall at 10:30 am unless noted

Monthly Meetings for 2010

Monday, April 5
Breakfast
**9:00 am

Monday, May 3
BBQ at the home of
James and Sheila Foxworthy

Monday, June 7
Salad Luncheon

Monday, July 12
Lunch hosted by the WABC Youth

Monday, August 2
Covered-Dish Luncheon

Monday, October 4
Poor Man's Luncheon

Monday, November 1
Hot Dog Dinner

For details about the monthly Young at Heart Fellowships, please contact Joann Morrison, 704-838-1062.

Sr. Adult 2.2 Special Events for
Senior Adults
2010

May 17-20
Gettysburg, PA
Joseph & Psalms of David                  Monday-Thursday   Lancaster, PA   Members - $350.00
Non-YAH members - $390.00                  $160.00 Due –
March 1
Balance Due - April 5

Trip will include three-nights lodging at the Country Inn of Lancaster with Buffet Breakfast, 2 dinners, admission to all attractions and shows, and motor coach transportation (See flyer for daily activities)

Saturday, July 24
NarroWay Productions - Fort Mill, SCMembers - $30.00
Non-YAH members - $45.00
Due – June 1

Today our first stop will be the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte to view their new displays and then onto a dinner theatre in Fort Mill, SC for a very unique experience in Christian entertainment. We will have lunch served to us by the actors and then see a performance of “The Gospel According to Tennessee”. Set in 1926, this fast paced musical takes you to East Tennessee where the fun never ends. Sing-a-long with fabulous old Southern classics and watch the gospel truths unfold through the eyes and imagination of Tennessee.

Thursday, September 9
Shatley Springs & More
Members - $10.00                          Non-YAH members - $20.00
Due – August 2
Plans are to go to Shatley Springs for a delicious all-you-can eat family style breakfast with the rest of the day being a mystery trip.   You may guess where we are going, but I can’t tell. Just be ready to leave early.

Monday-Friday, October 11-15
Senior Week at Caswell
Members - $200.00
Non-YAH Members -$230.00
$100.00 Due August 2
Balance Due October 4

This is a great week for spiritual renewal, great fellowship and food as well as a week of wonderful relaxation to enjoy God’s creation.

Tuesday, November 9
Carl Hurley/Jeanne Robertson
Columbia, SC
Members - $40.00
Non-YAH Members - $55.00
Due – October 4

Today we travel to the Township Auditorium in Columbia, SC for a 2:00 p.m. performance by America’s funniest professor, Carl Hurley along with his special 6’2” guest Jeanne Robertson. Lunch will be on the way and is included in the price.

Reservations for all trips will be taken on a first come, first serve basis. You may sign up at any Young at Heart meeting or by calling Phyllis Travis at 704-585-6673.

If you do not see me at church and need to mail your payments, my home address is:

480 East Lackey Farm Road
Stony Point, NC 28678

All checks should be made payable to Young at Heart - WABC

The Bible has much to say to senior adults and a younger world’s relationship with them. Old age is most often associated with wisdom. Job 12:12 says, “Wisdom is with aged men and with long life is understanding.” The Bible tells us we are to honor those who have lived a full life. But old age also brings other, often unwanted, things with it: decreased energy, eyesight, hearing, various aches and pains. Life can become a rut, a predictable series of events that never change from day to day.

It doesn’t have to be that way, especially for the older Christian man and woman. Old age can bring about an even greater love for God, for the people of God and for the things of God. Seniors have walked with God for many years and have seen and experienced so much more than those years younger. A church that is right WILL value and honor its older members who have spent decades in fellowship with the Lord, in the study of His World and in service to His church.

After all, God knows the value of older individuals:

Paul was in his 60s when he made his final mission trip.

Moses was 80 when God called him to lead Israel out of Egypt.

Caleb was 85 when he drove the enemy off his land.

John was pushing 90 when he wrote the Book of the Revelation.

Noah was 600 when the flood came.

Indeed, the church is blessed to have men and women who can say with that senior adult of old, the Apostle Paul, “I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.”

The Senior Adults at Western Avenue Baptist Church experience an abundant life in Christ. The Senior Adult ministry, Young At Heart, seeks to honor God by providing opportunities for seniors to grow spiritually, fellowship with one another, and reach lost and unchurched senior adults in the Statesville community.

This growing ministry also encourages senior adults to not RETIRE in their service to Christ. There is still plenty of work to be done and some of that work can be done best by our more “seasoned citizens” who know from experience the ways and will of God