THE AUTHORAmy Hanson, Ph.D., is a speaker, teacher, writer, and consultant who is passionate about motivating church leaders to engage older adults in significant Kingdom work. By the age of twenty-three, she led the active adult (fifty plus) ministries at Central Christian Church in Las Vegas. Today she unites her doctorate in gerontology and her ministry experience to educate and equip pastors, denominational leaders, students, health care professionals, and older adults on the unique opportunities of an aging America. To learn more visit amyhanson.org.

• About Leadership Network viiAcknowledgments ixIntroduction: Reinventing Ministry with Older Adults xiPart One: Ready for More: The New Old 11. A Wake-Up Call for the Church: A Reality We Can’t Ignore 32. Not What You Thought: New Ways to Think About Aging 19Part Two: The Boomer-and-Beyond World 353. Aging Well 374. Relationships and Responsibilities 515. Retirement: What It Is and What It Is Becoming 73Part Three: Harnessing the Potential: Implications for the Church 976. Letting Go of the “One Size Fits All” Mentality 997. Serving: The Linchpin of a Successful Ministry 1238. Matters of Faith: Spiritual Growth for the Boomer 1459. Melding the Generations 167Conclusion: An Uncharted Opportunity 187Notes 191About the Author 199

THE AUTHORAmy Hanson, Ph.D., is a speaker, teacher, writer, and consultant who is passionate about motivating church leaders to engage older adults in significant Kingdom work. By the age of twenty-three, she led the active adult (fifty plus) ministries at Central Christian Church in Las Vegas. Today she unites her doctorate in gerontology and her ministry experience to educate and equip pastors, denominational leaders, students, health care professionals, and older adults on the unique opportunities of an aging America. To learn more visit amyhanson.org.

• About Leadership Network viiAcknowledgments ixIntroduction: Reinventing Ministry with Older Adults xiPart One: Ready for More: The New Old 11. A Wake-Up Call for the Church: A Reality We Can’t Ignore 32. Not What You Thought: New Ways to Think About Aging 19Part Two: The Boomer-and-Beyond World 353. Aging Well 374. Relationships and Responsibilities 515. Retirement: What It Is and What It Is Becoming 73Part Three: Harnessing the Potential: Implications for the Church 976. Letting Go of the “One Size Fits All” Mentality 997. Serving: The Linchpin of a Successful Ministry 1238. Matters of Faith: Spiritual Growth for the Boomer 1459. Melding the Generations 167Conclusion: An Uncharted Opportunity 187Notes 191About the Author 199

THE AUTHORAmy Hanson, Ph.D., is a speaker, teacher, writer, and consultant who is passionate about motivating church leaders to engage older adults in significant Kingdom work. By the age of twenty-three, she led the active adult (fifty plus) ministries at Central Christian Church in Las Vegas. Today she unites her doctorate in gerontology and her ministry experience to educate and equip pastors, denominational leaders, students, health care professionals, and older adults on the unique opportunities of an aging America. To learn more visit amyhanson.org.

• About Leadership Network viiAcknowledgments ixIntroduction: Reinventing Ministry with Older Adults xiPart One: Ready for More: The New Old 11. A Wake-Up Call for the Church: A Reality We Can’t Ignore 32. Not What You Thought: New Ways to Think About Aging 19Part Two: The Boomer-and-Beyond World 353. Aging Well 374. Relationships and Responsibilities 515. Retirement: What It Is and What It Is Becoming 73Part Three: Harnessing the Potential: Implications for the Church 976. Letting Go of the “One Size Fits All” Mentality 997. Serving: The Linchpin of a Successful Ministry 1238. Matters of Faith: Spiritual Growth for the Boomer 1459. Melding the Generations 167Conclusion: An Uncharted Opportunity 187Notes 191About the Author 199