By Chris Holck Encore - The name says it all! If you have ever been to a concert that was so entertaining, so excellent that you didn’t want it to be over, then you most likely hoped for or cheered for an encore. You stood and applauded and maybe even whistled, hooted, howled and possibly [...]
Midwest Regional Conference October 19, 2012 | Rockpoint Church, Lake Elmo, MN Plenary Sessions Ward Tanneberg with Jeff Mattesich Sticky ELDERS: Let’s Start the Generational Conversation! Your world is changing. The kids are growing up! Influence is shifting. Taking our place as the young and master elders (adult singles, parents and grandparents) in families and [...]
We Want an Encore! by Chris Holck I have come to the conclusion that it is best for me to erase the term “Senior,” as in Senior Citizen, from my vocabulary. If society agrees with me, the ramifications are many! We have senior centers, senior moments, senior living, senior menus, senior adult pastors and ministries, [...]
Chris Holck Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center Just a question for you Boomers? There is an American proverb that says, A man’s home is his castle.” How do you view the home/castle that you have worked so hard for? Do you get inside, shut the garage door (pull up the drawbridge) and [...]
MEET CHRIS HOLCK AT ILC—ATLANTA! After seven years in business, Chris served three EFCA churches. His interest in older adult ministry was sparked while serving in his most recent church. He realized that his church (and he would later learn the EFCA as well) needed a better way of ministering to the new wave of [...]