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RESOURCES
Outlook Trust
July 2007
The
following resources are available for those who want to further their
knowledge of Christian work among older people. The information
may be of
practical use to churches, 'seniors' groups and those interested in
working in
this field.
Organisations
OUTLOOK TRUST,
The Wycliffe Centre, Horsleys Green, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3XL.
Tel/Fax:01494
485222
Email:
admin@outlook-trust.org.uk
Website: www.outlook-trust.org.uk
Main aim: Reaching the
over-55's with the Love of God, through Jesus Christ.
Founded 1992. Interdenominational.
Works mainly through voluntary team-members. Outlook Groups meet for prayer and evangelistic events
locally throughout the country. An
evangelistic ‘road show’ is in use. Training seminars offered as
needed.
CHRISTIAN COUNCIL ON
AGEING, Epworth
House, Stuart Street, Derby DE1 2EQ. Founded 1983.
Tel:01858 431227 Fax: 01803 722415
Main aim: to enable
churches and individuals to respond to the spiritual needs of people in
later life.
(Publish some very useful small books in the Good Practice Series and
Occasional Papers Series) Send for details.
MHA Care Group,
a
major voluntary provider of housing and care services for over 6,000
older people, originally set up as the Centre for the Spirituality of
Ageing at St Monica's, Hinsley Hall to provide resources and training in
the area of spirituality and ageing for ministers, pastoral workers,
volunteers and family members. The
work of the Centre is now carried out from the Leeds Regional Office by
Mrs Pam Kent, their Spirituality of Ageing Adviser. Contact Brooklands
Court, Tunstall Road, Leeds LS11 5HL
Tel: 0113 271 5805 Email: northern@mha.org,uk
THE LEVESON CENTRE for the Study of Ageing, Spirituality and Social Policy
was founded in January 2001 and aims to be a local and national focus
for practical education, training, research and reflection on the role
of older people in the 21st century.
It produces a newsletter and has a valuable range of
publications. For details
contact James Woodward, Foundation of Lady Katherine Leveson, Temple
Balsall, Knowle, Solihull B92
0AL
Tel: 01564 730249 Email: james.w.woodward@btinternet.com
Website: www.levesoncentre.org.uk
PARCHE:
(Pastoral Action in Residential Care
Homes for the Elderly) founded in 1997 in Eastbourne, which has as
its aim ‘to be available to meet the spiritual needs of every elderly
person in residential care’. Contact:
143 Victoria Drive, Eastbourne BN20 8LJ
Email: Parche enquiries@aol.com
Website: www.parche.org.uk
GRANDPARENTS NETWORK:
Founded in 2001 and aims to raise the status of the understated
role that grandparents play in today's society, i.e. 46% of all
childcare in this country is now done by grandparents! Their six main
aims are to pray, support, inform, advise, encourage and to outreach
among grandparents. Contact Rev Kevin Tugwell, 55 Fidlas Ave, Cardiff,
Wales, CF14 0NZ
Tel: 02920 757312.
Email: info@grandparentsnetwork.com
Website: www.grandparentsnetwork.com/
HIGHTIME:
(Christian Vocations is an initiative which
facilitates service opportunities for those over 50 who wish to use life
and career skills to serve God on a voluntary basis) N.B. Hightime is
the section of the website of Christian Vocations which is specifically
for this age group.
Email: info@ChristianVocations.org
Website:
www.ChristianVocations.org
SENIOR VOLUNTEER
NETWORK: Contact: 30 Silverwood Avenue,
Ravenshead, Nottingham, NG15 9BU.
Tel: 01623 793863 Fax: 01623 490724
Email: svn.crump@btinternet.com
Website: www.svnet.org
This is an informal network of
Christians who have retired from posts in education, but seek
opportunities to continue to be of service. Through the network,
organisations that can use help of this kind are linked with volunteers
whose experience and qualifications fit the need.
Resource Materials
*****"Old Favourites"
- a Collection of Hymns from the Outlook Trust
Available
from Outlook Trust, The Wycliffe Centre, Horsleys
Green, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP14 3XL. Cost £3.00
(Members), £3.50 (Non-Members), Multiple copies - 20 @ £50.
New resource of 44 hymns for services in care homes. A4 format in14
pt print size. Hymn writers and suggested tunes included.
*****'Holiday
at Home'*****-
Video and Booklet.
Available from Outlook
Trust, The Wycliffe Centre, Horsleys Green, High Wycombe, Bucks, HP14
3XL. Cost: £10.00(Members), £15.00 (Non-Members)
This new resource was produced In March 2004 and addresses the
need for some guidelines on how to organise a 'Holiday at Home' for
older people and covers all aspects of such a venture. Examples of
activities, dramas, biblical input, meals are included in the booklet,
and the video shows exactly how some churches have produced the actual
programmes.
*****'Drama
Resource Pack'*****
Available from Outlook Trust, The Wycliffe Centre, Horsleys Green,
High Wycombe, Bucks, HP14 3XL. Cost:
£5.00 (Members), £6.00 (Non-Members)
This new resource includes around fifteen plays which have
been written and produced by Outlook members in the majority of cases.
We have tried to choose a selection to fit a variety of needs, ranging
from parable adaptations to family situations and festivals such as
Christmas and Easter.
These are just meant to stimulate budding writers to create their own
dramas as we know there is much untapped talent in the Christian
community.
The plays included are copyright free.
Literature
Christian Publicity Organisation:
CPO, Worthing, UK. Produce 3 large-print pastoral 'tracts'
@45p each. All
contain Bible verses and short prayers - 7 pages long.
Be still and know that I am God - suitable for those suffering from
illness, waiting for operations.
Come, and I will give you rest - for those worried or sad.
I am with you - suitable for those who are worried or fearful
I will carry you - as above ( N.B. stiff card, so will stand up)
- @30p each
CPO: (Tel. 01903 263354)
Bible Reading Fellowship:
Elsfield Hall, 15-17
Elsfield Way, Oxford, OX2 8FG
New Series: Bible readings for special times includes three titles particularly
relevant to older people - 'Bereavement', 'Ill Health', and 'Retirement'
priced at £1.99 each.
BRF: (Tel:01865 319700, Fax: 01865 319701, email: enquiries@brf.org.uk)
Kingsway Publications:Contact via
their website at www.kingsway.co.uk
Outreach pamphlets by Norman Warren.
'Is God There?' @ £0.99 each
and 'Journey into Life' @£0.35 each
The former asks What do scientists and authors say ? Can we , by
searching , find God? and the latter asks What is a Christian? Should I
become a Christian, and if so, how? And what will happen if I don't? Is
there really such a thing as sin?
Lion Hudson: Mayfield House, 256 Banbury
Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 7DH.
Tel:01865 302750
New edition
of
'The Path of Peace' - Reflections on Psalm
23 by
Norman Warren. Price £1.99
Norman said in a recent letter 'It's
aim is to lead people to know the Shepherd!'
Lifewords formerly Scripture Gift Mission: 5 Eccleston Street, London SW1W
9LZ.
Some tracts designed for the older person, e.g.
Living with Loss; Why me?; Meditations for life; Shepherds and
Kings ( useful for Christmas); The
Little book of health; The little book of life;
The little book of character (Will send samples on
request). Free if used personally in evangelism. Large print Gospels and
"Words of Comfort" available. (Tel.020 7730 2155)
Day One Publications:
Ryelands Road, Leominster,
Herefordshire, HR6 8NZ
New Evangelistic booklets suitable for giving to those you meet.
'How can God accept me?' @ 25p each and 'How can I find God?'
@ 20p each. N.B. Discounts available for large quantity purchases.
Also New
range of quality laminated bookmarks over 30 of which are in large
print. All have a coloured photo at the top and a scripture text
below.
Day 1: (Tel: 01568 613740, Fax: 01568 611473, email: sales@dayone.co.uk)
Torch Trust for the Blind: Torch House, Hallaton, Market Harborough, Leics
LE16 8UJ
Giant Print Literature available. Books of the Bible and other Christian
books and booklets. Write and ask for catalogue.
A Commitment Card for older people obtainable from Outlook Trust £1.50 for 10.
A recommended Tract: Dusk to Dawn (Obtainable from Telit. Tel.0131
5540339)
Outlook Tract. Outlooks Change. So do we!
Obtainable from the Outlook Office. £1.50 for 10.
Outlook Tract. 'Hope for the future'
Obtainable from
the Outlook Office. £1.50 for 10.
Recommended
poem and prayer booklets by Mary Oakley -
Thoughts on Life to Come;
Living a Day at a Time;
In Quietness and Confidence or "A White candle"; Who Cares?
obtainable from Outlook Trust, or published by Tim Tiley Ltd, Eblana
Lodge, 157 Cheltenham Road, Bristol BS6 5RR
Recommended
booklets Worship in Residential Care (2 - Good
Practice Series) and Residential Care (5 - Good Practice Series)
and occasional papers, Vocation to
Retirement (6) by Mannes Tidmarsh and Light of Faith (9) by bishop
George Appleton obtainable from Outlook Trust or direct from
CCOA Publications, Epworth House, Stuart Street, Derby, DE1 2EQ
Books
Books
concerning older people rarely stay in print long, but the following are
still currently available.
New in 2008
A Glass of Homemade Lemonade -
Patrick Coughlan, (2008) Veritas,
ISBN 9781847300812. Price: £6.95
Could it be Dementia ? Losing your mind
doesn't mean losing your soul
-
Roger Hitchings & Louise Morse, (2008) Lion Monarch, ISBN 9781854248251. Price £7.99
New in 2007
Rainbows and Promises: 52 readings from the Bible
with selections from well-loved hymns - Jean Wild, (2007) Day
One Publications. ISBN 9781846250989. Price £5.00
Jean gives a special insight into the love, care and concern that God
has for each of His children of fifty plus years.
Making the most of the rest of your
life - John Chapman,
(2007) Matthias Media. ISBN 9781921068768. Price £2.99
Written by a 76year old Australian who in a very 'up front' way
describes how you can make the most of your remaining life if you come
to know Jesus, and who asks in his concluding chapter ''Will you
be in the new creation ?" Only five short chapters in a compelling
style! Highly recommended.
The Dawn of Heaven Breaks: Anticipating Eternity-
ed. Sharon
James, (2007) Evangelical Press. ISBN 9780852346419. Price £8.95
Many today live only for the present life, (Our age idolises health).
Christians anticipate eternity, (Christians know that death ushers us
into the presence of our saviour in heaven - where there will be no more
grief or suffering).
In this book Sharon James has brought together a collection of
well-loved hymns, Bible readings and other writings on the theme of
heaven. If you or someone you love is enduring trials or even facing
death, this book will help to provide courage to persevere in the faith
and hold on to the hope that the believer has in Christ.
Large print
Hymns that live: ISBN
9780955284014 - Price: £5.50 + £1.25 p&p
Carols that Live: ISBN 9780955284021
- Price: £4.50 + £1.00 p&p
Copies can be ordered from : PO Box 341, Enterprise House, Northampton,
NN3 2WZ
Three Score Years – and then?
Rhena
Taylor (2004) Outlook Trust.
ISBN 0-9548849-0-6. Price: £3.00 plus p & p
( Now available from OT
headquarters)
A book containing resource material for reaching senior citizens with the
message of the Gospel.
Still in print.
The Bible Speaks to Third and Fourth Agers. R. L.
Morgan. (2002) Oxford. Bible Reading Fellowship. (ISBN 9 781841 012209)
Price £3.00. (Available
from OT headquarters)120 meditations based on scripture passages which are
relevant to
older people.
SPECIAL DEAL
Both
books above for £5.00 plus p & p from the Outlook Trust office.
Spiritual Growth and Care in the Fourth Age of
Life Elizabeth Mackinlay,
(2006) Jessica Kingsley. ISBN 9781843102311. Price 17.99
This book investigates the role of pastoral and spiritual care in
helping the frail elderly cope with end-of-life issues. Her findings
show that despite ill health, loneliness and depression, older people in
need of care
50 Ways to Share your
Faith Ian Knox, (2002)
Kingsway. ISBN 0854769943. Price £8.99
Christians know that people need Jesus but often panic at the thought
of sharing their faith.
100 Instant Faith-Sharing Talks
Ian Knox, (1997) Kingsway. ISBN 0854766464. Price £8.99.
This practical guide to sharing your faith in public includes women's
meetings; men's breakfasts; youth gatherings and social evenings.
Bereaved -
Ian Knox, (2003), Kingsway. ISBN
9781842911099. Price £8.99
A
sensitive and practical guide to coping with loss. Includes helpful
practical advice. Not just death, but divorce, loss of pets, redundancy
etc
The Best is yet to be - Richard
Morgan, (1990), Bible Reading Fellowship. ISBN 1841010758. Price £6.99
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Daily Readings and meditations which explore different experiences and
themes common to this time of major life changes. Each day is
accompanied by a Scripture passage and verse.
Older People and the Church. Ed.
Albert Jewell. Methodist
Publishing House.
ISBN 185852 206 4) Price £8.50.
This is a clear, well researched and presented book, published in 2001.
Highly recommended if you want to know more about the
contribution of older people to the church as a whole.
Spirituality and Ageing.
Ed. by Albert Jewell. 1998. Jessica
Kingsley Publishers, 116 Pentonville Road, London, N1 9JB. ISBN
185302631X. Price £17.95.
This
book is a collection of 17 contributions by specialists who work with
those in their 70's and 80's mainly and who want to raise awareness of
the spiritual needs of older people and encourage interest in the
'spirituality of ageing'. It is not specifically on evangelical
approaches to older people but has much to commend to those working with
an ageing population.
Ageing, Spirituality and Well-being.
Ed. Albert Jewell. 2003.
Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 116 Pentonville Road, London N1 9JB. ISBN
9781843101673. Price £17.95
This
book explores how well-being is not about physical health alone; having
purpose in life and continual spiritual growth are vital elements for
older individuals. There is also guidance on how the particular
spiritual needs of this age group can be defined and addressed, and how
meaningful care and support can be given.
Grow old along
with me,
Albert Jewell (2000) National
Christian Education Council, Birmingham. [ISBN 0-7197-0983-0] Price:£6.00
Described
as ‘An invaluable spiritual and practical resource for those
approaching retirement or already retired’
The
Church’s Hidden Asset -
Empowering the older generation, Michael Apichella (2001), Stowmarket: Kevin Mayhew. [ISBN 1 84003 701 6]
Price: £ 10.99p. New on the market by the author of ‘God’s Grey
Warriors’, this is a book both practical and challenging
Older People and Evangelism, published
by the Church Army: A manual to enable the training and encouragement of
those who feel they are called to the ministry of evangelism among
seniors. By post from Captain M. Collyer, 43 Stoneacre Avenue,
Sheffield, South Yorkshire,S12 4NT. The book will be sent with a request for a donation of £5.00
and £2.00 for p & p.
The Bible Speaks to Third and Fourth Agers. R.L.
Morgan. (2002) Oxford. Bible Reading Fellowship. (ISBN 9 781841 012209)
Price £6.00. 120 meditations based on scripture passages which are
relevant to
older people.
CDs
/ Cassettes
Parche CD
Contact the PARCHE website at
http://www.parche.org.uk for
details
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