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Make people aware you are their liaison through parish newsletters, weekly bulletins, bulletin boards and parish announcements. |
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Share resources on aging, including newspaper clippings, with clergy and congregations. |
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promote activities honoring older adults in your parish, perhaps in May which is Aging in Action Month. |
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Recruit members of your parish to attend COAM sponsored workshops and seminars |
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Sponsor a parish workshop or seminar with the help of COAM committee members and invite neighboring churches. |
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Send articles to the Maryland Church News or to our newsletter The Gift of Aging {The Rev. Lance Gifford, 1700 South Rd., Baltimore 21209} |
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Be alert for opportunities for legislative action and alert others. |
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Begin building a resource center in your parish and use the one at the Diocesan Center 1-800-433-1399 or 410-467-1399 |
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Read and review books on Older Adult issues and ministries for the Maryland Church News or The Gift of Aging. |
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Connect with other organizations in your church to do inter-generational ministry and share the results |
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Be ecumenical and find out what is happening in churches, synagogues and mosques near your church. |
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Get on mailings lists for governmental and educational institutions that deal with issues of aging. |
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Consider taking leadership within the Committee on Older Adult Ministries. |
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Visit our web page monthly. If you don't have a computer, get a web friend. A web friend--a person who prints out monthly relevant information on the COAM web page and gives it to a parish Liaison. |