Gray hair is a crown of splendor: senior service program for the Korean-American congregation

Seong Rae Jee

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Gray hair is a crown of splendor: senior service program for the Korean-American congregation

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Seong Rae Jee. Gray Hair Is a Crown of Splendor: Senior Service Program for the Korean-american Congregation. Wesley Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/64421546-abf1-4e04-a8a9-529a038561b7?q=2003.

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S. R. Jee. Gray hair is a crown of splendor: senior service program for the Korean-American congregation. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/64421546-abf1-4e04-a8a9-529a038561b7?q=2003

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Seong Rae Jee. Gray Hair Is a Crown of Splendor: Senior Service Program for the Korean-American Congregation. Wesley Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/64421546-abf1-4e04-a8a9-529a038561b7?q=2003.

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Seong Rae Jee

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The author is the senior pastor of the Bensalem Korean United Methodist Church (Bensalem, PA), a Korean-speaking congregation, founded in 1975, of approximately thirty older adult members. Many of the members are experiencing the challenges of retirement and aging, especially the challenge of facing the repercussions of life choices. They look to the pastor and the church to minister to their felt needs. In light of the goal to transform them from passive church members to active Christians, the pastor asked the following questions: How do Korean Christians experience aging and filter the experience of aging through their Korean culture? Can the pastor start a ministry with senior adults in the congregation that will serve as a model for older adult ministry in the Korean United Methodist churches of the greater Philadelphia area? The author created a church academy for older adult members where they could be transormed from passive members to active Christians through a series of classes. He conducted a survey of older adults in the Bensalem Church and the members of the Korean Senior Citizen Association of Greater Philadelphia. He developed a program for the Academy, and the participants were surveyed at the conclusion of the program. He expects positive influence from the Bensalem Senior Academy year after year and that it will become a model for other Korean-American churches in the area to follow.

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