{"id":991,"date":"2018-01-21T22:51:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-21T22:51:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/?p=991"},"modified":"2018-02-06T20:24:52","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:24:52","slug":"renewing-and-reviving-the-aging-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/renewing-and-reviving-the-aging-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewing and Reviving The Aging Church"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The local congregation is \u201cgraying\u201d at a rapid rate. Over 10,000 people each day are turning 65 years of age. Instead of lamenting the \u201caging of the church,\u201d we need to embrace it and help older adults grow in their discipleship of Jesus. <!--more-->Through \u201csecond half ministry\u201d a congregation can be renewed and \u201cre-fired\u201d for mission.<\/p>\n<p>Join us on the first Tuesday of each month at 11 AM EST for a free webinar beginning February 6<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 On the third Tuesday of each month at 8 PM EST, we will be offering a brief word of encouragement and \u201cpower up\u201d via Facebook Live.<\/p>\n<p>Questions for the NALC\u2019s Renewal Team?\u00a0 Please contact Pastor Brad Hales at: <a href=\"mailto:pastorhales@hotmail.com\">pastorhales@hotmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h4><strong><u>Details for Webinars and Live Events<\/u><\/strong>:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, February 6<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> at 11 AM EST &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2mGM5Ao\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2mGM5Ao<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, February 20<sup>th<\/sup> <\/strong>at 8 PM EST &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/NALCMissionDriven\/\">www.facebook.com\/groups\/NALCMissionDriven\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 6<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> at 11 AM EST &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2rfPPyh\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2rfPPyh<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, March 20<sup>th<\/sup> <\/strong>at 8 PM EST &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/NALCMissionDriven\/\">www.facebook.com\/groups\/NALCMissionDriven\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, April 3<sup>rd<\/sup><\/strong> at 11 AM EST \u2013\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2DsHL1S\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2DsHL1S<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, April 17<sup>th<\/sup><\/strong> at 8 PM EST- \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/NALCMissionDriven\/\">www.facebook.com\/groups\/NALCMissionDriven\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>*Recordings of webinars and live events will be available on the NALC Network. <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The local congregation is \u201cgraying\u201d at a rapid rate. Over 10,000 people each day are turning 65 years of age. Instead of lamenting the \u201caging of the church,\u201d we need to embrace it and help older adults grow in their discipleship of Jesus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,38],"tags":[12,7,24],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/10344384_10152536663413693_4641119719237239963_o.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=991"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/991\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missions.nalcnetwork.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}