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Crescendo Resources
Crescendo: Mentoring Small Group Study
The Crescendo: Mentoring Small Group Study begins with an overview of mentoring and an explanation of the difference between mentoring and coaching. Throughout the study’s five sessions, you will explore mentoring relationships in the Bible, including Jesus as the ultimate mentor. The closing session provides mentoring guidelines and tips.
This study is designed for a target audience of boomers and beyond, but it can also be used with a broader age group. It is designed for small groups, but you may choose to use it for individual study or for a large group setting with smaller breakout sessions.
Crescendo: An Ascent to Vital Living Study Guide
This study is based on a framework for ministry to, with, and by boomers and older adults presented in Crescendo. This study is designed with small groups in mind, but you may choose to use it for individual study or a large group settling with smaller breakout sessions. Each session consists of four parts, based on the elements of Christian worship: gathering, word, response, and sending. The sessions are designed for small or large groups and can be completed within a 90-minute time frame.
Recommended Reading List
Crescendo: An Ascent to Vital Living
(September 2017 rerelease of Regenerating Generations) by Alan Forsman and Evelyn Johnson with Contributors Debbie C. Blue and Reji Laberje
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
October 2014, by Atul Gawande
Disrupt Aging: A Bold New Path to Living Your Best Life at Every Age
April 2016, by JoAnn Jenkins, CEO of AARP
Falling Upward, A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
2011, by Richard Rohr
Learn to Grow Old
1972 (republished in 1983 and 1991) by Paul Tournier
Life Reimagined: Discovering Your New Life Possibilities
Sep 6, 2013, by Richard J. Leider and Alan M. Webber
New Aging: Live Smarter Now to Live Better Forever, May 2016, by Matthias Hollwich and Bruce Mau Design
May 2016, by Matthias Hollwich and Bruce Mau Design
Shaping a Life of Significance for Retirement
Jan 1, 2010, by Jack Hansen and Jerry P Haas
The Gift of Years: Growing Older Gracefully
Sep 1, 2010, by Joan Chittister
Third Calling: What are you doing the rest of your life?
August 2016, by Richard and Leona Bergstrom
Recommended Websites
- American Society on Aging
- LegacyCoalition.com (grandparenting)
- Re-ignite.net (the third calling)
- YestoServe.org (mobilizing the 50+)