“Live in love and learn from one another.”
PYM Faith and Practice, 2002
Celebrating Lives and Life Stories provides inspiration and ideas for gathering stories from people in your Meeting or for writing your own life story. This pamphlet also lists websites where one can find suggested interview questions and other resources for storytelling.
Q: Is our meeting open and accessible to all regardless of race, ability, sexual orientation, class, age or challenges?
Meetings can benefit from intentional work to build relationships among people of different generations. This pamphlet offers queries and advices for discussion about ageism and feelings about our own aging, and additional resources for further conversation.
Q: How might I atttend to what love requires of me in this new stage of my life?
Meaningful Retirement discusses the threads of satisfaction that people often find in their work and how this can be applied to components of successful retirement. The suggested resources include books for your Meeting library or discussion.
Q: How do I approach with serenity each new stage of my life?
This pamphlet discusses continuity as a coping strategy for aging adults. For Friends, the spiritual context of our lives is foundational to what it means to be alive. Friends Care Committees will find suggestions for helping members plan their lives with continuity. George Schaefer, PYM Care and Aging Coordinator and Social Worker, also suggested resources for deeper discussion of Spirituality and Aging.
Q: How am I helping to develop a social, economic and political system which will nurture an environment which sustains and enriches life for all?
PYM Faith and Practice, 2002
Explores options for living in intentional and cooperative communities and lists resources where one can join or learn about forming residential communities. Such options may be based on shared values and/or resources , and often are intentionally accessible for people who may have age related or other challenges. This may provide a springboard for Meetings to discuss how people will live, and plan for, living in later years in a way that is consistent with one’s values and considers economic and environmental sustainability.
