In the Middle: Intersection between Age & Wisdom

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The Church


The Presbytery


The Committee


The General Assembly


6 thoughts on “In the Middle: Intersection between Age & Wisdom

  1. Amen, Amen, and Amen!

    My two cents: The church constantly whine about not having “more” young people… but only in the pews, not in the discerning/voting/deciding places. If we don’t have a change in attitude, then our church will grow old and die. It sucks to hear fellow Presbyterians telling me that I am “young” at 42. I am not young. I am at that age when men need to have prostate examination. We NEED the wisdom from really young people.

  2. I feel young at heart and in mind/outlook but am chronologically older – 58.. I share your frustration about the age gap in commisioners – and the numbers present. And your observations about wisdom/knowledge. But really? – young people do not possess the wisdom to vote and consider the business at General Assembly? Sends me to my knees in prayer. We are talking about business leaders, teachers, plumbers, stay-at-home parents, medical professionals, craftspersons, cashiers – people who we interact with and trust with our money, homes, lives…and bury our loved ones and baptize our children and examine candidates for ordination as RE or TE or transfer to our presbyteries or denomination…and they can’t conduct the business of the church? How do we “hand down what was handed down to us” if we don’t?
    Lord, hear our prayers.
    PS -have never been to a GA.

  3. I agree. It is so hard to be part of that %7er. The “church” doesn’t know how to attract people our age, but then again often has a hard time listening to people of “our age.” Maybe trust is the answer. How can we trust our “youth” ourselves and our “elders?” How can we develop communication and work together? What would it look like for Presbytery to touch colleges, trade schools and the young and unemployed? I think there is a lot of need to be addressed, but so often the “Church” is seen as the institution rather than the people….

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