Benefits of Hosting a Forum
| The Finishers Forum helped boomers in our church catch a
vision for missions in their second half. Surprisingly, we found that many of
them started by looking for a more significant way to plug in right here.
A U.S. Missions Pastor |
A Finishers Forum will provide
you, your family, your friends, and others in your area,with insights into options
in missions that are suprisingly suited for your skills and passions. Imagine an
Urbana-like conference locally for you!
How will our church benefit from a Finishers Forum?
Your promotion of and participation in a local Finishers Forum will help you, your staff and your leadership team in several ways:
- Provide a challenge to singles and couples who are moving through middlescence to consider a second career with eternal impact, rather than the world's conventional retirement thinking.
- Receive insights into how you can engage mature generations to get involved locally and globally by learning from national research and sharing best practices.
- Revitalize and re-energize your boomers as they begin to consider where God would have them serve for the next half of their adult years. They will appreciate your attention to their special needs and interests.
- Raise the quality of your local ministry as your church begins to think outside its walls.
- Enhance the ongoing mission focus of your church (or even a country-specific focus you may have).
- Provide options for your people. A Finishers Forum enables you to bring the worldwide missions initiative to their doorstep. Our partner organizations offer more than 20,000 opportunities around the world and in the United States, with time commitments from short-term trips to a full-time career.
| Middlescence is the time, at approx 45-52 years of age, when the quest for significance outweighs the drive for success. The nest empties and individuals turn their attention to the second-half of their adult life. |
How will a Finishers Forum serve our people?
| Adults see this as a safe place to explore alternatives to the world's conventional retirement thinking. There is so much more to be gained by offering their remaining years wholly for the Kingdom of God. |
Forum attendees will meet peers who are
asking the same life questions as they are. They will also have a chance to talk
with those who have already made a transition from their first career. This is
an opportunity for them to discuss how they can creatively use their life skills
and experience.
Mission agency
representatives will help people to quickly learn about a wide array of real
life options for service either here in the States or overseas. Delegates can
investigate organizations where their skills can be utilized in part-time
ministry, short-term assignments, or a full time career.
The breakout sessions focus on key issues, such
as learning to identify spiritual gifts and passions, drafting a second-half
mission statement, and assessing the type of ministry that best fits them. They
can compare real opportunities for ministry service.
Above all, the Finishers Forum is a place where it's OK
to be "in process." It is a safe environment where they can investigate
opportunities at home and abroad without pressure. Wherever they are in the
process, these tools and breakout sessions are designed to help them.
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If you would like to investigate the possibility of
a Finishers Forum in your metropolitan area, please contact us