Unleashing the Potential of the Third Third in Your Church: A Workshop
Unleashing the Potential of the Third Third in Your Church will equip pastors to help their older adults flourish in life and ministry. This workshop will led by the Rev. Dr. Mark D. Roberts, founder of the De Pree Center’s Flourishing in the Third Third of Life Initiative.
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Resources to Help You Celebrate Easter
Easter–it’s both a day and a season. It’s the day Christians celebrate the empty tomb, the resurrection of Jesus, and his triumph over the grave. But it’s also a season on the Church calendar.
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Third Third in the News – April 2023: Ageism and the Courage to Be “Out There” in Social Media
In the February edition of “Third Third in the News,” I noted that Michelle Yeoh, having just won a Golden Globe award for Everything Everywhere All at Once, spoke out against ageism in Hollywood.
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It Takes a Village . . . and a Church to Flourish in the Third Third of Life
I’ve been reading a fascinating book. Time of Our Lives: Celebrating Older Women was written by Dr. Maggie Kirkman, a psychologist and senior research fellow in women’s health at Monash University in Australia. The main portion of her book is a collection of stories of older women living full, fruitful, and inspiring lives.
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Don’t Forget About the Second Third!
Is the De Pree Center’s Flourishing in the Third Third of Life course relevant only to those in the third third? Or does it have value for folks in the earlier thirds as well?
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Webinar: Creating Wellness in the Third Third of Life
Hosted on April 5th, 2023 at 10:00 am (PST) This webinar was sponsored by the Max De Pree Center for Leadership at Fuller Theological…
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Meet the Team: What’s On Our Shelves and Playlists
At the De Pree Center, we have an amazing staff. When we interview candidates for job openings, they often ask the hiring committee what they love about their jobs, and we can’t not talk about our team.
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Resources for Lent
In the early church, some Christians began observing a special season to help them prepare for Good Friday and Easter. For forty days, not counting Sundays, Jesus’ followers focused on repentance and turning to God in faith.
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Teach Us How to Pray: A List of Prayer Collections
Healthy marketplace leaders know how to pray. And they do it often. When we interviewed exemplary Christian marketplace leaders for our research study, they…
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