AGM and Spring Conference

AGM and Spring Conference

Christians on Ageing AGM

For the first time since the pandemic we are holding our AGM in person, and within the context of a Spring Mini-Conference. This will be held on Wednesday 30th April from 10.30am – 4.00pm and the venue is The Bar Convent in York. 

As well as dealing with the necessary business of the AGM we will be focussing on one of CoA’s core objectives – celebrating the gifts and potential of later life, and helping churches and others to develop activities which contribute to understanding older people’s spiritual growth. 

Our keynote speaker will be Revd Dr Chris Swift, recently appointed as Director of the Leeds Church Institute, and previously Director of Chaplaincy and Spirituality at Methodist Homes (MHA).

After lunch, we will look at three examples of good practice in church activities that can ‘accompany ageing’:

• Helen McCormack, Pastoral & Development Worker for Older People North
  Yorkshire URC, on The Gift of Time.

• Dr Joanna Walker, CoA Trustee and previously researcher on older people’s
  spiritual development on Accompanying the later life transition of retirement.

• Dr Katherine Froggatt, Anna Chaplaincy Coordinator Diocese of Blackburn on
  Anna Chaplaincy: Embedding Spiritual Care in your Community.

Attendance for the day is free but donations towards the cost of refreshments will be gratefully received.