It’s time to stop believing that ‘best before’ applies to people as well as food, believes Peter Meadows, programme director of AfterWorkNet. ‘When applied to food, it’s wasting millions, and it’s much the same when applied to lives,’ he maintains. ‘Retirement today presents opportunities and challenges past generations never dreamed of.’
Peter launched the popular Christian youth magazine Buzz and co-founded Spring Harvest. He will host a series of seminars with Dave Fenton who left teaching to lead youth work at the Keswick Convention and Word Alive. They will impart plenty of good advice in the seminar room behind the AfterWorkNet stand (S155) to those who are about to, or already have retired. Their three seminars will be repeated twice each day.
‘We must fight the false notion that people of a certain age are no longer valuable,’ says Peter. ‘This faulty labelling is also inflicting cost – in terms of missed opportunities, experiences, richness of life, contributions to society and more.’
AfterWorkNet seminars (room behind S155 – same programme each day)
Presented by Peter Meadows and Dave Fenton
11.15am – The five essentials every Christian should know about retirement
Retirement today presents opportunities and challenges past generations never dreamed of. Come to discover what has changed and how to flourish in your after-work years.
12 noon – What every church needs to know about their actively-retired members
Retirement has changed. The ‘young-old’ generation has arrived – retired, active and nothing like their parents. Hear how churches can respond to the fresh challenges and great opportunities this has brought.
12.45pm – How to flourish in your years of active retirement
Today there can be many active years between leaving work and becoming ‘old’. Discover some practical wisdom on how to make the very best of this precious time in your life.
2pm – The five essentials every Christian should know about retirement
Retirement today presents opportunities and challenges past generations never dreamed of. Come to discover what has changed and how to flourish in you after-work years.
2.45pm – What every church needs to know about their actively-retired members
Retirement has changed. The ‘young-old’ generation has arrived – retired, active and nothing like their parents. Hear how churches can respond to the fresh challenges and great opportunities this has brought.
3.30pm – How to flourish in your years of active retirement
Today there can be many active years between leaving work and becoming ‘old’. Discover some practical wisdom on how to make the very best of this precious time in your life.