2009-12-31 / Faith

CLU to host Senior Fest

The Association of Lutheran Older Adults and California Lutheran University will present SeniorFest 2010 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 14 in Samuelson Chapel on the Thousand Oaks campus, 60 W. Olsen Road.

The keynote address, “Call to Elderhood,” will be given by the Rev. Roland Martinson, an author and professor at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minn.

The “Passing on the Faith” event will feature several workshops led by CLU faculty and staff.

Michele LeBlanc, chair of the Exercise Science Department, will discuss the role of exercise in building strength, mobility and stability. The Rev. Howard Wennes, former interim president of CLU, will talk about passing values on to grandchildren. The Rev. Paul Egertson, a senior religion lecturer, will present a session on Lutheran theology.

Jim Birren, a specialist in the gerontology field for 60 years and a member of the American Society on Aging Hall of Fame, and Marylie Gerson, associate professor of psychology at CLU, will discuss life review and the guided autobiography process.

Stephen Wheatly, vice president for University Advancement, will share information on estate planning.

The event will also include devotions, an association presentation and lunch.

The Association of Lutheran Older Adults is an inter-Lutheran movement based in Baltimore that provides resources for older adult ministry.

Registration is $25 per person before Tues., Jan. 5 and $30 aftethat date. To register, go to www.callutheran.edu/seniorfest. For more information, calLinda LeBlanc in the church relations office at (805) 493-3936 oe-mail leblanc@callutheran.edu.

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