Bridgeview Church

It goes without saying: each church body has different parts: different groups, different ministries. We have children, youth, young adults, parents, men and women groups… but there’s one body-part which tends to be forgotten and neglected: our seniors.

We might be tempted to see them as “dinosaurs”: they don’t always like the latest, loud music, they won’t always join the fun parties; we might be tempted to think that their era is over.

When we prayed for the name of our new group, God spoke to us with the words from Matthew 5:15: “You are the salt of the earth…”  Yes, truly, our seniors contribute to this special flavor of the church body. They are the SALT – Senior Adults Living in Truth”

Seniors are a marvelous blessing for any congregation. They can minister through their life experience, wisdom, patience, peace, perseverance; they know what a long-suffering love is; they know how faithful the Lord is. We know the expression: they are “full of days”. Let’s listen to our seniors; let’s hear from them what great things the Lord has done for them. They are “full of years” where each year of their lives is like a thick book full of testimonies; each year is like a treasure chest full of blessings. And from years perspective they can now see and understand how God’s plan for their life has been fulfilled. We all can learn so much from our seniors.

With older age new needs come, though. The grocery bags and laundry baskets get heavier, the cars get tougher or impossible to drive, ice becomes more slippery and deadly icy. With such simple, every-day needs the seniors can open the door for you to step in and minister; to bless them and to receive thousand more blessings.

If we forget, neglect or simply don’t look to see those simple, every-day needs, we might lose our precious seniors. And if we lose them, we lose this special flavor… and then, how else shall our church be seasoned?