--- title: Abundant Aging - Center for Abundant Aging | Rev. John Gantt (2) description: Now retired, previously Rev. John Gantt served as called and interim pastor of congregations in Ohio, Northern Kentucky and Indiana. As a member of the Council for Health and Human Service Ministries of the UCC, he served as executive director of Crossroad, formerly Fort Wayne Children’s Home in Indiana, as interim executive of Back Bay Mission, Biloxi, MS, and as interim Director of Client Services, Back Bay Mission. On three occasions, he served as interim Conference Minister in Central Pacific Conference (Oregon and southern Idaho), Indiana Kentucky Conference, and Ohio (Heartland) Conference. He currently serves as interim pastor of St John UCC, Cumberland, Indiana. He was ordained in Marion, Ohio in 1960, two blocks from the current location of United Church Homes, Inc. 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He currently serves as interim pastor of St John UCC, Cumberland, Indiana. He was ordained in Marion, Ohio in 1960, two blocks from the current location of United Church Homes, Inc. ## Recent Blog Posts ### What Color is Your Community? By Rev. John Gantt  •  February 08, 2024 The theme for this series of blogs is “color.” I choose white! [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/what-color-is-your-community) ### Watch Out By Rev. John Gantt  •  December 28, 2023 At eleven-thirty p.m. on New Year’s Eve, Dad began to prepare. He helps Mom to gently ease off the pretty Wittnauer wristwatch he gave her for their anniversary. He.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/watch-out) ### It. Is. Not. Fair. By Rev. John Gantt  •  November 03, 2023 My twenty-three-year-old grandson is in a coma. Six months ago, he was struck by an automobile near his university. Since then, he has been in five hospitals in three.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/it.-is.-not.-fair) ### Conquering the “isms” of Aging By Rev. John Gantt  •  September 21, 2023 By the time this blog is published, I will be 89 years old. For at least 30 years I’ve experienced “isms,” although I didn’t know what to call them. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/conquering-the-isms-of-aging) ### Unexpected Clarity By Rev. John Gantt  •  April 27, 2023 From God’s gift of Holy Spirit comes unexpected clarity. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/unexpected-clarity) ### A Place for Grace By Rev. John Gantt  •  March 09, 2023 Imagine a sturdy old church building. A deteriorated neighborhood. Hemmed in by interstate and express highways. No grocery, drug or convenience stores nearby. No easily.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/a-place-for-grace) ### Fill Us with the Light of Day By Rev. John Gantt  •  February 09, 2023 It was the eve of Christmas Eve. Fourteen family members were present. Thirty others looked in via Zoom. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/fill-us-with-the-light-of-day) ### Anthems for Advent By Rev. John Gantt  •  December 08, 2022 My wife and I learned to sing it at a General Synod meeting. It could be a good anthem for Advent. Portions of the lyrics are: [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/anthems-for-advent) ### Two Doctors and a Dentist By Rev. John Gantt  •  October 27, 2022 The doctor vented about Medicare, price control, undeserved give aways, and government in general while he examined us. It was our first – and last – visit. 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