--- title: Abundant Aging - Center for Abundant Aging (38) description: Aging abundantly. What is it? Is it achievable? Are you living it? Find out how to live abundantly through this thought-provoking blog series designed to inspire and come alongside your journey of aging with purpose. (38) --- [![Center for Abundant Aging](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/wp-content/uploads/uch-logo-200x84.png "Center for Abundant Aging")](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center) [Back to United Church Homes](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. - [Educational Opportunities](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/educational-opportunities/) - [Overview](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/educational-opportunities/) - [Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/educational-opportunities/clinical-pastoral-education-cpe/) - [Quellhorst Endowment Fund](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/educational-opportunities/quellhorst-scholars/) - [High School Community Service Opportunities](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/educational-opportunities/high-school-community-service-opportunities/) - [Internships-Undergraduate and Graduate](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/educational-opportunities/internships-undergraduate-and-graduate/) - [Research Opportunities](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/educational-opportunities/research-opportunities/) - Engagement with Congregations - [Resources for Worship and Reflection](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/resources-for-worship-and-reflection/) - [Age-Friendly Congregations](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/age-friendly-congregations/) - [Church Resources](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/church-resources/) - [About the Center](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/about-the-center/) - [Overview](https://www.unitedchurchhomes.org/parker-center/about-the-center/) - [Meet Rev. 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Beth Long-Higgins, VP of Engagement and director of the Center for Abundant Aging  •  June 18, 2020 Making Room We are beginning a series about making room. When COVID-19 upended our lives almost four months ago, we all had to move things, move ideas and move or change.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/makin-room-for-change) ### Pride in the Time of COVID-19 and Social Unrest By Guest Blogger  •  June 11, 2020 Wildfires in Australia. A global pandemic, the worst public health crisis in a century. Great human tragedy worldwide. Police brutality against unarmed black and brown.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/pride-in-the-time-of-covid-19-and-social-unrest) ### Dear 2020 Graduate... By Rev. Rebecca S. King  •  June 05, 2020 2020 SPRING GRADUATIONS Graduation. Coming from a root word meaning “step,” it is a time to celebrate the work a student has completed in order to move on with the next.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/dear-2020-graduate) ### Sacred Thresholds By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  May 28, 2020 Each time I sit down to write for this Abundant Aging blog, I find myself reviewing my life. Sometimes it’s just a cursory glance at the past week of inconsequential.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/sacred-thresholds) ### Choosing Hope By Rev. Beth Rodenhouse  •  May 21, 2020 Mourning Loss Wasn’t Mother’s Day strange? I couldn’t bring flowers to my mom. We couldn’t gather around the dinner table. I mourn the loss of family and group.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/choosing-hope) ### Hope in Community — A Tribute to Nursing Homes for National Skilled Nursing Care Week 2020 By Rev. Dr. Kenneth Daniel  •  May 14, 2020 As we cope with the COVID-19 pandemic here in Ohio, the governor has adopted the phrase “We’re in this together” as his motto. I think he’s captured a deep human truth... [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/hope-in-community-a-tribute-to-nursing-homes-for-national-nursing-home-week-2020) ### The Heart of Nursing -- National Nurses Week By Rev. Catherine Lawrence  •  May 07, 2020 Pandemic Healthcare The healthcare profession, with nursing at its center, has been leading the charge in the care of COVID-19 patients. Each year, we celebrate National.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/the-heart-of-nursing-national-nurses-week) ### Hope Grows in Pandemic By Rev. Ruth D. Fitzgerald  •  April 30, 2020 Happy Easter? In this season of Eastertide — a word I love and remember from my growing-up years — we prolong celebrating the good news of resurrection. When I was.. [Read More](https://blog.unitedchurchhomes.org/hope-grows-in-pandemic) ### Hope Is Not Canceled By Rev. Rebecca S. King  •  April 24, 2020 Hope Found in an Ancient Song In mid-March, as the COVID-19 pandemic moved closer to home, I walked around the Life Plan Community I serve to talk with residents about.. 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