#1 of 3-Part Series: Our Retirement years can be years of explosive spiritual growth! Even though our bodies may wear out and break down, our spirit is capable of growth and renewal, even in old age. Christ-followers in retirement can keep growing in wisdom, love, joy, and other spiritual gifts. But are we really doing this? What do we need to be doing NOW in order to ensure this spiritual flourishing?

The first main question tackled in this series is “Who is the Holy Spirit?” By answering this, we’re able to know the Truth, grow spiritual fruit, and access an abundant life.

In spite of changes, losses, and chronic health conditions, our retirement years bring about more quiet time to cultivate our relationship with God. Bruce Bruinsma, founder of Retirement Reformation, and special guest Ted Hains, ambassador of the iRetire4Him Nation, join us in this episode to discuss how their relationships with the Lord continue to grow each day and what this looks like in their lives.

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Mid-Segment Special Guest:  Ted Hains

Ministry: Founder and Ambassador of iRetire4Him

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#3 of 3-part series: What if you had the freedom to answer God’s ministry call without having funding hold you back? This is the purpose of a fully funded future ministry plan.

The Future Funded Ministry book series is a great resource to help you take the necessary steps toward having a thriving ministry during retirement. And if you prefer something a bit more hands-on, Recreating Retirement groups walk through the steps of retirement preparation – not just financial, but emotional and mental preparation.

Even though there are iRetire4Him Podcast episode series on the other books in the Future Funded Ministry Series, this current show provides a great summary of what those four books cover. So, if you haven’t looked into those yet, we definitely encourage you to give this week’s episode a listen to learn more about them!

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Mid-Segment Special Guest: Blaine Derck

Ministry: Former Pastor and Current Grief Minister to the Unchurched

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#2 of 3-part series: We continue with our review of Bruce Bruinsma’s book Moving Forward – Putting Your Future Funded Ministry into Motion, which is the second book of his Future Funded Ministry Series.

Bruce, who is founder of the Retirement Reformation, wrote these books for YOU, the Christian retiree. This episode emphasizes the necessity to start planning even before your retirement.  (So, this is a message you can share with your kids and grandkids!) But even if you’re late to planning, it’s never too late.

As we talk about how a ministry can be funded, tune in to explore our conversation on money personalities, priorities, and real-life examples of believers living out their own ministries in retirement. Keep listening so that you too can keep moving forward toward your future funded ministry!

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Mid-Segment Special Guest:  Hal Halbecker

Ministry: Finishing Well Ministries

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#1 of 3-part series: The Retirement Reformation is founded on the main principle that your retirement years are the most significant years of your life. You take all the wisdom you have gleaned over the years and all the skills you have accumulated along with your retirement income, and you find yourself in a fully funded ministry model.

Your retirement years can be full of freedom and adventure, and Bruce Bruinsma has written many books to help guide you through the process of taking advantage of your retirement years.

One series of Bruce’s books is called The Future Funded Ministry Series:

·       Book #1 is entitled Finding Freedom – reviewed in shows 11 through 14

·       Book # 3 is Charting Your Course – discussed in shows 2 though 10

·       And Book #4 is A Fruitful Retirement – covered in shows 59 through 62 

Notice something missing?

Today we start a 3-part series on Book #2 in the series, entitled Moving Forward – Putting your Future Funded Ministry into Motion. You’ve covered the first steps. Don’t lose momentum – keep discovering what comes next in your future funded ministry!

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Mid-Segment Special Guest:   Ron Clarkson

Ministry: Member of Recreating Retirement group

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#3 of 3-part series: In most of our shows, you’ll hear us mention “Retirement Reformation resources,” but you might not be sure what that means... In this series we’re here to give you a deeper look into a tool we believe could help YOU: Recreating Retirement!

This episode finishes up the series reviewing the Recreating Retirement small group curriculum that is available now at www.RetirementReformation.org. And this week we close out the series talking about the final part of the curriculum: how retirees can steward their gifts and abilities. We hope to inspire you to start a group in your local body of Christ and start reforming, redefining, and ultimately recreating retirement for you and your friends!

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Mid-Segment Special Guest:   Bernie May

Ministry: Bible translation work

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#2 of 3-part series: In most of our shows, you’ll hear us mention “Retirement Reformation resources,” but you might not be sure what that means... In this series we’re here to give you a deeper look into a tool we believe could help YOU: Recreating Retirement!

Welcome back to episode 2 in this 3-part series, where you can continue to hear more about the Recreating Retirement small group curriculum that is available now on our website: www.RetirementReformation.org. Join us as we continue to go over this material and see how it can be applied in our own lives, looking more specifically at how the Christ-following retiree can know him or herself better. We hope to inspire you to start a group in your local body of Christ and start reforming, redefining, and ultimately recreating retirement for you and your friends!

www.RetirementReformation.org

Mid-Segment Special Guest:   Marty Granger

Ministry: Ministry Alliance; Carolina Men

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#1 of 3-part series: In most of our shows, you’ll hear us mention “Retirement Reformation resources,” but you might not be sure what that means... In this series we’re here to give you a deeper look into a tool we believe could help YOU: Recreating Retirement!

Tune in as we introduce you to our Recreating Retirement small group curriculum that is available now on our website: www.RetirementReformation.org. During the next three episodes of the iRetire4Him Podcast, we’ll do a high-level overview of our material. We hope to inspire you to start a group in your local body of Christ and start reforming, redefining, and ultimately recreating retirement for you and your friends!

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Mid-Segment Special Guest:   Barak Strickland

Ministry: Retirement Reformation member

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#3 of 3-part series: This series on ageism has discussed what ageism looks like in our own lives and how it shows up in our world today. But just because ageism exists doesn’t mean we have to let it rule us!

This final episode in the series of Ageism and the Christ-Following Retiree focuses on how our faith can help us to overcome age discrimination. You’ll have a sunnier outlook on aging, which can help improve your overall quality of life. So what are you waiting for?

Join us as we refute stereotypes and promote the message that God wants to use YOU in all seasons of life – especially during retirement!

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Mid-Segment Special Guest:  Steve Harling

Ministry: Compel Global

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#2 of 3-part series: Last episode in this series, we focused our discussion on understanding ageism. Today we will focus on how ageism impacts the world around us. So, why are we talking about ageism anyway?

As we talk about throughout this series, ageism has serious and wide-ranging consequences for people's health and well-being. And the Retirement Reformation, through the iRetire4Him Podcast, wants to give you biblical solutions to the issues that aging and ageism brings.

Join us as we refute stereotypes and promote the message that God wants to use YOU in all seasons of life – especially during retirement!

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Mid-Segment Special Guest:  Saskia Van Helden

Ministry: Wake Up Deborah

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#1 of 3-part series: Today we begin a series on Ageism and the Christ-Following Retiree. Why?

We believe how we see ourselves is directly related to the messaging we absorb on a daily basis. If that messaging isn’t from a biblical worldview that honors and values the participation of retired folks, that messaging can be harmful.

Our 3-part series on Ageism and the Christ-Following Retiree will focus first on understanding ageism, then on how ageism impacts the world around us, and finally in our third podcast we will focus on how our faith can help us overcome this age discrimination. 

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Mid-Segment Special Guest:   Sue Ruddick

Ministry: DaySpring

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