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"Helping Others Communicate"

ENCORE, ENCORE…

2/27/2014

 
 This past Sunday in my morning message, I mentioned the growing phenomenon of “Encore Careers”.   This has to do with finding a meaningful way to invest the latter years of one’s life, as opposed to simply shutting down, as it were, and pursuing only leisure activities.  A good place to start reading about this whole matter  is: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encore_career.   
 
An official webpage can be found at:  
http://www.encore.org/. While there, note the book available, written by Marci Alboher and titled The Encore Handbook:  How to Make a Living and a Difference in the Second Half of Life.

About a decade ago, another book came out by Steve and Janie Sjogren titled
101 Ways to Reinvest Your Life (Colorado Springs: Navpress, 2003).  As the title suggests, the book lists more than a hundred ideas for reinvesting one’s  life in the latter or retirement years.  
 
I thought I would post their suggestions here today for those who may be intrigued by this whole concept, and who are possibly considering how they might apply themselves to make a difference with the remainder of their lives.  The authors grouped them by category.  

Being  eleven years old, some of the terminology might seem a little dated.  For instance, #3 might now say "Marketplace Chaplain", #4 might now be changed to say "Smart Phone Coach", and # 38 and/or #62 might today say "Blogger". Nonetheless, they are still good solid ideas that will get most any interested person thinking in the right direction.  

So, having acknowledged that material available on the official encore web page listed above may have more up to date nomenclature, here are the fine suggestions first put forth over a decade ago by the Sjogrens:

BUSINESS
1.     Business "Launcher"       
2.     Small-Business Coach     
3.     Outreach Director to the Business Community   
 
TECHNICAL
4.     Personal Digital Assistant Consultant       
5.     Computer Repair Technician       
6.     Website Designer            
7.     Web Radio Station Owner            
8.     Computer Skills Instructor            
9.     Website Translator          
10.   Computer Purchase Consultant 
11.   Information Technology (IT) Coordinator              
  
MINISTRY
12.   Airplane Pilot (for Church/Mission Organizations)               
13.   Habitat for Humanity Worker     
14.   Small-Groups Starter      
15.   Small-Groups Coach       
16.   Baptism Director              
17.   New-Believer Director/Coach    
18.   Newcomer Director        
19.   Church-Planting Coach  
20.   Director of Ministry to People in Need   
21.   Alpha Course Director/Consultant            
22.   Door-to-Door Intercessor            
23.   Prayer Warrior  
24.   Hospital Visitor  
25.   Wedding Minister/Coordinator 
26.   Funeral Minister/Chaplain           
27.   Pastor on Call     
28.   Missionary          
29.   Missionary Encourager  
 
SPORTS
30.   Sports Instructor               
31.   Athletics Coach (for Students)    
  
PASTORAL CARE
32.   Professional Listener      
33.   Hospital Waiting-Room Attendant            
34.   Church Planter  
35.   Internet Minister             
36.   Fire and Police Chaplain                
37.   RV Park Minister              
38.   Internet Evangelist          
  
TEACHING
39.   English as a Second Language Teacher     
40.   Secretarial Skills Instructor           
41.   Exercise Class Instructor               
42.   Craft Class Leader            
43.   Literacy Worker                
44.   Reinvestor Coach             
45.   Missions Mentor              
46.   Household Financial Coach          
47.   Household Etiquette Coach         
48.   Nutritional Coach             
49.   Leaders of Tomorrow Mentor    
50.   One-to-One Discipler     
51.   Servant Evangelism Activist/Coach           
52.   New Moms' Group Coach            
53.   Professional Grandparent            
54.   Marriage Enrichment Coach        
55.   Premarital Seminar Leader          
56.   Divorce Recovery Seminar Presenter      
57.   Parenting Mentor            
58.   Homeschool Network Teacher  
59.   Teacher of Teachers       
60.   Job Skills Teacher (to People in Need)    
61.   Special Skills Teacher (to Groups)             
62.   Idea Broker        
  
PRACTICAL CARE
63.   Professional Grocery Shopper   
64.   Cook      
65.   Color and Makeup Consultant    
66.   Appliance Repair Technician        
67.   Pool Cleaner      
68.   Landscaper         
69.   Reader (for the Blind)    
70.   Animal Caretaker             
71.   Grass Cutter/Snow Remover      
72.   Volunteer Coordinator  
73.   Health-Care Assistant
74.   Food and Clothing Ministry Liaison           
75.   Politician/Political Activist             
76.   Writer/Editor     
77.   Information Researcher                
78.   Foreign Language Interpreter    
79.   Health-Care Provider (for People in Need)           
80.   Flower and Vegetable Gardener               
81.   Music Therapist                
82.   Missions Coordinator     
83.   Car Mechanic     
84.   Taxi Service Provider      
85.   Roving Disaster-Relief Worker
86.   Cleaning Angel  
87.   Roving Mobile Car Technician
88.   Telephone Contact Coordinator                
89.   Home Secretarial Worker (for Busy People)         
90.   Tax-Filing Helper              
91.   Professional Organizer  
92.   Artist     
93.   Shut-In Meal Driver        
94.   Community Festival Coordinator               
95.   School Assistant               
96.   Videographer    
  
FINANCIAL
97.   Fund-Raiser        
98.   Insurance Company Liaison         
99.   Car Buyer (for the Busy, Widowed, or Divorced)                
100. House Buyer       
101. Best-Deal Researcher


After a lifetime of experience in the workplace, most everyone has something to offer.  Why not consider using what all the Lord has taught you to assist and improve the lives of others? The outcome will invariably be a win/win for everyone involved, including you.

For truly, as Jesus Himself said (in Acts 20:35), "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

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