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Hi. I was noticing how we have forums for women, men, youth, etc. Which is a good thing. But being middle aged myself, I thought it would be really nice if we could have a special place for the middle-agers and senior citizens here to congregate and fellowship...We could call this forum " Oldies but Goodies." I ran this by George to get his input. With him thinking well of the idea, I am even more excited to now start this. I pray that it flourishes under God's favor. I hope that you '50+ ers' ( we, who are over half a century! lol ) agree that it could be helpful-to-relate and also fun-to-reminisce on how our lives once were. Things that we fondly recall that no longer happen or exist. Our age bracket having their own 'hang-out'.would be a good way to interact with others who have stories to tell that the younger bunch never would have personally experienced or even understand...simply because they had not entered this planet at our point in time. I am thinking of discussing things like the Jesus Movement...which played a significant role in my coming to know Jesus as my Savior and Lord. It was such a meaningful time in history, in that this was when Jews began to receive their true Messiah in larger numbers ( and even expressed it through vinyl records. I still own and treasure some of these.) Another example of topics could be: which particular hymns helped shaped our youth and have still left an impact on us today. Even discussing how school used to be less anti-God, forms of recreation 'back in the day', etc. ( as compared to the current times...which are so fast paced. I do miss life being more lighthearted and simple. Less 'stressy.' I hope others feel the same? ) Also, we could swap true tales of the older inventions and how much they were used by us over the decades... Stuff like this interests me. So I would love to link up with others who'd chime in and tell of their influences throughout their lives.What did God use to definitely minister to you that may ( or may not) still be around? What was it like in your childhood & younger adulthood? I'd love to hear and partake. So what do you say? Who would like to join me in this type of a forum for us older folks? I don't know if it would be posted next to the others under Fellowship Hall or where it would be put. I leave this decision up to our competent and trustWORTHY ( lol. Get it? ) administrators to decide. But please do pick a spot that will be easy to find so more traffic and participation will be possible, please? Thanks so much everyone. As you can probably tell, I am very enthused about this! Looking onward and upward.