UPSTATE NEW YORK SYNOD ASSEMBLY WORKSHOP
Monday, June 7th 4:15 – 5:25p.m in room Highland E
From Aging to Sage-ing: Choosing to Grow Wiser

This workshop is for people seeking to age consciously and with purpose.
Our working definition of SAGE-ING is:

1. The act of approaching aging as a journey of deepening wisdom, continued learning and expanding possibilities. 
2. A process of self development that enhances interpersonal relationships, hones communication skills, and cultivates a valuation of Elders as mentors and wise counsel in community.
3. The act of harvesting life's wisdom as a legacy for future generations.
4. An inherently spiritual practice based on principles that are not specific to any faith or denomination but serve to enhance spiritual maturity in consort with all faith practices.

Presenters:  Members of the Sage-ing Guild (http://www.sage-ingguild.org)

Rosalie Muschal-Reinhardt is a Certified Sage-ing Leader with the Sage-ing® Guild whose mission is to “change the paradigm from Aging to Sage-ing.  She has served on the Coordinating Circle and Chair of the Education Committee of the Guild.  Rosalie has been an educator for over fifty years—many of those years in Religious Education.  She has a Master of Divinity from Loyola University in Chicago (1977) and has been an advocate for Social Justice for many years.

Peg Morris brings you over thirty-years of Social Work experience in Gerontology to her Sage-ing work.  She has a B.S. in Social Work from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a M. S. in Gerontology from D'Youville College.  Peg is retired from Highland Hospital where she spent the last twenty years working in the Acute Care for Elders Unit.

Sponsored by The Northeast Forum on Spirituality and Aging