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Editorial: Is it time for you to get off the shelf? There are many people in our society who haven't made this decision. The temptation on retirement from the workforce is to place the mind into neutral and turn off the energies and enthusiasms that drove us to achieve in the past. Many coccoon into a world of the mundane and the mediocre sliding down the razor blade of life towards extinction. This is sad when there is so much yet to do and achieve. This week I met an old acquaintance nearing his eightieth birthday who works dynamically in local community charitable activities not as a mere participant but as a visionary leader, an octogenarian involved in world mission still travelling the world who proudly announced that he was still operating at 101% and an elderly lady describing how she was off to Russia for the third time to assist in the training of local leaders to run children's programs. Sitting at home, reading the paper, tending the garden, playing golf and bowls is for their retirement. These folk have what the Apostle Paul describes as "a fire in the belly" that motivates and leads them to continue to live adventurous lives. When they left the normal work force they did not retire they re-fired. I remember an elderly Pentecostal preacher saying years ago, "For a christian there is no such thing as retirement all we do is get a new set of tires and keep rolling" Our society depends on people to volunteer to keep the wheels of community and welfare going. However, today there are many community organizations crying out for volunteers to keep the wheels going. Many of our voluntary community welfare groups are dynamically led by "Dad's Army". They are using their pre-retirement skills and abilities to assist their community and continue to make things happen and through their efforts are a blessing to their community. Is it time for you to retire or are you going to be one of the dynamic post retirees who are re- firing. One of the most dynamic people I ever met was a 90 + church planting pastor who had just planted a new church in the outback. The challenge is retirement is whether we rust out or whether we refire and be a blessing to our community. Pastor Max Walker. CEO.
For further details check out the website or contact us as indicated below. * All correspondence to CEO c/o PO Box 358 Dandenong. 3175.
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Cornerstone recognises the fact that Easter is one of the loneliest holidays for the fringe-dwellers and those isolated from family. It is also a time when most of the agencies are closed. Therefore, Easter is a very difficult time for many who attend Cornerstone.
Pastor Don Cameron has been appointed as pastoral care worker for up to three days a week at Cornerstone. Don and his wife Jo live in Dandenong North and are expecting their first child in April. Don has a long association with Cornerstone being one of the orginal young people who led Cornerstone under the guidance of founder, Barbara Siddall. For many years he led the Friday Night Drop In and was Chairman of the Board of Management. When transferred to Canberra with his work with the ATO he remained on the Board. On his return to Melbourne he was appointed Youth Pastor at Dandenong Baptist Church. He concluded his ministry there in February and the Board appointed him to the new role from March 1. His role will be to develop programs to meet the needs of the people and to work one by one with the people. Don and Barbara will continue to run one Saturday Night per month at
Cornerstone and Don will be involved in the development of the Sunday program.