The grapevine celebrates successful aging through eighty eighty plus!

 A key goal of The Grapevine is to promote a positive view of aging and the opportunities it affords for the maintenance of a high-quality lifestyle and service in retirement. Toward that end, we introduced the Eighty Eighty Plus Grapevine Servant Leadership Recognition Program in the 2021, 30th Anniversary issue of the Grapevine newsletter.

Eighty Eighty Plus is all about celebrating servant leaders, 80 years and older, who are actively engaged in ministry at the local, regional, or national levels of the denomination. By sharing their stories of successful aging and continuing service in retirement, we provide hope and encouragement for “younger” retirees: “It’s not over once you hit 80!” and for older retirees: “Just keep going - with God’s grace you, too, can make a difference!”