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These are the people who give, serve, and have spent their adult lives giving to the church, and now they find themselves in a new chapter of life with more time and wisdom, but sometimes finding it difficult to continue serving the church and others in this new chapter.  ",[21,167,168,169,173],{},"We found ",[170,171,172],"em",{},"Not Too Old"," an amazing book that helped us with this very issue! We invited Dave to come to our church and host an event with us. Dave showed up and immediately started to connect with our team and our guests who came to the event. The entire day was full of laughter, great conversations, and lots of good note taking. Our Q and A during our lunch time was the highlight.  We had so many questions from our guests, and Dave answered them thoughtfully with Scripture and with kindness. He took time to talk with anyone who wanted to talk more about a certain issue or question.",[21,175,176],{},"Everyone walked out of the event grateful that they were a part of it. If you are considering asking Dave to come and be a part of your event, you should 100% do it!",{"title":19,"searchDepth":147,"depth":147,"links":178},[],{},"\u002Fendorsements\u002Fitems\u002Fadam-sharp","Dave showed up and immediately started to connect with our team and our guests who came to the event. 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