Thinking Outside the Box with Sam Riccobene

Join friends and alums for a discussion on "Retire or Rewire: Ministry with Older Adults in the 21st Century" with Sam Riccobene.

Join us for a scrumptious lunch and you will walk away with:

• Cutting edge conversation on the challenges and joys of equipping and serving older adults (physical, technological, practical)
• A network of colleagues who understand the issues
• Having provided and received best practices from those gathered
• A renewed commitment to your call and one another
• A chance to give input to Austin Seminary for future events
• Having heard an author and dynamic speaker!

Riccobene is a 1967 graduate of Austin College, Sherman, TX and a 1991 graduate of Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. He was ordained in 1991 by Philadelphia Presbytery as an Associate for Older Adult Ministry at The Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church, Bryn Mawr, PA. Riccobene has been a keynote speaker at Montreat Older Adult Conference and also at the Mo Ranch Older Adult Conference.  He has been an Adjunct Faculty member at Austin Seminary for five years.  He has taught Ministry With Older Adults.  In 1999, he published Are Your Affairs in Order?  as part of the Older Adult Issues Series. (Geneva Press, Louisville)
He participated in Princeton Theological Seminary's National Interfaith Council on Aging’s Older Adult Ministry Consultation in 2007 and serves as an Associate for Congregational Care at First Presbyterian Church, Austin, TX.

Sam spends his time riding his bicycle for local charities including Hill Country Ride for AIDS, is on the Advisory Board for the Institute of Interfaith Dialog, is active in creation stewardship issues in the community and church, serves as an election judge for Travis County, TX, and in his spare time loves to cook and play with his two granddaughters. Sam and his wife, Gretta, have two daughters who both live in Austin with their families.

Note: If you have not prepaid for this event either online, or with the Institutional Advancement Office, you are not pre-registered for this event. If you prefer not to pay online, please contact Laura Harris at 512-404-4886.