About the Event
All ChurchSenior Adult Ministry
Moving From Senior to Elder - A Wisdom Journey
Facilitated by Jeanine Siler Jones, MSW, LCSW
Date | October 10, 2026
Time | 9:30 am - 3:00 pm
Place | Heaton Hall at Myers Park Baptist Church
Cost | $25/person Includes Lunch - OR - $10/person If You Bring Your Lunch
Join us as we participate together in a day of practice and reflective dialogue engaging aspects of conscious aging all held in a contemplative container. We will listen in on a conversation between Jeanine Siler Jones and her father, Mahan Siler, as they consider what it means to be an ‘ancestor in training.’ We will tap into our shared experiences as elders and consider aspects of this wisdom journey that guides us. We will co-create a space where we can anchor ourselves in the Christian Wisdom lineage and consciously embrace the tasks before us in this season of our lives.
Registration ends on October 5, 2026
ABOUT THE RETREAT LEADER
Jeanine works primarily as a private practice therapist, spiritual director and Enneagram teacher. She lives in the country outside of Asheville, NC with her husband and next door to her parents and brother’s family. She has been an active participant in the Wisdom community since 2009, both as student and teacher, and assisted in facilitating multiple Wisdom Schools in the Southeast. Jeanine’s steady hand has helped co-create a number of Wisdom Waypoints and Wisdom Community projects and ongoing groups, supporting newcomers and leaders. She serves as Chair of the Board of Directors for Cynthia Bourgeault's Wisdom Waypoints.
ABOUT THE SAGE-ING INITIATIVE
THE SAGE-ING INITIATIVE of Myers Park Covenant Church is a ministry offering an array of opportunities for seniors to place themselves on a path of personal and spiritual development that moves them from senior to elder, based upon recent research and literature on conscious aging. The INITIATIVE supports seniors as they explore new and creative ways to live out the third stage of life.