by Emily Enders Odom | Presbyterian News Service
Retired Christian educator Emma Sue Davenport and her husband, the Rev. Dennis Davenport, who’s also retired, said they turned to the Presbyterian Giving Catalog “as a true gift of thanksgiving for what God has done.” (Contributed photo)
LOUISVILLE â Behind the admittedly corny saying that graces many a collectable coffee mug, âMinisters never retire, but are simply put out to pastor,â there lies a grain of truth â retiring church workers face some very real challenges.
Or so the Rev. Dennis Davenport and his Christian educator wife, Emma Sue, recently discovered.
âI retired from Eastminster Presbyterian Church in Evansville (Indiana) in March 2019 after serving there for just over 27 years,â Dennis Davenport recalled. âWithin a month, we moved to Indianapolis where two of our three sons live, and where we discovered the truth of something Iâd always been told. One of the most difficult