This dissertation/project seeks an understanding of the nature of elderhood within the context of a multigenerational congregation. It draws attention to the social and cultural context of aging, including the dramatic aging of our society. It draws upon psychologies of life-cycle stages and faith development and theologies of the human person. The project develops an approach for drawing out the voices of a specific population within a congregation, for congregational ministry and for use in developing ministries. And it is intended to help us understand how to include members of a particular population as a vital part of congregational life. The project focuses on a particular group with the congregation who are less often heard on the issues involved in becoming elders. We need to hear from these people and make their voices more audible. How are they aware of the vocations of elderhood? How they are embraced by and within the context of congregational life? To hear experiences and perceptions of elderhood in their own voices, I have been asking older men active in the congregation a few questions. How has your faith developed as you have gotten older? How has the congregation participated in this growth? What calls you now as a vital way to live out your faith? How does the congregation embrace or celebrate it with you? Having now listened to a dozen and a half of the older men active in the congregation, in leadership, worship or service, I am aware of how grateful I am for their participation and their presence in the congregation. As I evaluate what they have said to me, both common themes and unique perspective, I look forward to honoring their voices. The dissertation what can be learned from listening to elders, in light of social-science theories of the human person, an eye to how congregations and their leaders can become better at serving and serving with their older constitutuents.