Pre-retirement siminars are educational sessions on how the United Church benefits plans change once you've retired.

To hold a pre-retirment seminar in your area, please contact your presbytery pension convener or your Conference personnel minister to get the ball rolling.

The following seminars are confirmed with the Human Resources Unit as of Sept. 15, 2010:

November 3: Hamilton Conference Office, Hamilton, ON. Contact Rev. Jenny Stephens, Conference Personnel Minister, 905-659-3343

Okay, after retirement, what did you do or what will you do with accumulated detritus - cards and letters, pictures, old appointment forms and the list goes on. I have had a bag filled to overflowing for the last 5 years hanging on a hook. Everytime i go by it and notice it, I have a guilty conscience that IUhave gone through it.

Well, this morning, for 3 hours , I sorted. Many of the people who sent cards, have died. It is 10 years of life in that bag. Now what is your advice - keep it or trash it.

Three years ago, I retired. I had led a busy life - teaching, radio twice a day, TV, public talks fifty or sixty a year. I looked forward to doing things I had never had timem for - a family tree, some reading...  Instead, I find I'm always tired an spiritless. Two months ago, I spent time in hospital being checked for an irregular heart beat. I have little energy.