Did you have all the resources you needed? To prepare for the next workshop: Did you feel prepared for any pastoral Write a draft of your own obituary. issues that emerged in the course of the Consider: At this moment, what epitaph do workshop? How did you—and the you want on your tombstone? If you don’t Is there anything you would do want a tombstone, where would you like differently? your remains to be? Were your practical and spiritual preparation Looking Ahead time adequate? In Workshop 7: Preparation for Death [insert date Are there opportunities for improvement and here], a visitor will talk to us about palliative care modification in advance of the next and hospice care to explain some common workshop? medical choices and advance directives. [Insert information about your visitor]. Handout 1: Looking Ahead to For Workshop 8: Sharing New Insights [insert date Workshop 7 here], you are invited to share an artistic response We cannot tear out a single page of our life, to death and dying, such as a photograph, drawing, but we can throw the whole book in the fire. painting, poem, prose, song, music, ceramics, or George Sand, 19th century French — dance. The creation of the project and novelist nonjudgmental sharing with the group will yield Field Trip Information delightful surprises and provide a way to bring together and express our emotional and spiritual Here are details for our upcoming field trip(s): learning from this program. [Insert your information here. For suggestions Find Out More about the field trip(s), see the program introduction.] The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention provides a number of and For Next Time resources.
Did you have all the resources you needed? Did you feel prepared for any pastoral issues that emerged in the course of the workshop? How did you—and the Is there anything you would do differently? Were your practical and spiritual preparation time adequate? Are there opportunities for improvement and modification in advance of the next workshop? Handout 1: Looking Ahead to Workshop 7 We cannot tear out a single page of our life, but we can throw the whole book in the fire. — George Sand, 19th century French novelist Field Trip Information Here are details for our upcoming field trip(s): [Insert your information here. For suggestions about the field trip(s), see the program introduction.] For Next Time To prepare for the next workshop: Write a draft of your own obituary. Consider: At this moment, what epitaph do you want on your tombstone? If you don’t want a tombstone, where would you like your remains to be? Looking Ahead In Workshop 7: Preparation for Death [insert date here], a visitor will talk to us about palliative care and hospice care to explain some common medical choices and advance directives. [Insert information about your visitor]. For Workshop 8: Sharing New Insights [insert date here], you are invited to share an artistic response to death and dying, such as a photograph, drawing, painting, poem, prose, song, music, ceramics, or dance. The creation of the project and nonjudgmental sharing with the group will yield delightful surprises and provide a way to bring together and express our emotional and spiritual learning from this program. Find Out More The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention provides a number of and resources.