| Sacramento Valley Chapter Lutherans for Life |
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Bringing Good News to Life Date: September 25, 2010 Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Location: Town and Country. Registration Deadline: September 15, 2010 |
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Coping with the death of a loved one is one of the most difficult things we will face in our lifetime. St. Paul tells us to “grieve not as those who have no hope” (I Thessalonians 4:13b), but this doesn’t mean we won’t grieve. While each person’s grief and loss is unique, there are many commonalities to grief. This presentation will focus on the many universal ingredients of grief and give tools to understanding the grief process. Grieving is not a process of forgetting, but rather it is a means of remembering those whom we love Nancy will be talking about her family’s journey fears, challenges and celebrations from the diagnosis to where they are today. She will also touch on how her church family supported their journey. She will discuss health issues, education and social stigma that they encounter. She will discuss how the delivery of the diagnosis is changing and what information is now available, as they were questioned on their beliefs at the time. She will also give a little background on her childhood growing up in Sonoma and visiting Sonoma State Hospital often where her aunt was a nurse on the wards and how those memories factored into some of her fears. Pastor Ellis and his wife, Charlene, will share their experiences living with a disabled child and God’s heart for the disabled. Losing control at the end of our life, or at any point in life for that matter, is one of our greatest fears. How do we cope when our trusted patterns of life are destroyed by a chronic illness or old age? How do we cope with suffering that destroys our capacity to be who we know ourselves to be? This presentation will focus on palliatve care, which simply put is taking care of body and soul. It comes from the word, “palliate”, which means to relieve or alleviate. Palliative care renders compassion, comfort and care to enhance the quality of life of a person with a serious, chronic or terminal illness. Palliative care focuses on the care of the whole person, as God has made us: mind, body and spirit. This care brings healing and hope in the truest sense of the word. Grief and loss are an inevitable part of life here on earth. No one is immune to grief. Most of life’s transitions will bring a sense of loss—losing one’s health, unemployment, having a child move away, the death of a loved one. While the losses may differ, they have one thing in common; they bring with them the reality of grief. This presentation will focus on the various faces of grief. We will explore the “everyday” losses we encounter and how they prepare us for the significant losses. We will see what Scripture has to tell us about grief and discover strategies for coping with grief. |
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| 40 Days for Life - September 22 – October 31 |
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