To Everything There is a Season

To Everything There Is a Season: Planning and Resources for the Final Years is a four-session series to be held at St Philip’s Church, Dunbar, co-produced by Rev Anne Privett (St Philip’s), Rev Mark Munn (St Helen’s) and Rev Alasdair Smith (VST).

Sessions are at St Philip’s on Saturday mornings 10:00 am - 12:00 pm, on Sept 13, 27, Oct 18 and Nov 1. Topics include downsizing, wills, health care decision-making, and the spirituality of death.  

Session Details: 

Sept 13 - Downsizing, Incapacity Planning, and Accommodation

Stephanie Chan, owner of Home to Home, a member of Eldercare Planners, Canada.

https://www.eldercareplanning.ca/specialists/stephanie-chan

 

Sept 27 – Administering Estates: What Happens After Someone Dies?

Mary Hamilton, K.C., lists this as a “simple guide with real life-and-death examples”

https://www.ahbl.ca/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/Mary-Hamilton.pdf?1742977832

 

Oct 18 – Health Care Decision-Making: Important Conversations to Have

Kerry Baisley’s experience spans Manager of Health Care Decisions with Public Guardian of BC; Medical Social Work in Residential Care; and Client Relations at Richmond Hospital.  Kerry will offer resources on decison-making re medical needs, separation, palliative care, medical intervention, and final wishes, centred around your needs and values. This includes the importance of having conversations with friends and loved ones.

Nov 1 – Preparing for Death: A Spirituality of Hospitality

Rev Mark Munn (St Helen’s) and Rev Anne Privett (St Philip’s) and Rev Alisdair Smith (VST) invite us into a spirituality of hospitality as a lens through which to explore dying, death and grief. A spirituality that takes us into the holy journey home to God, and the grief of letting go for all concerned. We’ll consider both the spirituality of dying and death, and how spirituality can support the grieving of those who remain behind.