“Behind the Scenes at LCUUF”
Presenter: Rev. Matt Alspaugh Service Associate: Dee Dee Camhi Annual General Meeting (AGM)
Topic: Endings
“Your Year To Live”
Presenter: Rev. Gary Kowalski Service Associate: Eric Luria It’s a truism that everyone knows they are going to die, but no one really believes it. This morning our guest speaker Reverend Gary Kowalski suggests that embracing mortality can be a doorway to richer and more abundant living. Gary is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School … Continue reading “Your Year To Live”
This is Your Life, Give it a Good Ending
Presenters: Loretta Downs, Lorna Dean Service Associate: Jane Castleman Living fully means considering all along the way, how we are living and what we can leave behind as our legacy whether as actions, values, relationships, and/or tangibles. Leaving a legacy is like tossing a rock into a pond. There is an initial splash followed by … Continue reading This is Your Life, Give it a Good Ending
Día de los Muertos
The Mexican holiday Día de los Muertos invites us to explore the meaning of death, life, afterlife, and our connections with people living and dead. As part of our service, we will feature a virtual ofrenda slideshow of loved ones and friends who have passed on. If you would like your loved one included in … Continue reading Día de los Muertos
Eight Practices That Create Peaceful Transitions Through Life and Death
Loretta Downs, who lives at Lakeside and has many years of practice at hospitals and hospices will talk about life, death, and companioning the ill and dying.
Résumé and Eulogy Virtues
A few years ago, New York Times columnist David Brooks wrote a column in which he noted the difference between what he called ‘résumé virtues’ and ‘eulogy virtues’, with résumé virtues being “the skills that you bring to the marketplace, while eulogy virtues are ‘the ones that are talked about at your funeral.’ This concept, … Continue reading Résumé and Eulogy Virtues
Ageing Gracefully
Loretta Downs is a Lakeside resident with a Master’s Degree in gerontology. She is a past president of the Chicago End-of-Life Care Coalition and a Certified Senior Advisor. She will be speaking about adjusting to the health challenges, vulnerabilities and loss of independence that many people experience as they age. Cat Barnett will be the … Continue reading Ageing Gracefully