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A Sacred Calling:
​Crafting End of Life Celebrations

DEBORA-ELLEN BROWN
This is a practicum designed to give participants co-supervised practical applications in crafting relevant, compassionate, healing celebrations of life as more frequently desired by individuals traversing a spiritual vs traditional religious path in order to commemorate the life of a loved one.
Program Objectives and Outcomes: Participants will have the opportunity to craft Memorial and Committal Services drawing from their own faith traditions and those of the fictional decedents based on the stories, clues, family albums, or even family ramblings presiders might gather in their limited or extended meetings with family members. Participants will collect hopefully some new, amazing resources for songs, prayers, poems, rituals, even dances that will enhance their own treasure chest of meaningful celebrations of lives well lived.
​

Who will benefit from this program?: This would not simply be for ministers; my prayer would be that the exchanges we have, the rituals we create, the Aha's that move our hearts and plant seeds for our future, might be informative for our own personal life celebration, for family members or cherished loved ones who call us forth to remember, to celebrate, to send forth.
Prerequisites: A tender heart
Start Date: September 27, 2020
​Number of Classes: 9 classes: Sept 27th, Oct 11th and 25th, Nov 8th and 22nd
Dec 6th and 20th, Jan 10th and 24th

Number of Participants: Min 7 /Max 12
Day/Time: Sundays, 6:30-8:00pm
Cost: ​ $112.50

Location: Zoom
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Required / Suggested Reading:
*
The Rebecca Notebook by Daphne D Maurie
* Heartfelt Memorial Services by Beverly Molander and Dave Savage
* Beyond Absence: A Treasury of Poems, Quotations and Readings on Death and Remembrance Edited by Edward Searl
* Funerals and Memorials by Dayna Reid
* The Healing Power of Grief: the Journey through Loss to life and Laughter by Gloria Lintermans et al
* It's ok that you're not OK by Megan Divine
* It's ok to Laugh (Crying is cool too) by Nora McInerny Purmort
*** And anything or everything that will make your rituals come alive, take wings and fly
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About Debora-Ellen: I tend to think of myself as a lover of life and an instrument of healing. Once scared by death, now truly at peace with it----peace began when my first Novice Directress realized my phobia and true peace surrounded me as my step-mother and siblings accompanied my dad into his next realm of life.
​Qualifications / Certifications relevant to teaching this class: Master's of Pastoral Studies; Master's of Divinity; Training and certification in Spiritual Direction from the Haden Institute; Graduate studies in Thanatology and Ritual from the University of Dayton, Catholic Theological Union, and Notre Dame; 20 -25 years experience in creating and presiding over life rituals; 8 years working with Service Corporation International --a Dignity Provider for Cemeteries and Funeral Homes in the Chicago market; An ordained Interfaith Minister through the Tree of Life Seminary
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  • Home
    • About Us
    • Contact Us
    • Our History
    • Our Founder Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt
    • Our Presiding Minister Rev. Linda Goodman
  • Temple
    • Worship Services >
      • Upcoming Worship Services
      • Worship Service Proposal Form
      • Archive
    • Classes and Offerings at the Temple >
      • Seekers Book Club
      • Monday Meditation Yoga Nidra
      • Conversations in the Wilderness
      • Rise Up and Call Her Name
      • Our Sacred Call
      • Dream Works
      • Class Proposal >
        • Class Proposal Form
        • Program Presenter Contract
      • Archived Classes at the Temple >
        • Writing Personal Essay and Memoir as a Spiritual Practice
        • Braver Angels - Depolarizing Political Conversation
        • SEVA (Service Project) 9 week Free Yoga with Carol Gaudreau
        • Fall Classes for 2019 >
          • Building Your Yogi Toolbox
          • Cooking Basics for Health & Wellness
          • Introduction to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
          • Writing Personal Essay and Memoir
        • 2019 Classes at the Sparrows Nest: Owned and Operated by Rev. Dr. Stephanie Rutt, our Presiding Minister >
          • On the Shaman's Drum
          • Pray Without Ceasing
        • Spring 2019 >
          • Chakra Vibration - An Inner Journey
          • Grief Yoga - Moving to Empowerment
          • The Secret Garden
          • What is Happiness - How do we find and nurture it
          • Psalm 23
          • Yoga Nidra
        • Winter 2019 >
          • Spiritual Dowsing
          • Tai Chi
        • Fall 2018 >
          • Call of the Morning Dove
          • Gentle Yoga
          • Interfaith Approach to Christian Mysticism
          • Hinds' Feet on High Places
          • Lord's Prayer in Aramaic
          • Mala Workshop
          • Our Relationship with Food
          • Soul Collage
          • The Hero-Heroine's Journey
          • Writing Personal Essay and Memoir
    • Membership >
      • Membership Overview
      • Becoming a Member
      • 2021 Membership & Pledge Drive
      • Ministers Roster
    • Our Community >
      • A Gift from the Light
      • Our Ministries/Our Lives >
        • Carol LaChance
        • Stephanie Rutt
        • Camilla Sanderson
  • Interfaith Seminary
    • The Vision: We Are Called
    • The Seminary Program >
      • Curriculum
      • Spiritual Practice
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      • Fees , Scholarship Aid & Applications >
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