A Funeral For ALL Things: Connecting those grieving nontraditional losses - church, relationships, faith, job, health, etc -through a ritual of loss
Time: Sat 11:00AM
Venue: Front Porch
Style: Experiential
Content Type: Funeral for Nontraditional Grief
Description: After a long faith deconstruction period and loss of our church, we found ourselves experiencing what we now understand to be Grief. But we found a lack of grief resources and rituals available to help with nontraditional / nondeath losses - such as the loss of friendships, careers, health, church family, a faith that once felt so certain, a marriage, a pregnancy, or a physical or emotional estrangement with relationships affected by ideological, political or theological divides. In addition to situational losses, there are very deep subsequent losses that make grieving even more complex such as the loss of trust, safety, or a sense of value and worth. With traditional grief like the death of a loved one, there is ritual that provides a way for lament and mourning to begin. There is historical framework and liturgy for processing the loss, finding comfort in community, and honoring what was lost. The Funeral for ALL things is an opportunity for people to connect with each other by sharing their grief, recognizing the good that came out of what’s been lost, while also acknowledging that our next chapter continues on with something missing or changed. There will be a small casket available for anyone for whom it would be helpful to write down and put inside what it is they are saying goodbye to, as an embodied way to utilize ritual to honor what lies behind.
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