28th September 2019, 9:45 AM – 1:00 PM
The idea of a death café is to enable people to be comfortable with talking about death as a part of life. It’s to look at our attitudes to death, the sadness and the humour that goes with it, the important parts like funerals and readings and songs to be played that can sometimes be left too late.
The morning starts with coffee before going into a short social history of death. This is a fascinating look at how attitudes have changed as lifespans have got longer and some of the odd customs that have collected around death and funerals.
This will be followed by Death Café and Cake. An introduction to Grave Talk cards and how to use them to facilitate conversation about death and help people to talk openly about how death has affected them and how they choose to deal with it. The aim is to help people to develop a healthy and open approach to talking about death before it happens.
We will finish the morning with a group discussion looking at how the church can help people to deal with death in a manner that makes it easier for them and all those around them.
Timetable
9.45 arrivals and coffee
10am start – intro and Presentation which will last till about 11.15.
11.15am Death Café with cake
12noon Group discussion on What could the circuit do to reach out to people who are dealing with death?
1pm Finish
The event will be co-hosted by Peter Bangs, Pioneer Missioner and Kathy O'Loughlin Learning & Development Officer. Email Pete to book on