Dying, Death of a Loved One, Memorial Services
Dealing with Loss in Supportive Community
We are a caring community with a wide diversity of backgrounds and beliefs, embracing principles that include compassion and support. We have members who are good models of hope in survival of a variety of life's challenges.
We invite you to visit us for one or more of these benefits:
- Learning to cope with dying
- Support for dying with dignity (more below)
- Finding support in planning and creating a unique memorial service (more below)
- Celebrating life
- Finding comfort after losing a loved one, counseling and referrals
- Dealing with your own mortality (see also Aging/Mortality)
- Support for children with loss, death and dying (see Religious Education)
- Explore beliefs about the afterlife
- there are no financial/payment requirements for Sunday visitors - come and learn what we're all about
Additional Information
Each memorial service is unique as each life is unique. We celebrate our departed members with music, stories, readings, and usually without liturgy (unless there's a special request). One of reading often used in our memorial services is to the left. Deep personal sharing embraces and lifts up families. We are there caring for each other, filling our souls with memories.
In 1988, Unitarian Universalists passed a national resolution favoring
aid in dying for the terminally ill who are suffering, becoming the
first religious body to affirm a right to die.
Here are some ideas about death, dying, the afterlife, and memorial services from local congregations and our national network (links open in new window if not on this site):
Making Peace With Death (audio & text sermon)
On the Death of a Child: Article of Buddhist wisdom
Coping with Loss: Denial: sermon on denial in the face of loss
Coming and Going: A sermon about the transitions of life, includes hospice story
Coping strategies: Unitarian Universalist: Essay includes the afterlife and Quotes that can inspire from famous Unitarian Universalists.
Virtual Memorial Garden of loved ones from one of our local congregations
