FROM PULPIT TO BEDSIDE: Practical Dying Seminar
| Oct ’08 |
| 24 |
| 8:30 am |
Friday, October 24, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 12 noon
VNSNY Hospice Office
1250 Broadway, 7th floor
(@ 32nd Street in Manhattan).
In observance of National Pastoral Care Week, the Visiting Nurse Service of New York Hospice Care will offer the 2nd annual “FROM PULPIT TO BEDSIDE: Practical Dying” Seminar for religious professionals and lay pastoral caregivers and other allied professionals.
The 2008 focus on “practical dying” will explore how faith congregations and other community organizations can educate, prepare and support members in preparations that can reclaim dying as a natural and, ultimately, spiritual process.
Here is a .pdf file of the registration brochure:
Brochure2008
If you prefer a printed copy, please call (212 609-1979) or email your street mailing address.
The 3-hour program includes a keynote address, “Dying Well Takes Practice,” by James Avery, M.D.
Dr. Avery heads a team of eight VNSNY Hospice physicians, all certified in Hospice & Palliative Care Medicine. He is well known locally and nationally for his engaging presentations.
A panel of local experts will offer information on how congregations can support practical steps among its faith community members such as completing a health care proxy, appointing a power of attorney, developing advanced directives, having end-of-life conversations, pre-planning funeral arrangements and creating ethical/spiritual wills.
National Pastoral Care Week was established in 1985 to honor and celebrate all practitioners of pastoral care and to promote continuing education for clergy, laity, and institutional employees regarding the value of pastoral care.