We often find it hard to have conversations about death, ours or a loved one’s. But as we find ourselves in the midst of a shifting world, we have an opportunity to be agents of change in our culture. Contemplating a “good death” can be an important aspect of living fully. We are empowered to create end-of-life experiences that enrich our families and communities. We can reclaim death-care as part of the circle of life. Our options to create meaning as we leave t

Guest Speaker; Michele Skeele

Michele Skeele is passionate about transforming our conversations around death. She retired last December from Carolina Memorial Sanctuary, North Carolina’s first conservation burial ground, where she assisted families with green burials. Michele began to turn towards death in 2000 as she began training as a Therapeutic Musician, using Native American flutes at the bedside. She is a Home Funeral Guide with the Center for End of Life Transitions in Asheville, NC, and has been certified by the University of Vermont College of Medicine as an End of Life Doula.  Michele currently assists families with the care of loved ones after death and leads death services as a celebrant.

Story for All Ages

Baking Day at Grandma’s 

by Anika Denise (Author), Christopher Denise (Illustrator)

Musician;

Shirley Gruenhut, piano

Shirley is an avid chamber music player and New York native who now calls Hendersonville home. A graduate of Brooklyn College, she was the first time recipient of the prestigious Charles Ives Award for excellence in musical performance. She studied graduate level piano accompaniment at the Manhattan School of Music. She assisted at the Metropolitan Opera House studios and has performed regularly in New York, as well as Europe and Israel. Shirley is a member of ACMA-Association of Classical Musicians and Artists, Sing For Hope, and ACMP-Association of Chamber Music Players. She is also a professional member of AAPF, the Asheville Area Piano Forum. She was founder of several chamber music ensembles

We gather for worship and fellowship each Sunday with a service at 10:30 followed by coffee hour. Dress is casual. Parking is plentiful. And our building is accessible.

Family Ministry / Sunday School: All Ages meet in Sanctuary at 10:30 AM Children go to classrooms at 10:45 after the “Story for All Ages.” On the lower level, we have a nursery for infants and toddlers, and we have classes where children and youth learn about and explore faith, religion, justice, and community.

We welcome you: your whole self, with all your truths and your doubts, your worries and your hopes. Join us on this extraordinary adventure of faith!

Topics: Death and Dying