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  • The Program Imagine…that you are having your portrait made, your face carved in beautiful wood. Not all of us would feel comfortable, especially as we grow older, with someone noticing our wrinkles and spots. At times we fear that our faces will betray us, showing our soft spots and weak places…...
    January 10, 2016 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • A decade ago, when a parishioner asked if I had any good books on aging, I replied with confidence, “Yes, I’ll bring some from home.” When I searched for resources, I was surprised to find that I had purchased many good resources on aging at least ten years earlier. I had bought them when it...
    January 10, 2016 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • October 16, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • October 16, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
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    Leader Resource | September 30, 2015 | For Adults | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • This handout was created by Spiritual Directors International and is used with permission. Printing This Handout Download a high-resolution copy of this Handout (PDF) for printing.
    Handout | September 30, 2015 | For Adults | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • Material excerpted from the book I WILL NOT DIE AN UNLIVED LIFE © 2000 Dawna Markova, with permission from Red Wheel/Weiser, LLC Newburyport, MA and San Francisco, CA www.redwheelweiser.com.Hayden Planetarium of the American Museum of Natural History and/or sign up for Starstruck, their email...
    Handout | September 30, 2015 | For Adults | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • Activity time: 10 minutes Post the closing words so all can see them. Shuffle and set out Blessing Cards, text side down, and invite each participant to take one and hold it. Lead them in saying together the words for extinguishing the chalice: We close our workshop by extinguishing the chalice....
    September 30, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • Activity time: 20 minutes Say: Spiritual journaling is a way be conversant with yourself about those things in life that touch you, the things that puzzle you, the ones that make your heart smile, the things that break your heart, and those happenings in life that hold deep beauty and bring feeli...
    September 30, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • Activity time: 5 minutes Say: This moment, and the next, and the next are not repeated and not repeatable “nows” in your life journey. Each one is a particular moment on your timeline. Each “now” is also a moment on the four-and-a-half-billion-plus-year timeline of planet Earth. We are part...
    September 30, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • Activity time: 25 minutes Tell participants that you are going to lead a ceremony, and will begin with two quotes from Neil deGrasse Tyson, an astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History: We are all connected; To each other, biologically. To the...
    September 30, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • Activity time: 10 minutes Tell participants that you will lead a guided visualization. Invite them do this with eyes open or closed. Say: Sit comfortably with both feet flat on the floor. (Pause.) Breathe in deeply through your nose. Hold it for a moment (pause), and then slowly, slowly let it out.
    September 30, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • Activity time: 5 minutes Introduce the activity, saying: Each day our body, mind, and heart beg for exercise to stay healthy. Together they carry us where needed every day and night. They don’t want us to be couch potatoes; if we are, all parts of us will rebel by stiffening up. Remember the...
    September 30, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • Activity time: 35 minutes Welcome participants as they arrive and ask them to put on their name tags. If you are having a potluck, invite them to put their dishes on the designated food table. If everyone is able to stand, invite them to stand behind their chairs for the table grace. If some are...
    September 30, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • Arrange for coffee, tea, and water at the workshop. Arrange for furniture setup: For large group: Place tables in a horseshoe arrangement (leaders at the head table, chairs around outside of tables). For smaller group: Place one or two table tables in a rectangle (leaders sit at a middle side and...
    September 30, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • Coffee, tea, and water service items Tissues (for participant use) Chalice, candle, and lighter, or LED battery-operated candle Cloth Chime or bell for signaling time Name badges from Workshop 1 Group Rules of Respect from Workshop 1 Singing the Living Tradition, the UUA hymnbook, enough for all...
    September 30, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • Workshop 6 applauds the group of wise elders who have shared Hindsight, Humor, and Hope. Participants are honored for their hard work reviewing personal life happenings and learnings....
    September 30, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • Activity time: 10 minutes Post the closing words so all can see them. Shuffle and set out Blessing Cards, text side down, and invite each participant to take one. Then take a card and read your blessing aloud. Invite participants in turn to share their blessings aloud. Allow a pause between each...
    September 30, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • Activity time: 5 minutes Tell participants that you will have a celebration at the final workshop and that lunchtime will be a little longer. Explain your plans (for example, a potluck lunch or a lunch prepared by others) and what participants need to bring. Distribute Handout 1, Looking Ahead to...
    September 30, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope
  • Activity time: 25 minutes Introduce this activity, saying: While it can be difficult at any time to deal with end-of-life issues because they concern our own mortality and the unknown, it is easier to make known our end-of-life health-care decisions while we are in good health....
    September 30, 2015 | From Hindsight, Humor, and Hope