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3rd Sunday of the
Month – E-mail:
rekindlingtheflame@sbcglobal.net Voice Mail: 708.386.8036 ext. 36 REKINDLING THE FLAME - the monthly Interfaith service and support group for Family Caregivers and their supporters will have its sixth gathering on Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. at Grace Episcopal Church. The prayer-service begins at 2:30 p.m. and lasts about 45 minutes. Afterwards there is a "coffee hour" with light refreshments, discussion and programming. We
hope you will encourage anyone who is in any kind of a care-giving
role to join us. We hope that they will leave renewed and re-invigorated
for the work they are doing. REKINDLING THE FLAME is a new ministry of Grace Episcopal Church for the support and sustenance of Family Caregivers. It will include a monthly gathering that includes a monthly Interfaith service of prayer and reflection followed by a time of discussion, networking and sharing of experiences. Periodic speakers and programs will provide resources and information on issues faced by Caregivers. We acknowledge that Caregivers are called upon to take on responsibilities that may be outside of their normal skill-sets and that they shoulder these responsibilities in an extremely complicated mix of issues regarding: medical care, insurance, finances, legal and transportation, to name but a few. We also recognize that Caregivers are also caring for their own families and often working outside the home, as well. Each of these levels of complexity/activity creates its own particular demands and stresses on the Caregiver as well as the people they are caring for. It
is the fervent hope of the Grace Church Community that we can build a
nurturing and supportive atmosphere in which people can share common
experiences and engage in communal support which will help to REKINDLE
THE FLAME of the spirits of those engaged in this life-sustaining
task. REKINDLING THE FLAME will meet on the third Sunday of each month, beginning
If attendance makes respite care necessary, Steven Smith, the Caregiver Specialist at Oak Park Township Senior Services, can arrange respite care when either the caregiver or care recipient is 60 or older, or when a grandparent of any age is raising a grandchild. He can be reached at 708-383-8060. |
