Please ring The Briery on 01943 607287 to book your place. Thank you.
As we get older we can gradually experience a series of ‘losses’ – an increase in health issues, a decrease in independence, some loss of ability to do what we used to do, loss of friends, possibly moving out of your home, loss of memory and so on.
How do we hold onto and deepen our true identity, allow loss to be part of our jigsaw, find new purposes and resilience in the context of this part of our spiritual and practical journey?
Join us online (tbc) for a short talk followed by time in break out groups to discuss and share with each other, closing with a reflection and prayer.
This is a partnership event with Leeds Church Institute.
This is a partnership event with Leeds Church Institute.
Later Life – what is your perspective? is it a decline or an ascent, a blessing or a burden, or a mixture of both? How do we face and embrace both the challenges and the joys in the context of our ongoing spiritual journey?
Join us for lunch followed by a panel of speakers bringing a wealth of perspectives on how we view and experience later life, followed by opportunity to discuss and ask questions.
Speakers:
Panel Chair: Carol Burns,Chair of Trustees of Growing Old Grace-fully.
Revd Dr Keith Albans – Retired Methodist Minister and Director of Chaplaincy and Spirituality at MHA Care Group 2001-2017.
Pippa Bonner – Pastoral Worker at a Care Home, and formerly coordinated the Bereavement Service at St Gemma’s Hospice.
Dr Helen Reid – Director of Leeds Church Institute.
Gaynor Hammond – Retired Baptist Minister and former Dementia Worker.
This is a partnership event with Leeds Church Institute.
Join our discussion event for sharing and tips about supporting and involving older people in parishes.
After a short reflection, you will be able to choose one of the following discussion groups in break out rooms:
We all have journeys to share and things to learn, so let’s learn from each other in this post-lockdown landscape.
Opera North are excited to hold another Dementia Friendly performance at The Grand. This time it is the well-known and popular opera Carmen by Bizet. Bizet’s flamenco-infused music overflows with emotion and unforgettable melodies including the ‘Habanera’ and Toreador Song. See the website for more details: https://www.operanorth.co.uk/access/dementia-friendly-performances/
Starting at West Yorkshire Playhouse on Monday 6th September with lots of taster activities, there are LOADS of things going on throughout the Festival up until Friday 17th September – why not join in with a local event near you – see the website for all the details:
https://www.ageproudfestivalleeds.org/
This event organised by the Caritas Dementia Friendly Forum aims to explore the experiences of those living with dementia, and ways in which we can support them in church and everyday life.
Growing Old Gracefully is pleased to be involved in planning and running this important event.
Programme:
TO ATTEND PLEASE EMAIL GREGORY STACEY AT gregory.stacey@dioceseofleeds.org.uk and state your first and second choices for the workshop topics above. Thank you.
Roll Back the Stone – An online service with reflections on the Resurrection, to help us on our onward Eastertide journey.
Join us on Zoom for Scripture readings, prayers, poems, reflections and hymns in this Eastertide service.
Book your place HERE.
You will receive a Zoom link a couple of days before the service by email.
We feel it is important to mark the date of the start of the first lockdown with a reflective service giving space to remember those we know who have passed away over the last year (whatever the reason).
So a team of us at the Elizabeth Prout Bereavement Care (The Briery) and Growing Old Grace-fully have joined together to hold this online service , which will include:
If you would like to, you will be able to send the name and/or a photo of your loved one to be printed and put on the Tree of Remembrance in the chapel at The Briery where they will be kept displayed and prayed for until Easter. We would also like to display the names on the screen during the service.
Instructions about this will be sent by email after you register for the event.
Let’s join together to mark this day with remembrance and hope.
