Aurum Foundation

Though death is the one certainty in life we can count on, we often postpone considerations of how we might want to be there for loved ones at this threshold till the last minute. This conference gives an opportunity to consider a spiritual view of dying and the issues around being there for others, including how to actually care for loved ones both before and after death at home, a choice most people don't know they have. Legal and practical matters will be included in presentations that are accessible, supportive, and give empowerment, confidence, and hope for the inevitable transitions in our lives.
      -- Nancy Jewel Poer

For most of us, death is something handled by a funeral home. Are there other options for those who wish to engage more personally in the process of caring for a loved one at the threshold of death?

The Aurum Foundation has invited Elizabeth Knox, founder and executive director of Crossings: Caring for Our Own at Death, to address such questions. She came to home funeral care through personal loss and has since assisted hundreds of individuals to be present to the grief and love and wonder of a home funeral.

• Friday Evening April 7, 2006, 7:00 pm. Introductory lecture
  • All Saints Parish Hall, 51 Concord Rd., Peterborough, NH
    
  • Donation of $5-10 suggested.
  
  
  
• Saturday, April 8, 2006, Living Into Dying, full day seminar: 9 - 12 noon and 1:30 - 4 pm.
  • to be held at Hestia House, Ploughshare Farm, Greenfield, NH. (6 miles east of Peterborough)
  • Preregistration is required. Fee: $75. Some partial scholarships will be available. The fee for a second person in the same family will be $55.
  • A healthy midday meal, served at noon, is included in the conference fee.

Please Note:

• The Saturday workshop will have limited enrollment. We encourage you to RESERVE A PLACE BY REGISTERING EARLY!.
• To register, print and fill out the Registration Form. Use the "BACK" button of your browser to return to this Aurum web page.
• People who are traveling some distance to participate in this conference, may be interested in inexpensive lodging available at Hestia House, Greenfield, NH. (This the location for the Saturday workshop!) A shared room is $25 per person, breakfast included. A single room is $35. There are just a few rooms available. Indicate on the registration form whether you are interested in such lodging and we will let you know, when we confirm the registration, whether a place has been reserved for you.
• Driving directions will be included with our confirmation of your registration.
• For further information contact Wendy Hill, POBox 72, Dublin, NH 03444, tel. 603-827-3966, or Gerhard Bedding, 603-355-2202.