{"id":160,"date":"2014-06-30T22:15:29","date_gmt":"2014-07-01T07:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=160"},"modified":"2014-07-01T02:15:51","modified_gmt":"2014-07-01T11:15:51","slug":"june-30-remembering-life-lost-is-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=160","title":{"rendered":"June 30 – Remembering Life Lost is Important"},"content":{"rendered":"
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While I was on vacation our department held one of three “Services of Remembrance” that we hold throughout the year. \u00a0Families always find this service comforting. \u00a0I had phone messages from several families stating they could not attend. \u00a0So yesterday I wrote them individual letters and sent them copies of the bulletin. \u00a0Their requests for bulletins reminded me just how important keepsake items are. \u00a0I still have all the sympathy cards I received when each of my parents died. \u00a0When I think about how the messages in the cards made me feel and the connection I shared with the people who sent them, I felt supported at a time of loss and great emotion.<\/p>\n

Our department is not required by any regulatory body to offer these services. \u00a0We do not receive any reimbursement for conducting them. \u00a0But we hold them to offer a time of healing for the surviving family members and add another recognition of honor to the lives of those who have died. \u00a0I expect that as long as families still attend we will continue to offer these services. \u00a0It is one more step in the provision of pastoral care that makes chaplaincy a valuable ministry to offer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While I was on vacation our department held one of three “Services of Remembrance” that we hold throughout the year. \u00a0Families always find this service comforting. \u00a0I had phone messages from several families stating they could not attend. \u00a0So yesterday I wrote them individual letters and sent them copies of the bulletin. \u00a0Their requests for … Continue reading June 30 – Remembering Life Lost is Important<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=160"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160\/revisions\/161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}