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Healing happens when we name our grief and gratitude.
Naming it together shows us what we have in common and can help us heal.
When we acknowledge our grief and loss, we gain insight.
When we express our gratitude, we open our hearts to possibilities.
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You are invited to participate in our fall Grief & Gratitude project. You can:

ATTEND ANY OF OUR FREE ONLINE MONDAY WORKSHOPS, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Click here to register.

Join the Rev. Jean Ward, a Fairlawn minister, for our grief workshops:

• • Oct. 26 – Necessary Grief:
    We are all intimately connected by the grief of loss caused by death, the coming apart in order to come back together again in a new way. How do we speak, together, of the ongoing and very human work of memory and honouring our loss?
  • Nov. 2 – The Grief of Here & Now:
    In the midst of a pandemic, our planet struggles with loss and reckoning. How do we find our mooring and strength?

Join Noelle Boughton, a spiritual coach, for our gratitude workshops:

• • Nov. 9 – How to Cultivate a Grateful Heart:
    Being grateful can improve our lives and health. But what does it mean to be grateful? How can we clear the blocks we may have in our hearts? Learn some new contemplative, storytelling, and emotional release practices this fall.
  • Nov. 16 – How to Cultivate a Grateful Life:
    Developing an attitude of gratitude doesn’t mean ignoring the hard stuff in our life. But, how can we develop that gratitude habit? Learn to develop a thankfulness practice as well as soft eyes to broaden your past, present, and future perspective.

PARTICIPATE IN OUR OUTDOOR PROJECT – either in person or online. You can:

1. visit Fairlawn to post your own message.

Take a card and pen from the bird house, and write:

• • a sadness or grief that you are experiencing (however big or small) on one side, and something you feel grateful for on the other side.
  • Attach your card to the mesh around one of our two trees.

2. send your BRIEF message (to fit on an eye-glass case sized tag) in the online form below. We will post it for you.

We hope that you will find some comfort in our community sharing.

Email if we can offer you any support.

Join us in any of our other online activities at www.fairlawnchurch.ca this fall and winter.

With gratitude from Fairlawn Avenue United Church.