TOPSHAM — CHANS Hospice Care program will be holding an interfaith memorial service for anyone who has lost a loved one in the past year.
A Time for Remembering will be held on Sunday, Nov. 3, at 2 p.m. at Mid Coast Presbyterian Church, 84 Main St. in Topsham. The annual memorial service honors persons who received end-of-life care from CHANS Home Health Care, as well as others in the community who have died.
The special service celebrates life and love through music, poetry, sacred text, and a reading of names of those who have died. Families are invited to bring a framed photograph of their loved one to be displayed in a place of honor for the duration of the celebration. Refreshments will be served after the service for attendees that would like to stay.
Persons that would like to have the name of a loved one read at the service should call Andy Sokoloff, coordinator of bereavement services at CHANS Hospice Care at 721-1357, by 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28. Messages are welcomed with name, contact information, and the full name to be read at the service.
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