Join members of the Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maine on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Pejepscot Terrace in Brunswick for a day of hands-on workshops and discussion.
It is a free public event, open to all.
According to a news release, topics include:
• Learn how to build a simple wooden coffin.
• Take a look at a handmade burial shroud sewn by a Maine shroud maker.
• Experienced funeral guides from Last Things and the National Home Funeral Alliance will demonstrate caring for a body at home, during and after death, including Jewish rituals of washing and preparing a body.
• A panel discussion will feature community members from Midcoast Maine, who meet regularly to discuss their choices for end-of-life and after-death care, supporting each other.
• Learn about how to complete the paperwork when a death occurs, and how to best document your own wishes for end of life.
Keynote speaker Julie Lanoie, from the New Hampshire Funeral Resources, Education and Advocacy, will speak about family-directed funerals and informed choices in funeral planning.
Lanoie is a registered nurse, counselor, hospice bereavement coordinator and therapeutic respite provider in the Mount Washington Valley region. She received her home funeral training with Final Passages, and is producing a film about home funerals titled “Mount Washington Valley.”
Also, the Maine Public Radio program “Maine Calling” will discuss the topics of home funerals on its Nov. 3 program at 1 p.m. Guests on the program will include volunteers from FCA Maine, Last Things, and the National Home Funeral Alliance.
The Pejepscot Terrace community building is located at 36 Pejebscot Terrace in Brunswick. For more information, call Alison Rector at (843) 441-7046. To contact FCA Maine, email info@fcamaine.net or voice mail (207) 558-2246. The website is fcamaine.net.
Getting in touch
• FOR MORE information, call Alison Rector at (843) 441-7046. To contact FCA Maine, email info@fcamaine.net or voice mail (207) 558- 2246. The website is fcamaine.net.
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