2023 Winter Newsletter

NEW Deathcare Course

We are so proud to share with you our new Medical Aid in Dying course. A Sacred Passing and End of Life WA have worked hard on this project for 2 years and here we are. A FREE course on how to care for people accessing medical aid in dying. Learn from people who have combined, walked along hundreds of people choosing medical aid in dying. Please let us know what you think.

Look for our monthly meet ups coming in April- we need spaces to be together, and A Sacred Passing is a space maker.

To register at no cost, click here

Upcoming Offerings from A Sacred Passing

Listening Line Volunteer Training

The Listening Line offers a free place for folx to call and talk about grief, in its many forms and all it's uncomfortable edges.

Interested in volunteering on the Listening Line?

2023 Volunteer Trainings:

March 18

July 15

November 11

10am-1pmPST - Zoom

Quaking the America: Reading and Work Group

Join us for a year long reading and work group of Quaking of America.

This is a shared space to digest, process and unfurl together, in thought and action.

A 1 year commitment, 12 Gatherings

3rd Sunday of the Month

11am - 12:30 South Park or on Zoom

We can only really do this together.

Join Us

Medical Aid in Dying Grief Group

Our Medical Aid in Dying (MAiD) Grief Group is a free of cost, virtual drop in group where friends or family can come together in conversation and care.

This is not a space for medical providers, death doulas or employed caretakers, but a supportive space for partners, friends, family, and beloveds of someone who has chosen the MAiD process.

Join us every first Sunday of the month 7:00pm-8:30pm PST/5:00pm-6:30pm HST

Community Offerings

Haiku Pyrography

Poem by Jason Kirk (aka Brasswax)

Materials: quilted maple (Acer macrophyllum), linseed oil

Dimensions: 7.25" x 2.75" x 2.25"

DEATH AND DYING IN ISLAM: HOW BEST TO CARE FOR MUSLIM PATIENTS

This course will cover death and dying from an Islamic perspective. We will review how to care for a Muslim patient at the time of their transition and all consequent matters.

This workshop will prepare chaplains, religious leaders, and community members on how to perform the Islamic rites and rituals of death. We will cover: actions to take when death is imminent; actions to take at the time of death and who to contact; rights of the deceased; ghusl (ritual washing for the deceased) and shrouding of the body; janaza (Muslim funeral prayer); etiquette of mourning the deceased; will writing and debt satisfaction; and cultural traditions vs. religious obligations.

Muslims place great importance on the preparation for death, dying and the afterlife. As we prepare for the inevitable reality of death, and the accompanying pain and loss, we will learn how best to support and serve a deceased Muslim, their family and community members during this time.