Circle of Friends for the Dying actively promotes events that give people the opportunity to explore their feelings about end-of-life. We feel that knowledge is power, which can bring great relief during a time of powerlessness. We can’t control our dying, but we can explore ways to face it so that the choices available to us become meaningful options.
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Click here to register Registration in advance for this free event is required. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Zoom meeting. Bookmark that email or make note of the registration link on your calendar. ABOUT THIS EVENT: Welcome! We have held over 100 Death Cafés in the Hudson… Read More »Death Café Online – October 18, 2024
To be alive, living on this planet, in this body, in this mind, we face many challenges including a life that is filled with uncertainty. We are often unsure and fearful about what might happen in the future, especially when we wonder or are worried about our health. Our fears are often heightened when we… Read More »Life Matters: Mindfully Managing Uncertainty with Stephanie Speer
Circle of Friends for the Dying presents A Touchstone Writers One-Day Workshop In-person at Jim & Lisa’s Circle Home at 100 Wurts Street, Kingston Sunday, October 27th from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Delve into your memories and record them for posterity! The six-hour intensive workshop, for both beginners and more seasoned writers, will… Read More »Touchstone one-day Writers Workshop – October 27, 2024
11:00am-12:30pm Woodstock Jewish Congregation 1682 Glasco Turnpike Woodstock, NY 12498 Returning by popular demand! An In-Person CFD Death Café, hosted by Circle of Friends for the Dying! All welcome! No admission! Light refreshments! CFD Death Cafés are gatherings of people, often strangers, where we eat cake, drink tea or coffee, and confidentially have… Read More »In-person Death Café – Nov 12, 2024
The Healing Obituary: Focus on the Details Reporter Margalit Fox says, “Obituaries have next to nothing to do with death and absolutely everything to do with life.” So why do we wait until after our deaths to write them? Thinking about how to tell your life story, or that of a loved one, can help… Read More »Life Matters: The Healing Obituary with Kitty Sheehan
Click here to register Registration in advance for this free event is required. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Zoom meeting. Bookmark that email or make note of the registration link on your calendar. ABOUT THIS EVENT: Welcome! We have held over 100 Death Cafés in the Hudson… Read More »Death Café Online – November 18, 2024
THIS MEETING IS BEING CANCELED DUE TO ILLNESS!! CFD Book Group Meeting 11:00-12:30pm Nov 20, 2024 (note: this date WAS Nov 13, and has been changed) Jim & Lisa's Circle Home 100 Wurts Street, Kingston, NY PLEASE NOTE! The date of this meeting has changed from Nov 13 to Nov 20!! Second note: this meeting… Read More »CFD Book Group Meeting (in person) Nov 20, 2024 – Canceled!!
at the Saugerties Library 91 Washington Ave, Saugerties, NY 12477 A Presentation on Near Death Experiences by Robert Cornett, MTS Robert Cornett will present key findings of major researchers in the field of near death experiences. This subject has been getting a good deal of media attention in recent years as more and more people… Read More »Life Matters: Near Death Experiences with Robert Cornett
Bevival's Celebrating Aging Series in association with Circle Home presents : “It’s A Wrap”- Dark Comedy Looks at Autonomy, Love and Death with Dignity. $14.50 general admission/ $12.50 seniors/ $10.50 members Through candid storytelling and dark comedy, It’s A Wrap explores one woman’s final decision to end her life on her own terms and in… Read More »Celebrating Aging Series: “It’s a Wrap” film showing
CFD Book Group Meeting 11:00-12:30pm Dec 11, 2024 Jim & Lisa's Circle Home 100 Wurts Street, Kingston, NY We will be discussing TWO books at this meeting (both relatively short ones). First, the book from November (the meeting had to be canceled) which was The Art of Death by Edwidge Danticat and then also the… Read More »CFD Book Group Meeting (in person) Dec 11, 2024