Pregnancy and Infant Loss Candlelight Prayer Vigil
Sunday 18 October, 7.00 pm
Christ Church Anglican Church, 24 East Terrace, Strathalbyn
The International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is held each year on the 15th October and we would like to provide an opportunity for families who have had such a loss in their lives to remember their little one in this Service of Remembrance.
The Candlelight Prayer Vigil is a remembrance service for people who have lost a child at any stage of pregnancy, at birth or in infancy, whether last week or 80-years ago.
The service is open to anyone of any faith or no faith.
The service is for women and men who have suffered loss, their children and their extended family and friends, whether the loss is recent or historic.
It should also be noted that all are welcome regardless of the type of loss they have experienced, so whether they have been through early or late miscarriage, an ectopic or molar pregnancy, still birth, early infant loss or any other type of baby or child loss.
If you need to say goodbye to a baby or to grief, or you want to come along with a friend who needs to say goodbye, you are welcome at the service.
Loss at any stage is traumatic. Early loss is often not acknowledged or discussed, with commemorative services seldom taking place, whilst services for babies who are stillborn or lost in early years, are usually conducted while parents are in a fog of grief and pain.
The service will give you the opportunity to stand with other people who understand the pain of losing a child.
Come and grieve, remember and formally say goodbye.
You are invited to bring a symbol of your loss eg photograph, flower, poem etc, to place upon the altar during the service.
For further information contact Jeannie Minnis
jminnis4@gmail.com Telephone 0427 478 069 8538 5514