Events & Happenings
Walking the Mourner's Path
Thursdays, August 15–October 3, 2024
10 to 11:30 a.m.
Ashewood Grief Support Services
1002 Ashe Avenue, Lenoir, NC
Walking the Mourner's Path is a Christ-centered, non-denominational grief support program. We believe grieving is not a lack of faith but a natural part of living. Our purpose is to help those who are grieving to transform their grief into joyful living.
- Small group, meeting weekly, led by trained facilitators with the assistance of a clergy person.
- The Walking the Mourner’s Path® Workbook guides the group each week through meditations, reflections and exercises to help heal the grief
- A safe environment to allow for expressing as little or as much as needed
- Grounded in prayer
Registration is required. For more information, or to register, contact Kimberly Setzer at ksetzer@amoremsupport.org or Daphne Taylor at dtaylor@amoremsupport.org or 828.758.2883.
Advance Care Planning Workshop
September 12, 2024
1:30 p.m.
Caldwell Senior Center
650A Pennton Avenue SW, Lenoir, NC
AMOREM and the Caldwell Senior Center will partner to offer an Advance Care Planning Workshop at no cost to the community on the second Thursday of each month. The workshop will be held September 12, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. at the Caldwell Senior Center in Lenoir.
Advance Directives: Living Wills and Healthcare Powers of Attorney are gifts to your family. Deciding, discussing and documenting your healthcare wishes helps ensure your healthcare wishes are known and honored. It also gives you peace of mind that you have made appropriate preparations. Notaries and witnesses will be available to help anyone who wants to complete their documents at the clinic. Space is limited and registration is required. For more information, or to register, call 828.758.2883.
Compassionate Connections:
Good Grief Meals
BURKE COUNTY SERVICE AREA
October 2, 2024
3:00 p.m.
Abele's Family Restaurant, 2115 S. Sterling St., Morganton, NC
HIGH COUNTRY SERVICE AREA
October 2, 2024
3:00 p.m.
Mike's Inland Seafood, 174 Jefferson Rd., Boone, NC
CALDWELL COUNTY SERVICE AREA
October 3, 2023
3:00 p.m.
JD's Smokehouse, 2731 Morganton Blvd. SW, Lenoir, NC
The Good Grief Meal is sponsored through Ashewood Grief and Counseling Services, grief support services of AMOREM, and is one of many opportunities offered to help individuals of all ages and families cope with the loss of people they love. The Good Grief Meal is a time of fellowship and socialization for individuals who are grieving. AMOREM reserves meeting space and participants are responsible for the cost of their own meal. Locations and times are subject to change. Please verify before attendance. Contact Katie Pekman at kpekman@amoremsupport.org for Burke Service Area, Nichole Annas at nannas@amoremsupport.org for Caldwell Service Area and Brielle Kaluzny at bkaluzny@amoremsupport.org with any questions. You may also call 828.754.0101 with any questions.
Walking the Mourner's Path
Thursdays, October 10–December 5, 2024
10 to 11:30 a.m.
Amorem's Valdese Administrative Building
1721 Enon Road, Valdese, NC
Walking the Mourner's Path is a Christ-centered, non-denominational grief support program. We believe grieving is not a lack of faith but a natural part of living. Our purpose is to help those who are grieving to transform their grief into joyful living.
- Small group, meeting weekly, led by trained facilitators with the assistance of a clergy person.
- The Walking the Mourner’s Path® Workbook guides the group each week through meditations, reflections and exercises to help heal the grief
- A safe environment to allow for expressing as little or as much as needed
- Grounded in prayer
Registration is required. For more information, or to register, contact Kimberly Setzer at ksetzer@amoremsupport.org or Daphne Taylor at dtaylor@amoremsupport.org or 828.758.2883.