Our dead ask two things of us: that we remember them and that we live. The families our guest speaker has met at Vermont Forest Cemetery have taught her that grief is a way of loving and that mourning includes gratitude and joy. The stories shared in today’s service will highlight how we carry our dead with us even in the most ordinary acts of living.

Michelle Hogle Acciavatti, MS is a deathworker, storyteller, mother, and the founder of Vermont Forest Cemetery. Her work focuses on caring for the dying and dead at home, returning their bodies to the earth, and how natural burial can address the needs of mourners, conservation, and the living.

 

 

Join us for worship at 10 a.m. in person or online. Find the livestream link and order of service on the Live-Streamed Worship page, or go to our YouTube channel.

While at the Meeting House, anyone is welcome to wear a mask. In the spirit of caring for each other, please stay home if you have any cold or flu symptoms. Thank you.