Many of us spend some time thinking about how we want to live our lives, but we avoid thinking about how we want the end of our lives to be. Avoiding the conversation about end of life has led to many people dying in a way they wouldn’t choose, and to many of their loved ones feeling bereaved, guilty, and uncertain.

Havurah's Ma'avar Committee will facilitate two sets of workshops at Havurah to help community members think about what quality means at the end of life and how we can discuss it with our loved ones. One set of workshops will be on Sunday mornings and another on Thursday evenings:

Option 1 - Sundays, Feb. 12 & 26, 10:00 - 11:30 am
Option 2 - Thursdays, Feb. 16 & March 2, 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Working from The Conversation Project model, we will use this starter kit to support each other and explore this challenging topic. We will receive tools, guidance, and resources to help us begin talking with our loved ones about their wishes and preferences for their end of life, or with loved ones about our wishes and preferences for the end of our lives - before a medical crisis occurs.

"The Conversation Project is very much about connecting, sharing and being open and loving to each other through a very difficult journey,” says Ellen Goodman, founder and director of The Conversation Project. Click below to hear Ellen describe the personal experience that led her to found The Conversation Project and how having the conversation has helped many people at the end of life.

Please RSVP here by Monday, Jan. 30, so you can receive reading material before the first workshop. The workshops are free for Havurah members, $40 for non-members. If you have any questions, please contact one of the Ma’avar Committee co-chairs, Keren McCord or Sidney Gold.