Aug
30
We were lucky
We were lucky enough to get a few minutes on the Afternoons with Jim Mora show on National Radio – a wonderful opportunity to talk about our work. Have a listen here if you have a few spare minutes:
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Aug
30
Here is a group
Here is a group whose service really impressed us. We mentioned them on our Facebook page and now it seems that a local group is forming to offer this service right here in Auckland.
The all-women Threshold Choirs honor the ancient tradition of singing at the bedsides of people who are struggling: some with living, some with dying. The voice, as the original human instrument, is a true and gracious vehicle for compassion and comfort.
The group offers its service at no charge, and relies on donations.
Aug
30
Funeral Photography
Funeral Photography.
We have discovered a great service, found at the following site – www.thefuneralphotographer.com.au.
We now have two wonderful photographers who are available to take beautiful images on the day of the funeral.
One is Emma Bass – www.emmabass.co.nz
And the other is Michelle Hancock – www.michellehancock.co.nz
Both are lovely, sensitive women who will work unobtrusively at a service and provide a beautiful record of the day.
Please contact us if you would like any further information, or would like to see some of their work.
May
08
Welcome to our blog!
Welcome to our blog.
We will use this page to bring you news, interesting little bits and pieces that we think you may be interested in, and generally give ourselves an opportunity to communicate with you on issues, events and information.
The same information can be found on our Facebook page – State of Grace Funerals – so do go and have a look there and become a fan!
We have found a couple of stunning books that we wanted you to know about, in fact we have ordered them ourselves to have at work.
The first is a beautiful, poignant photo essay made by a son of his father in the latter stages of the father’s life. Such a moving and loving tribute to his Dad and well worth ordering from your local library.
The book is called Days With My Father, and there is a website to preview the book:
The other book we want you to know about is called Grace Before Dying.
It is a photo-essay as well, of a group of Death Row inmates who have been trained to care for fellow inmates who have terminal illness.
The hospice volunteers must go through a difficult process to bury their own regrets and fears, and unearth their capacity to love. Grace Before Dying looks at how, through hospice, inmates assert and affirm their humanity in an environment designed to isolate and punish.