Sacred Journey
Empowering individuals and families to make informed choices about their end-of-life care,
in accordance with their values, wishes and beliefs.
Sacred Journey is a loving community that is dedicated to understanding and enriching the soul's journey between here and the after life. We value and share education, resources, information, support and friendship in an effort to help one another plan for an intentional and sacred end-of-life journey and to normalize conversation about death, dying, and loss.
We came together with a common goal: to take care of each other and our loved ones, as we embrace a consciously planned approach to how we live our final days. Our mission is simple yet profound: "to empower individuals and families to make informed choices about their end-of-life care, in accordance with their values, wishes and beliefs."
Whether you're simply curious about home funerals or green burials and the legal and practical side of dying in North Carolina, or you are seeking to clearly define and plan your end-of-life preferences, our community is here to serve, guide, and support you in fellowship and love every step of the way.
“We plan for births with such care—what doctor we want, where we’ll deliver, even what music we’ll play in the room. But death, which comes to us all, we often leave to chance. The truth is, when you write down your healthcare directives, speak to your family about what kind of dying experience you want, and decide how you wish to be remembered or laid to rest, you give a great gift. You free your loved ones from guessing, guilt, and confusion. You give them clarity and peace. Death doesn’t have to be chaotic.
It can be sacred, intentional, and deeply human—if we dare to talk about it before it comes.”
— Barbara Karnes, RN, Hospice nurse and educator, author of Gone From My Sight
Education, support, and community for an intentional, sacred end of life.
Sacred Journey offers:
Informational Workshops:
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Introduction to an Intentional End-of-Life
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End of Life Considerations and Planning: A Guidebook
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Communicating Wishes to Family
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Intro to Green Burial and Natural Burial
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Advance Directives and Living Wills
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The Soul's Journey at the Threshold and Beyond
Community Gatherings:
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Community Threshold Song Circles
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Contemplative Discussion Groups
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Reading Group(s)
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Group Movie Nights
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Soul/full Conversations Group
July 12, 10 a.m. - 11:30
Clemmons Branch Library, 6365 James Street, Clemmons, NC
If you’re struggling with grief, loss, or overwhelmed feelings, please know that you are not alone. Losing someone or facing difficult emotions can feel isolating, but there’s a community that understands. Join us at the Clemmons Branch Library on the second Saturday of the month for Soul/full Conversations where a loving, compassionate group of people gather for meaningful conversation about life, love, loss and everything in between – and to fill their souls with intentional connections. All are welcome. No registration required.
A Roundtable Discussion:
Natural Burial, Advance Directives
& Funeral Myths
Wednesday, July 30 | 1:00 - 3:00 p.m
Mary Alice Warren Community Center, 7632 Warren Park Drive, Lewisville, NC 27023
Bring your questions and be a part of the conversation at an upcoming roundtable discussion with an expert panel of local end-of-life professionals:
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Deborah Parker, Board President and Family Liaison for the first natural burial ground in the NC Triad region, All Souls Natural Burial
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Anne Weston, Founder of Green Burial Project and workshop leader on Advance Directives
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Sara Williams, President of the national organization The Funeral Consumers Alliance
Learn everything you've ever wanted to know about natural burials, Advance Directives and consumer protections available to grieving families under the Funeral Rule.
FREE ONLINE COURSE | The Good Death Book Club Experience:
A free, 12-month live course based on the bestselling book
by Suzanne B, O'Brien, The Good Death: A Guide for Supporting Your Loved One Through the End of Life.
Starts July 10 and continues every 2nd Thursday of the month at 1 PM ET. Visit here to join the movement.
The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.
– Lucius Annaeus Seneca