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Sunday Service: Reclaiming Deathcare
Reclaiming Deathcare
Reclaiming deathcare is about returning death and dying to the hands of families, communities, and individuals. It honours ancient wisdom, cultural practices, and personal choice, offering care that is intimate, authentic, and rooted in love.
Ngaio Davis, founder and principal owner of KORU Cremation is a deathcare practitioner at heart, inspired by her rich Maori heritage and her maternal grandma and great grandma’s end of life rituals and experiences. Ngaio’s life has never been conventional, from being raised on a small farm in rural BC, to becoming a red seal carpenter and working in construction to choosing to work in death care services. After a number of years working for conventional corporate funeral businesses she was eventually called to create her own practice where she relishes the freedom to spearhead meaningful and courageous conversations through her unconventional micro deathcare practice of KORU. https://www.korucremation.com/
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Weekly services
We gather every Sunday morning at 11am in our Sanctuary at 49th and Oak and online at vanu.ca/live. Worship creates connections within, among, and beyond us, calling us to our better selves, calling us to live with wisdom and compassion.
After service, we gather in Hewett Centre for Coffee and Social Hour. Families with children and newcomers are always welcome!