Annual Baby Loss Services 2008 – “So Dearly Loved, So Briefly Known”
09/09/2008
Services aimed at providing support for those who have been affected by the loss of a baby are to be held by hospital chaplains this autumn.
‘So Dearly Loved, So Briefly Known’ are services which provide an opportunity for space and reflection to remember those babies who have died at any time from conception into the early stages of life.
The two services at Gloucester and Cheltenham are conducted by hospital chaplains and other staff and open to anyone who has been affected by a loss, including parents or siblings, grandparents or relatives, medical workers and friends.
Losses may be recent or have happened many years ago.
Bereavement support midwives and other members of staff will be available following the service.
Organiser Reverend Mark Read said:
“These services are an opportunity for you to remember your baby and to meet other people who understand because they have also lost babies that they loved.
“The services are conducted by the hospital chaplains and supported by other members of staff who will be around to talk with you afterwards.
“Although they follow a broadly Christian pattern of worship, it doesn’t matter what faith background people have. All are welcome to attend and each year there are a large number of people who come along because they appreciate a safe and open place in which they can acknowledge and remember their children.”
There are two services, one in Cheltenham and one in Gloucester so that people can choose which one they attend.
Gloucester:
Friday September 26 2008 from 7pm
The Chapel
Gloucestershire Royal Hospital
Great Western Road
Gloucester
GL1 3NN
Cheltenham:
Friday October 3 2008 from 7pm.
St. Luke’s Church
College Road
Cheltenham
GL 53 7HX
For further details please contact the chaplains on 08454 22 6200/4286, the bereavement support midwife at GRH on 08454 22 5526 or Sr. Sue Williams at CGH on 08454 22 2312.
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