End-of-Life Decisions

 

 

This webpage culminates a two-year project of the Illinois Conference of Churches by a Task Force made up of hospice and hospital chaplains, a pastor and a parish nurse, headed by Laurie Vial, former executive director of the ICC. The ICC encourages anyone in Illinois to link to this site on their webpage and to publicize it broadly. It can be a useful tool on congregation and denominational websites. The ICC does not guarantee the accuracy of this information which is for the state of Illinois only, but every effort has been made to present clear, unbiased and factual information. This is a delicate topic and our Task Force has approached it with great care and sensitivity.

Task Force members:

Rev. Mike Wakeland

Gloria Marshall

Rev. Kathy Gingrich

Rev. Katherine Ball

Rev. Dr. Kristel Clayville

Rev. Anna Lee Hisey Pierson

Rev. Amy Ziettlow

Laurie Vial, chair

 

And our digital lives need care in End-of-Life Decisions. Discuss with your heirs about passwords. Do you want your Facebook profile taken down if you die?

Sesame Street has some good resources for discussing death with children.

Greek Orthodox Church  https://www.goarch.org/en/health look under Death and Dying

Mennonite Church of Normal documents on death preparation https://normalmennonite.org/helpful-documents/