06/09/2010

This year’s annual baby remembrance services will be taking place again 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. They are open to anyone who has been affected by the loss of a baby. You might be a parent or sibling, a grandparent or relative, a member of the hospital staff or a friend. Your bereavement may be recent or it may have happened many years ago. It doesn’t matter.

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:

 

7.00 p.m.

Friday 24th September 2010

The Chapel

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Great Western Road

Gloucester

GL1 3NN

 

Cheltenham:

 

7.00 p.m.

Friday 1st October 2010

St. Luke’s Church

College Road

Cheltenham

GL 53 7HX