Death Cafe profile for Rev. Jamie McReynolds
Location: United States
About Rev. Jamie McReynolds:
I am a ordained Unitarian Universalist minister and chaplain, and have served as a hospital and hospice chaplain. I am a member of the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of the New River Valley in Blacksburg, VA where my partner is the settled minister.
What brings you to Death Cafe?
I co-hosted a Death Cafe several years ago with a hospice nurse and found the experience to be very helpful to the dozen or so participants.
What would you like your legacy to be?
To leave the world a little better than I found it.
Thoughts for sharing:
How We Die: Reflections of Life's Final Chapter
by Sherwin B. Nuland
The Four Things That Matter Most: A Book About Living
by Ira Byock
The Year of Magical Thinking
by Joan Didion
Rev. Jamie McReynolds's posts on the Death Cafe website
With Jamie McReynolds/Cynthia Luke
Dec. 7, 2023, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
Accepts donations
This Death Cafe is sponsored by the Funeral Consumers Alliance of the Virginia Blue Ridge.
With Jamie McReynolds
Dec. 7, 2023, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
Accepts donations
Sponsored by the Consumers Funeral Alliance.
Death Cafe: Death Cafe - New River Valley
Posted by Rev. Jamie McReynolds on Nov. 6, 2022, 12:12 p.m.
With Jamie McReynolds & Cynthia Luke
Dec. 10, 2022, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
Accepts donations
This event is supported by the Funeral Consumers Alliance of the Virginia Blue Ridge.
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe - New River Valley
Posted by Rev. Jamie McReynolds on May 16, 2022, 8:34 p.m.
We had 18 people meeting in person at the Christiansburg, VA library. We had a good discussion about our personal experiences of death and dying. It was co-sponsored by the local funeral consumers alliance. We had a great selection of snacks including cucumber sandwiches.
Death Cafe: Death Cafe - New River Valley
Posted by Rev. Jamie McReynolds on March 23, 2022, 12:17 p.m.
With Jamie McReynolds
May 14, 2022, 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 p.m. (Eastern Daylight Savings Time)
Accepts donations
The objective of Death Café is to ‘increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’. At a Death Cafe people drink ...