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Mary McDaniel Cail calls upon extensive personal and professional experience to offer insight, context, and concrete guidance for congregations and leaders seeking to better serve the growing percentage of the population that is experiencing life with dementia. Churches have vital roles to play, Cail explains, in showing those living with the difficulties of dementia the "soul-quieting God" who promises we are engraved, never to be forgotten, on the palms of God's hands. By recognizing and supporting the full humanity of all people, congregations and leaders can help both patients and caregivers live more fulfilling lives.

Cail pairs poignant stories with practical advice for developing holistic "memory ministry." Dementia and the Church includes lesson plans, advice on programming, and a rich trove of resources in addition to pragmatic information about dementia. A gifted storyteller, Cail crafts her prose with care and intention. Readers will develop "informed compassion," learning how to accept, pray with, relieve, and comfort all who cope with these increasingly common challenges - including themselves.

Links to activities and additional resources are available at www.allweatherfriend.org. 

ISBN-13: 9781506482392

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: 1517 Media

Publication Date: 09-19-2023

Pages: 226

Product Dimensions: 6.06(w) x 8.98(h) x 0.79(d)

Mary McDaniel Cail, PhD, speaks and writes about "informed" compassion. Her op-eds and essays on dementia, caregiving, and grief have been featured in the Los Angeles Times, the Miami Herald, the Chicago Tribune, the Huffington Post, and Maria Shriver's Architects of Change series. She is the author of Alzheimer's: A Crash Course for Friends and Relatives and founder of The All-Weather Friend. A graduate of the University of Virginia, Mary lives near Charlottesville.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: Dementia

Chapter Two: Living with Dementia—What We Fear

Chapter Three: Comfort Through Pastoral Counseling: A Model

Chapter Four: Preparing the Congregation for a Memory Ministry

Chapter Five: Educating the Congregation

Chapter Six: Preparing Leaders and Volunteers

Chapter Seven: Programs That Work

Afterword

Bibliography

Appendix One: Library

Appendix Two: Supplemental Activities

Appendix Three: Leader Guide