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Partners & Pages Book Club

Paulina Springs Book Store 252 W Hood Ave, Sisters, OR, United States

Do you love to read? Join Partners In Care for our first community book club! This book club is free and open to anyone in the community and will be held the second Wednesday of each month from 10 - 11 am at Paulina Springs Book Store in Sisters, Oregon. Our first gathering will be on March 12! Partners In Care will provide books to everyone attending. The first book will be The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margo by Marianne Cronin. We ask that if you are interested, you kindly RSVP so the appropriate number of books can be ordered! You can RSVP by calling the Book Club leader Bethany Benefield at (541) 706-0567 or by emailing communityevents@partnersbend.org Bethany Benefield, the book club leader, is the Partners In Care Transitions Coordinator for the Redmond and Sisters communities, where she is dedicated to supporting medically fragile folks and their families. With a background as a licensed Community Health Worker and a B.S. in Social Entrepreneurship, she is passionate about promoting equity and empowering others. Outside of her work, Bethany enjoys spending quality time with her husband and two children, nurturing her lifelong love of reading, and sharing her enthusiasm with […]

A Year to Live

Wyatt Room 2611 NE Courtney Drive, Bend, OR

Everyday Conscious Living and Dying Though the various aspects of contemplating our life we learn to live more mindfully each day, each moment, each hour, acknowledging that our mortality is our greatest teacher. Join Carla Purusa and Lisa Hurley from Partners In Care and a small group of people in a year-long study group that supports our individual contemplation and practice while contributing to the collective evolution of our loss, grief and death culture. Together, in the spirit of community, we will gather to explore the messaging in Stephen Levine's book "A Year to Live" through a series of monthly sessions for a whole year.  Registration is required! RSVP by March 14 to Carla at (541) 771-3262 Participation Commitment• Attend at least 10 of 12 monthly large group sessions – must attend the first session• Participate fully in Home Groups (required!)• Complete home practice assignments, practices, and readings• Attend the Orientation Session• While the group is no cost, participants must purchase the book Important Points• *April 5 session is 10 am - 1:30 pm• Participation is required at home community home groups• Estimated 5-7 hours/month + monthly Home Groups + daily meditation The Details • The Prognosis: And It Begins […]