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Sunday Gathering

April 28 @ 9:00 am - 12:00 pm

Join us!

We gather in person every Sunday at Central Park Place. We would love for you to join us.

All events held in the Mackinaw Ballroom in Central Park Place (421 Columbus Ave., GH)

Sunday’s Schedule:

9am Pre-Talk:

Meet the morning’s teacher in a small group setting for an open discussion of the morning’s theme

10am Gathering:

Welcome, readings, meditation from a community member, teaching, and music

11am Talk Back:

A chance to share questions, comments and stories related to the morning gathering

C3 Kids:

Each week we provide a safe and welcoming environment for kids starting at 10am. If you are looking for a Sunday morning experience for your kids that includes C3 Values, creative activities, toys, books, games and outdoor fun (when weather permits), we are here to make it happen! Miss Mary is happy to be spending time with your kids!

Sunday’s Program and Reading

Sunday, April 28, 2024

We Have Questions: Is There An Art To Dying?

Michael DeWilde in Conversation with Dr. John Mulder

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Teacher: Michael DeWilde, a Core Teacher at C3, is the director of the Koeze Business Ethics Initiative in the Seidman College of Business, as well as a full professor in the Management Department at GVSU. He holds an MTS from Harvard University and did his undergraduate work at William James College (GVSU).

Dr. John Mulder has extensive experience in hospice and palliative care. He has an appointment as Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine where he serves as the Director of the Division of Palliative Medicine. He serves as medical director for a number of hospice and palliative care organizations in the region.

Musicians: Jess Willyard is a guitar-playing singer-songwriter active in the Michigan music scene since the early 90’s. He currently teaches guitar, bass, ukulele, and mandolin. He was also a student with the Tibetan Buddhist master Gelek Rimpoche for over 20 years.

Caitlin Eyestone is a teacher and a district behavior consultant at Northview

Public Schools

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Music: Jess and Caitlyn

Gathering Host: Kathy Tosa

Music: Jess and Caitlyn Meditation: Mary Ackerson

Moment of Silence

Reading/Teaching: Michael DeWilde and Dr. John Mulder

I touch you knowing we weren’t born tomorrow, and somehow, each of us will help the other live, and somewhere, each of us must help the other die.

― Adrienne Rich, Twenty-One Love Poems.

It is necessary to meditate early, and often, on the art of dying to succeed later in doing it properly just once. ― Umberto Eco, The Island of the Day Before

Don’t send me flowers when I’m dead. If you like me, send them

while I’m alive. – Brian Clough

Life is hard. Then you die. Then they throw dirt in your face. Then the worms eat you. Be grateful it happens in that order.

– David Gerrold

Music: Jess and Caitlyn

Gathering Host: Kathy Tosa

Music: Jess and Caitlyn

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