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Akasu Palliative Care Society partnered with Park Memorial Ltd. to present their annual interdenominational Christmas Candlelight Service of Remembrance on Dec. 4 at Vegreville Social Centre with roughly 75 people in attendance. Akasu Palliative Care Society President Jenny Cooper said the service is meant to give people reflection, comfort and memories while honouring the losses and loved ones. “The last two years, we have celebrated virtually and we are so glad to get back to gathering in person where we can meet and greet others who are perhaps sharing the same feelings of loneliness and pain
at this season.” There were music performances by Colleen Albert, St. John’s Lutheran Church Choir and Friends, Ashley Ziprick, and Companions on the Journey. Rev. Darren Driedger Pastor from Vegreville Alliance Church, Jenny Cooper, and Barb Bienvenue recited readings and led the people in prayers. The guest speaker was Rev. James Lavoy who is the Chaplain of St. Joseph’s General Hospital in Vegreville and St. Mary’s Immaculate Hospital in Mundare. “Over the century, we loaded the Christmas season with expectations, nostalgic expectations that feel flat when a certain
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