Thanksgiving Thistles

Webmaster • July 10, 2021

Hello


I’m Sister Catherine Egan and I send very best wishes to you and your family from all of us here at St Andrew’s Hospice. I hope you’re looking forward to the easing of restrictions and the freedoms that will bring – even though we’re all having to wait a wee bit longer than we’d hoped!


Today I have the honour of inviting you and your family to be part of a very special celebration event at St Andrew’s Hospice this summer – Thanksgiving Thistles.


Firstly, we invite you to dedicate a Thanksgiving Thistle to your loved one. Each name will be inscribed on a special thistle, planted at the Hospice to create a display of many hundreds of thistles, all coming together to create a beautiful, vibrant scene.


Secondly, we would like to invite you and your family and friends to attend a warm, celebratory thanksgiving service outside St Andrew’s Hospice on Thursday 19 August at 7pm. After the service, you will be invited to collect your dedicated thistle from the display and take it home to keep. Please note: numbers attending the service may be restricted depending on COVID restrictions in place at the time. The thanksgiving service will also be live streamed online.


 We know for some this will be the first chance to properly remember and celebrate the life of someone who has passed away.


You can make your dedication online here or, if you like, you can call us on 01236 766951.


There’s no cost to these Thanksgiving Thistles, or for attending the service, but of course we would be very grateful if you were able to make a donation towards hospice care costs over the summer. It is an exceptionally busy and challenging time here at St Andrew’s Hospice – and we do need your support, especially as our fundraising programme ‘restart’ has had to be pushed back so many times!


You can keep in touch with us on social media for all the latest news and goings on over the summer; please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


Thank you for your ongoing support. I send you all best wishes for a happy and healthy summer.


Sister Catherine Egan

Director of Mission 

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