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Topics:

• Angels in our Lives
• Grief and Religion
• Widows and Widowers - Bodies die but Love Endures
• Generation Gaps and Aging

Audience: Donnette's workshops can be geared towards a broad range of audiences.

Logistics: The type of workshop is varied, it is often interactive with handouts, slides, activities and questions. She is flexible to customize the workshop experience for the appropriate length of time and for the appropriate audience.

Background:

Donnette is a retired school teacher who taught high school students courses on life issues. Since retirement she returns to high schools to give a few classes each year. She started a community service club of high school students while teaching. She is an active board member and newsletter editor for New Church Challenge, an organization serving families with disabilities. She also serves as a guide at the Bryn Athyn Cathedral. She has given talks about angels and about grief in a variety of places in and outside of the General Church. She is currently running a weekly spiritual growth group for young mothers and a monthly meeting for widows and widowers.

Donnette is a 74 year old widow. She is the eleventh child in a family of 12. She is the mother of five and grandmother of thirteen - including a granddaughter who went on to the next life at age 8.

Contact Information:

For contact information for Donnette Alfelt please contact General Church Outreach at 215.914.4911 send an email with questions or comments.