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The Twelve Powers The Twelve Powers of End of Life Careof End of Life Care

Jerral SapienzaAuthor, URGENT WHISPERS: Care of the Dying

Chaplain, Unity of the Valley - Eugene, Oregon

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Introduction Introduction

End of Life Care as a ministry focus.

URGENT WHISPERS: Care of the Dying.

Using the Twelve Powers focus for End of Life teaching and training aids concepts in Unity.

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Caregiver Support at End of LifeCaregiver Support at End of Life End of Life issues touch every congregation.

Charles Fillmore’s Twelve Powers can be used to effectively organize an EOL thought process.

In Unity, the better we begin to understand the Twelve Powers, the more readily they assist us.

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FaithFaith

It is through opening to Faith that I care and nurture, that my loved one trusts letting go.

“Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Hebrews 11:1  

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StrengthStrength

I call upon Strength to endure, to sustain me in aiding my loved one’s comfort and passing.

“But those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles;

they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.” --Isaiah 40:31

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WisdomWisdom

As Wisdom guides discernment in all things, so we reflect the best of ourselves in each other.

As I still my mind, my body, I open my heart to the blessèd Christ consciousness within, that I might know and embody Wisdom.

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LoveLove Exalted light, absent of fear and hesitation,

nurtures and and fills a chalice of our greatest gift: Love

The Law of  Divine Love:“It is in giving that we receive"

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PowerPower Through the manifest Power of my word

and my deed I experience and express the love of God.

I am a responsive and responsible vessel for the will of God

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ImaginationImagination With Imagination and vision I joyfully

summon guidance for my own and my loved one’s journeys ahead.

I trust in the the boundless fountain of Imagination and possibility as I embrace my

wondrous manifestations of joy.

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UnderstandingUnderstanding As I trust in my own and my loved one’s

goodness, I embrace truth in Understanding.

Better we should learnthan wait to be taught…

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WillWill With divinely aligned Will I direct my energy

toward the highest and the best for my loved one and myself.

Use me, Oh Lord; Thy Will be done.

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OrderOrder I center myself to seek and to see, in every

moment, an Order to right timing as the process before me unfolds.

 "To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven….." Ecclesiastes 3:1

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ZealZeal Calling upon my Zeal and enthusiasm, I

strive for a passion to be present and open always to the moment before me.

Great Joy within me is a reflectionof the Will and the Light of God.

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RenunciationRenunciation Releasing all ties to inappropriate and lesser,

I lovingly renounce all but truth and love.

In order to make room for what belongs in my life,

I gladly release all which doesn’t!

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LifeLife Though I may walk through the valley

of the shadow of death, still all Life is beauty and truth manifest.

The light of God surrounds us. The love of God enfolds us.

The power of God protects us. The presence of God watches over us.

Wherever we are, God is.

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Share Your Wisdom With OthersShare Your Wisdom With Others

Sharing Twelve Powers experiences as End of Life torchbearer and wayshower.

End of Life care and chaplaincy has a special gift for all who visit the bedside.

Where from here? Other ways to share?

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The End of Life Care TextbookThe End of Life Care Textbook

URGENT WHISPERS: Care of the Dyingby Jerral Sapienza © 2002 LLX Press, Eugene, Oregon USA

ISBN 0971710708 Paper / 0971710759 Spiral / $14.95 152 pgs

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Other Training OpportunitiesOther Training Opportunities

Online Training Materials from LLX Press http://WWW.LLX.COM/UW/Train/

– 7-Week Training / Discussion materials

– 12-Powers Sheets

Have Jerral visit your site for training.