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Page 1: Hannah Service Guide Honoring loss & disappointmentin ... · Hannah Service Guide Honoring loss & disappointmentin infertility, pregnancy loss, infant loss, and medial diagnoses that

Han

nah�

Serv

ice

Gui

deH

onor

ing

loss

& d

isap

poin

tmen

t�in

infe

rtili

ty, p

regn

ancy

loss

, inf

ant

loss

, and

med

ial d

iagn

oses

that

prev

ent p

regn

anci

es.

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Wha

t is a

Han

nah

Serv

ice?

A H

ann

ah S

ervi

ce is

a t

ime

crea

ted

to

mee

t to

get

her

wit

h

oth

er w

om

en w

ho

hav

e ex

per

ien

ced

th

e af

fect

s o

f

infe

rtil

ity,

pre

gn

ancy

loss

, in

fan

t lo

ss, a

nd

med

ial d

iag

no

ses

that

pre

ven

t p

reg

nan

cies

an

d la

men

t, m

emo

rial

ize,

an

d

exp

erie

nce

co

mra

der

y w

ith

th

ose

wh

o s

har

e th

ese

exp

erie

nce

s.

A H

ann

ah S

ervi

ce c

an o

ccu

r an

ytim

e o

f yea

r.

Th

e ca

len

dar

can

be

you

r g

uid

e in

sel

ecti

ng

a d

ate.

Su

gg

este

d t

imes

of y

ear

cou

ld b

e:

Mo

the

r's

Da

y

Th

e w

ee

ke

nd

or

da

y b

efo

re M

oth

er'

s D

ay

Pre

gn

an

cy a

nd

Infa

nt

Lo

ss R

em

em

bra

nce

Da

y, O

cto

be

r 15

Infe

rtil

ity

Aw

are

ne

ss W

ee

k in

Ap

ril

Wo

me

n's

Ca

mp

we

ek

en

ds

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Pla

ylis

t S

on

gs

Ap

pro

pri

ate

son

gs

that

co

uld

be

pla

yed

so

fty

thro

ug

ho

ut

the

serv

ice.

How

to c

reat

e a

Han

nah

Serv

ice

How

to c

reat

e a

Han

nah

Serv

ice

Th

ere

are

man

y w

om

en in

th

e B

ible

wh

o w

eca

n lo

ok

to t

hat

hav

e ex

per

ien

ced

dis

app

oin

tmen

t an

d lo

ss:

H

an

na

h, H

ag

ar,

Est

he

r, A

nn

a, S

ara

h,

Le

ah

, Ma

ry, a

nd

Ba

thsh

eb

a.

T

he

ir s

tori

es

are

sh

are

d in

th

e B

ible

an

d t

ha

t re

min

ds

us

tha

t o

ur

sto

rie

s a

re w

ort

hy

of

be

ing

he

ard

an

dse

en

.

On

th

e f

oll

ow

ing

pa

ge

s w

e'l

l sh

are

an

ou

tlin

e,

pro

gra

m id

ea

s, p

ray

ers

, a p

lay

list

, pic

ture

s, a

nd

oth

er

ele

me

nts

.

Ple

ase

be

gin

th

is p

roce

ss b

y a

skin

g G

od

to

lea

d y

ou

,g

ive

yo

u w

isd

om

, dis

cern

me

nt,

an

d s

en

siti

vit

y.

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How

to c

reat

e a

Han

nah

Serv

ice

As

the

wom

en e

nter

hav

e a

tabl

e w

ith a

n in

vitin

g di

spla

y. W

ech

ose

pre-

lite

faux

birc

h tre

es a

s th

e di

spla

y an

d pr

ovid

ed p

ink

and

blue

cut

out

hea

rts w

ith lo

oped

ribb

on. T

hey

wer

e in

vite

d to

take

as

man

y as

they

nee

ded

and

they

cou

ld w

rite

thei

r nam

e,th

eir b

aby'

s na

me,

or "

Bab

y La

st N

ame"

, the

yea

r of l

oss,

or t

heye

ar th

ey b

egan

"try

ing"

, or a

ny m

essa

ge th

at w

ould

be

mea

ning

ful t

o th

em. A

nd o

nce

they

par

ticip

ated

they

cou

ld fi

nd a

seat

. W

e su

gges

t no

over

head

ligh

ting,

onl

y so

ft ac

cent

ligh

tsth

roug

hout

.

A h

elpf

ul re

sour

ce is

the

book

: of w

omb

and

tom

b: p

raye

r in

time

of in

ferti

lity,

mis

carr

iage

, and

stil

lbirt

h by

Kat

e W

illia

ms

A

nic

e w

ay to

con

clud

e th

e se

rvic

e w

ould

be

to s

elec

t are

adin

g fro

m th

e bo

ok, r

ecite

it a

nd c

lose

in p

raye

r.

How

to c

reat

e a

Han

nah

Serv

ice

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P

inw

he

el V

isu

al

One

in fo

ur w

omen

exp

erie

nce

preg

nanc

y lo

ss. D

epen

ding

on

your

set

ting,

it c

an b

e a

pow

erfu

l mes

sage

to v

isua

lly d

ispl

ayth

e co

mm

on e

xper

ienc

e of

this

kin

d of

loss

. We

choo

se th

epi

nwhe

el (k

its p

urch

ased

on

Ets

y) in

the

reco

gniz

ed c

olor

s,bl

ue a

nd p

ink,

of i

nfer

tility

and

pre

gnan

cy lo

ss, b

ecau

se w

eco

uld

disp

lay

them

in a

hig

h tra

ffic

area

at c

amp.

A s

mal

l yar

dsi

gn e

xpla

inin

g w

hat t

hey

are

seei

ng w

ould

be

bene

ficia

l. L

ayth

e pi

nwhe

els

out f

or w

omen

to s

elec

t alo

ng w

ith p

erm

anen

tm

arke

rs s

o th

ey h

ave

the

optio

n to

writ

e th

e na

me,

the

baby

'sna

me

and

the

year

of t

heir

loss

and

any

oth

er m

essa

ges

orw

ords

that

will

hel

p th

em c

omem

orat

e th

is lo

ss. I

nstru

ct th

ew

omen

to b

egin

this

act

ivity

afte

r the

read

ing

and

pray

er.

Try

to g

o ou

t tog

ethe

r and

pla

ce th

em in

the

dedi

cate

d gr

assy

are

a.

How

to c

reat

e a

Han

nah

Serv

ice

How

to c

reat

e a

Han

nah

Serv

ice

On

the

tabl

e w

e al

so p

rovi

ded

the

card

s pi

ctur

ed a

nd li

nked

bel

owfo

r the

m to

take

hom

e.

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tps:

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tlin

e:W

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me

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in)

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usi

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har

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(35

min

, pla

ylis

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nd

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hel

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ited

pra

yer

fro

m O

f Wo

mb

an

d T

om

b –

(2 m

in)

Wel

com

e te

xt:

A H

ann

ah S

ervi

ce is

a g

ath

erin

g t

ime

and

sp

ace

for

wo

men

wh

oh

ave

exp

erie

nce

d in

fert

ilit

y, p

reg

nan

cy lo

ss, i

nfa

nt

loss

, an

dm

edic

al d

iag

no

ses

that

pre

ven

t fu

ture

pre

gn

anci

es. T

hes

eex

per

ien

ces

are

to b

e g

riev

ed a

nd

lam

ente

d o

ver.

Yet

, we

are

rare

lyg

iven

sp

aces

to

mem

ori

aliz

e th

ese

loss

es. C

om

e to

mo

urn

, pra

y,si

ng

, an

d fi

nd

ho

pe

agai

n.

How

to c

reat

e a

Han

nah

Serv

ice

S

ha

rin

g c

ircl

es

form

circ

les

out o

f cha

irs, n

o m

ore

than

6 c

hairs

a c

ircle

.P

rovi

de e

ach

chai

r with

a p

ack

of ti

ssue

s. P

assi

ng s

omeo

ne a

tissu

e ca

n be

an

unco

nsci

ous

and

unin

tend

ed m

essa

ge to

"sto

p cr

ying

." W

e w

ant t

o th

e w

omen

to d

ecid

e w

hen

they

wan

t to

wip

e th

eir t

ears

. Enc

oura

ge o

ne p

erso

n to

be

brav

ean

d st

art b

y sh

arin

g th

eir s

tory

of l

oss

or s

trugg

le.

Hea

ling

pray

ers

to ta

ke h

ome

or p

raye

rov

er o

ne a

noth

er a

fter s

harin

g:

ht

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omen

smin

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ling-

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pray

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ish.

pdf

How

to c

reat

e a

Han

nah

Serv

ice

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nti

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ed

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yo

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idin

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rese

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rou

gh

th

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ild

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ess.

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you

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gsi

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e d

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nti

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e m

e in

my

joys

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d s

orr

ow

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ou

tak

e m

y p

ain

up

on

yo

urs

elf.

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d y

ou

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ar in

th

e w

ild

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rin

g h

erp

reg

nan

cy.

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u r

emem

ber

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ann

ah w

hen

sh

e p

ou

red

her

self

ou

t b

efo

re y

ou

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ries

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ild

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eba

in t

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er b

aby.

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reat

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ice

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nt

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rtn

ey

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nsi

ve

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a m

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en w

ho

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em w

ith

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ur

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rote

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n, a

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th

e sa

fety

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ing

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e ex

po

se o

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elve

sto

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u.

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r o

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wo

un

ds

that

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d c

on

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lin

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sho

w o

ur

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cars

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yo

u a

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rock

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at b

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re s

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ng

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lan

for

my

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gs

hav

e tu

rned

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t th

is w

ay.

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e m

e fa

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tru

st in

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u a

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