TCF Monthly Meetings
Our Chapter meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the Central Congregational Church, 296 Angell Street, Providence, RI. Enter the church by the side door on Diman Place. Parking is allowed on Angell Street, Diman Place, and Stimson Avenue behind the church. The church has asked us to lock the doors, so if you are late, please ring the bell and someone will come and open the door for you. If there is a snow storm or parking ban in Providence, the meeting will be cancelled. Please check this website or our Facebook page for cancellation notices. Special events will be noted on the TCF website calendar and in our newsletter.
If you have any questions, please contact Lucille at 401-231-9229 or Sheila at 401-272-6267.
If you have any questions, please contact Lucille at 401-231-9229 or Sheila at 401-272-6267.
Upcoming Meetings & Events
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Monthly Support Group Meetings, 7:00 p.m. at the Central Congregational Church, 296 Angell Street in Providence:
December 9, 2018 - Worldwide Candle Lighting Service, 6 p.m. |
Annual Candle Lighting Ceremony
Attending a support group meeting to share your anxieties about these upcoming events and listen to others who are further down the road in their grief journey can be helpful.
This year, we had our Annual Candle Lighting Ceremony on Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. at the Central Congregational Church at 296 Angell Street, Providence, RI. We gather together with friends and families for this special program, which includes a soloist providing beautiful music to ease our pain, as well as readings that speak of hope and the love we have for our children. The main highlight of this event is lighting a candle and saying our child’s name as we go around the room, which will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. When you light your child’s candle, this begins a wave of light for 24 hours around the globe in memory of our precious children.
You may bring a picture or remembrance of your child to be placed on our table where we all gather for friendship and support following the program. We also ask that you bring an unwrapped toy to be donated to children who are in need during the holiday season. There will be a slide presentation of pictures of our children. If you would like your child’s picture included in the presentation, please send them to Becky Sheldon by December 2, 2017 at tcfprovidence@hotmail.com or mail to Becky Sheldon at 43 North Capalbo Drive, Bradford, RI 02808. Please make a copy of your pictures before mailing them. They will be returned to you that night of the candle lighting, or at the January support group meeting. If your child has been part of the slide presentation in the past those pictures will remain in the presentation.
Sharing with the group has helped us get through many holidays and given us strength and healing from having passed through another painful event. Each passing event tells us that we can survive. And remember anticipation of any day is so much worse than the actual day itself.
This year, we had our Annual Candle Lighting Ceremony on Sunday, December 10, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. at the Central Congregational Church at 296 Angell Street, Providence, RI. We gather together with friends and families for this special program, which includes a soloist providing beautiful music to ease our pain, as well as readings that speak of hope and the love we have for our children. The main highlight of this event is lighting a candle and saying our child’s name as we go around the room, which will begin promptly at 7:00 p.m. When you light your child’s candle, this begins a wave of light for 24 hours around the globe in memory of our precious children.
You may bring a picture or remembrance of your child to be placed on our table where we all gather for friendship and support following the program. We also ask that you bring an unwrapped toy to be donated to children who are in need during the holiday season. There will be a slide presentation of pictures of our children. If you would like your child’s picture included in the presentation, please send them to Becky Sheldon by December 2, 2017 at tcfprovidence@hotmail.com or mail to Becky Sheldon at 43 North Capalbo Drive, Bradford, RI 02808. Please make a copy of your pictures before mailing them. They will be returned to you that night of the candle lighting, or at the January support group meeting. If your child has been part of the slide presentation in the past those pictures will remain in the presentation.
Sharing with the group has helped us get through many holidays and given us strength and healing from having passed through another painful event. Each passing event tells us that we can survive. And remember anticipation of any day is so much worse than the actual day itself.
