{"id":69548,"date":"2020-12-04T12:28:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T17:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=69548"},"modified":"2020-12-04T15:40:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T20:40:06","slug":"service-welcomes-those-experiencing-pain-grief-during-holiday-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2020\/12\/service-welcomes-those-experiencing-pain-grief-during-holiday-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Service welcomes those experiencing pain, grief during holiday season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All members of the Brock community are invited to a virtual service meant to allow for reflection on the loss, grief and disappointment experienced by many in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by Brock\u2019s Faith and Life team, the Blue Christmas Service will take place Wednesday, Dec. 9 from 12:30 to 1 p.m. on Microsoft Teams.<\/p>\n<p>Campus Chaplain Zack De Bruyne said the service will create a safe virtual space for all participants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring a holiday season when we are almost expected to be joyful, we want to acknowledge the pain that many have experienced at a time when we are not typically invited to grieve,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The service is open to everyone and will be grounded in the Judeo-Christian scriptures.<\/p>\n<p>To RSVP, please visit the service\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/experiencebu.brocku.ca\/event\/171440\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ExperienceBU page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All members of the Brock community are invited to a virtual service meant to allow for reflection on the loss, grief and disappointment experienced by many in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54],"tags":[9775,2540,9776],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69548"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69548"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69548\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69552,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69548\/revisions\/69552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69548"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69548"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69548"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}