Empty Chair church service to give community opportunity to grieve amid pandemic | Shakopee News | swnewsmedia.com

tagsStudent Loft Bed With Desk

Please purchase a subscription to read our premium content. If you have a subscription, please log in or register for an account on our website to continue.

please

continue reading.

We hope you continue to enjoy our free content.

Your current subscription does not provide access to this content.

This one

Provide access to all areas

Including all the contents of all 6 newspapers:

Looking for one

l visit? 

Have you subscribed to any SWNewsMedia newspapers? If so, you can

 For your premium online account, please click here. After activation, you can view

Every month. To activate your premium online account, the email address and phone number included with the paid newspaper subscription need to match the information you used when setting up your online user account. If you are having trouble or want to confirm which email address and phone number are listed in your subscription account, please call

Or email

We are happy to help you.

, No promotional deals matching this code were found.

Was found as your code.

,An error occurred.

Don't delete

For some community members, this year has brought losses, coupled with the inability to feel sad in public.

The annual empty chair service at the River Valley Church will provide community members with an opportunity to grieve those who will not be at the table or make zoom calls during this holiday. A table will be placed on the stage, and a missing chair will be placed on the chair, as a symbol of those who are not there, a brief message will be sent, and participants will be able to light candles in memory of their loved ones.

This church with a campus in Shakopee will host the ceremony on December 17 (Thursday) at 7 pm for any community members who wish to have the opportunity to reflect, commemorate, honor, and grieve the loss of their loved ones. In Shakopee's location Jesse Johannesen.

This year, the service was particularly important after the death of 24-year-old Shakopee resident Mathias Soto, who went to church and was recently baptized there.

John Nathan said: "This is a huge loss, it is very tragic."

The COVID-19 pandemic has also had a special impact on this service. The scale of funeral services is much smaller, and families cannot feel sad as usual.

Johannesen said: "Knowing that there will be an empty chair on the Christmas table... This has a great impact on people. This is an opportunity to remember this loss."

Johannesen emphasized that all community members are welcome and there is no need to register in advance. The auditorium will develop guidelines for social distancing.

Maddie DeBilzan graduated from Bethel University with a degree in journalism. She has interned at Salon Media and St. Paul Pioneer Press. In her spare time, she screened on Goodwill hangers, listened to Ben Rector's music, and performed long performances.

{{description}}

Email notifications are sent only once a day, and only when there are new matches.

Contact Us
  • Maggie Kwan
  • +86 757 2363 2953
  • +86 139 2480 2689
  • +86 757 2387 9469
  • info@fumeiseating.com
  • +86 139 2480 2689