A Vigil: Mourning Pregnancy and Infant Loss

Wednesday, October 15, 2025

7:00 – 8:30pm

Suggested Donation $20

For those who know the grief of infertility, pregnancy loss, or stillbirth, this gathering will serve as a collective witness to these painful experiences. Common feelings during these times of sorrow are isolation and invisibility. This gathering is meant to offer consolation. Join with a community for an evening of keeping vigil–meaning to be awake, to keep watch, and to pray. Whether your loss was recent or decades ago, it happened to you or someone you love, you are welcome to participate. The time together will include contemplative space to remember loss, experience comfort, and find solidarity. Lament and hope will be practiced as we connect with God who knows every detail of our stories and welcomes us with abundant love. The service coincides with national Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.

“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” – Matthew 5:4

Facilitator

Amy Sytsma

Amy is an enthusiastic connector. Her passion is encouraging others in their pursuit of finding harmony between themselves, their relationships, and the Divine. She employs her background in communication, college student development, and young adult ministry. This experience informs how she creates gatherings where people can grow. Currently, she is a Doctoral student at the Claremont School of Theology, studying compassion-based spiritual renewal and spiritual direction. Moving through the disorienting losses in her life is breaking open a new way of being in relationship to God, herself, and others.