Instructor: Rev. Dr. Tim McClendon is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of South Carolina, Magna Cum Laude; Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Boston, Magna Cum Laude; and a D.Min. graduate and former instructor at Candler School of Theology, Emory University, Atlanta. He recently retired after 12 years as Senior Pastor of St. John’s Methodist, Aiken and has served as a pastor across SC for 49 years. Description: This will be a course that uses Family Systems Theory to write a loved one’s eulogy or plan a funeral, aka Celebration of Life. This course will address the theological basis for understanding how to grieve well by beginning with giving voice to the deceased; i.e., Eschatology and the Communion of the Saints. The course objective will offer an opportunity to give one’s own eulogy or another’s as a gift to a person’s family.