"Preparing for Life Passages: Courageous Conversations About Life and Death" will be held on Saturday, Nov. 5, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Providence Church, 269 Cinder Road, New Providence.

During this interactive seminar, author Kendall Keeler will share four steps that he believes can help anyone navigate any of life's passages. Keeler's model for planning and preparation can apply to a variety of situations, including marriage, first-time parenting, a home purchase, starting a business, beginning retirement, or receiving a terminal diagnosis.

Several community experts will speak about steps that may be taken to ensure a family is cared for if a loved one dies unexpectedly. In addition to Keeler, the speakers will be Jona Green from Edward Jones, David Spangler from LegalShield, funeral director Michael Miller, Valerie Stocker of State Farm, and real estate agent Kelli Brandenberger.

This event will be the final "Preparing for Life Passages" seminar this year. To register, visit http://www.kendallkeeler.com/seminar.

For Keeler, the past few years have included a job transition, a new business startup, helping his children venture into adulthood, and assisting his parents as they age. Through these life passages, Keeler discovered a need for wisdom to avoid reactionary decisions through better personal planning, as well as a need for the input of experts. He saw a need for families to courageously prepare for the death of a loved one. Keeler's belief in the importance of planning for the future was also fueled by his having led a variety of local nonprofits through organizational strategic planning, including Solanco Neighborhood Ministries, Solid Rock Youth Ministries, and New Hope Counseling Center.

Keeler's first step in navigating his life's passages was to write and publish a book, "Your Last 24," which is intended to open the door for conversations about life and death. The book is available for purchase on Amazon. Keeler next hosted a podcast with a friend who had lung cancer; episodes can be found on most podcast platforms and at http://www.kendallkeeler.com/podcast.

This year, Keeler decided to take the conversation more broadly into the community and was inspired to do so by a friend and community leader, Butch Marvin, who had experienced loss. To host the seminars, Keeler sought partners who were experts in the areas that he believed would most benefit families as they prepare for life's passages, especially death. Being a longtime member of the Southern Lancaster Chamber of Commerce and having personally benefited from a variety of business leaders' expertise, Keeler contacted Chamber members and found several who agreed to partner with him to offer the seminars. Keeler, who is a co-chair of the Solanco Pastors' Fellowship, also asked several pastors to host the seminars at their churches. Previously this year, Keeler and his team hosted seminars at Waterway Church in Oxford, Mt. Vernon Church in Kirkwood, and Timberline Church in Strasburg.