Everyone—patients, family members, medical staff—is blessed when loved ones talk early and clearly about the priorities they want honored when end-of-life medical decisions must be made. Yet very few people manage to have the conversations. This seminar will explain how to have these conversations: how to get them started, how to keep your loved ones from panicking or checking out, and how to know when the task is completed. The Tennessee Advance Care Plan will be used as a useful tool, and pastoral care concerns will be in the foreground throughout.