GriefShare

Meeting Days: 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month

Meeting Times: 10-12am & 7-9pm

Facilitators: Joan Clark

Discussion Topics & Descriptions---

Living with Grief: This session introduces you to GriefShare. It also explains what living with grief is like, why you shouldn't be ashamed of your grief and why you should not rush your healing.

The Journey of Grief: This session prepares you for what to expect along the journey of grief. At the same time, it emphasizes that everyone's journey will be unique and warns against comparing grief experiences.

The Effects of Grief: You are probably surprised at how debiliating grief is. This session explains that grief is normal and suggests practical ways to find comfort.

When Your Spouse Dies: This session helps widows and widowers think through the critical issues involved in their healing. It also begins preparing you to face the realities of life without your loved one/s.

Your Family and Grief: This session shares how to keep a family afloat when its members are drowning in grief. It also presents some of the unique issues involved in grieving the death of a child.

Why?: Just because God doesn't answer all of our questions does not mean He will not answer any of them. This sessions answers "why?" questions and will encourage you to begin asking other questions as well.

The Uniqueness of Grief, Part One: This session explores how the cause of, and the personal responses to, a loved one's death affect one's grief. Topics addressed include suicide, long-term illness, murder, and false guilt.

The Uniqueness of Grief, Part Two: Relationships, past and present, affect one's grief. This session will help you address insensitive comforters and unresolved conflict with a deceased loved one.

God's Prescription for Grief: The bereaved are often overwhelmed by the advice they received from others. And often, what goes unnoticed is what God says about healing. This sessions tell you how to position yourself to experience God's healing.

Stuck in Grief: It is easy to get stuck along the journe of grief. This session explains how to keep moving on the path to healing.

Top 20 Lessons of Grief, Part One: In this session, those who have walked the journey of grief will share what they have learned and how they have grown from their grief experiences.

Top 20 Lessons of Grief, Part Two: In this session, we will unveil the most significant lessons that can be learned during grief.

Heaven: This session gives practical advice on how to tap into, and hold onto, the source of hope in this disappointing world.