BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY A Leader's Resource Manual by Harriet Young ($24.95)*

$21.95

Here is an all-encompassing resource manual for people who are interested in ministering to those who have suffered the loss of a loved one. It offers detailed directions for organizing or improving bereavement support groups.

Bereavement Ministry is designed to be used in eight sessions and is complete with instructions on how to start and organize a support group. There are helpful practical applications including sample publicity announcements, an information brochure, registration and evaluation forms, as well as a list of resource materials that will be invaluable for a lending library.

Each session contains clear guidelines for facilitators that include welcoming remarks, the session presentation itself and a closing prayer. Each session also provides several reproducible handouts for participants that can be used during the session or taken home for personal reflection.

Chapter titles include:

Crazy Is Normal;
Understanding the Stages of Grief;
Surviving Stress and Loneliness;
Our Feelings of Denial, Bargaining and Guilt;
Our Feelings of Anger and Depression;
Helping Children Through Grief;
Spiritual Elements of Grief and Healing; and,
The Value of Memories.

By Harriet Young.

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