Grief Share : Your Journey From Mourning to Joy

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New Session began

October 7, 2010 

Graystone Library

“Your Journey From Mourning to Joy”

* Have you lost a loved one, family or friend?

* Do you feel no one could ever understand what you are going through?

* Do you feel lonely, isolated, being treated differently than before the loss?

* Do you feel people are intentionally avoiding you?

* Does the house seem larger and quieter than before the loss of your loved one?     

If you answered yes to any or all of the above questions, your answers may lie in Graystone’s GriefShare group.  GriefShare is a special non-denominational group of people that support each other through their grieving process.  Because of this supportive, understanding, encouraging community, here at Gaystone’s GriefShare, you will:

* Interact with individuals in various stags of grief

* Find others who have been through similar situations and how they were able to work through the situation, they share how they were able to make it through the situation.     They will share what worked and what didn’t work for them.

* See the weekly progress in yourself and others working through the grieving process

* Build a network of people who understand what you are experiencing  GriefShare is 13-week program, run on Thursday evenings in the church library. 

Each week is “self contained”, which means if you miss a session you still be able to understand what content being reviewed the next session.  If you happen to miss a session or join the group later on in the series, you can view the session(s) you missed with the next new class series or arrange with one of the leaders to view the session missed as 1:1 with that leader.  The classes are run twice a year.

During each section, a video is viewed and then a discussion is held in regards to what, if anything spoke to you.  If there are important matters an individual has, that will be processed first and then view the video, if time constraints allow.  If you feel uneasy about sharing at any time, you have the right to “pass” and it can be revisited sometime in the future when you feel more comfortable, or you can speak 1:1 with one of the leaders.  If you wish to come back to the next new class, you are more than welcome; there are members who have returned for multiple classes.  We, the leaders, consider everyone in past and present GriefShare our “GriefShare Family”, we keep in touch and continue to support you through the “rough spots”.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             “Praise be to...the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God”.      

(2 Corinthians 1:3-4)