Help For Those Who Are Grieving
Stephen Ministers are specially trained men and women who are ready to come alongside those who need a listening ear, and a confidential relationship.
A special outreach of Cornerstone's Stephen Ministry is its Grief Support Program. If you or someone you know has experienced loss through death, there is help available. You don't need to suffer...alone.
Pathways To Peace:
8-week support group sessions, offered several times each year.
Call Pat Myers 248-889-2010
Parents of Hope:
1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month
Call Debbie Bravo at 810-494-4032
Sharing the Loss of a Child:
8-week sessions meeting specific needs for bereaved parents or primary caregivers of child.
Call Vicki Vihinen 248-684-0939
Circles of Hope:
Ongoing grief support of widowers who have small children living at home.
Call Pam Nagy at 810-494-4013
Fresh Start:
Ongoing grief support of widowers who have grown children.
Call Pam Nagy at 810-494-4013
Solo Flight:
Widows' Fellowship Group (meets weekly)
Call Hulda Shurtleff 517-546-1781
Grief Seminars:
Semi-annual all-day conferences with professional grief counselors. Held on Saturdays and hosted by Cornerstone Stephen Ministry.
Call Pat Myers 248-889-2010
Location:
Cornerstone Evangelical Presbyterian Church
9455 Hilton Road, Brighton, Michigan
Grief touches every family some time. Often suddenly and without warning, families are thrust into confusion and crisis. What happens to the families who have suffered loss and tragedy - whether this year or last, five or ten or twenty years ago? Many are living with the deep pain of loss, anger, and resolved grief. Some marriages may dissolved into emptiness. Families may be broken, and often their members are merely existing in a life without joy.
When everything seems hopeless, those who are grieving need to hear tht others have made it through the valley of the shadow of death. They need to know that God is near, and that He is a God of comfort and love. The church is the perfect place to hear this message. Even through tragedy God can bring hope, help us heal, and give individuals and families new dreams and renewed joy!
Support groups provide a safe place, a supportive environment in which people can come together to share concerns related to their loss and grief. Support groups also provide education and information about the grief process and help facilitate healthy ways of coping with loss and grief.
Topics to be covered:
Understanding grief - what's normal?
Stages of grief.
Holding onto memories.
Role changes.
Dealing with anger.
Who am I now?
Loneliness & friends.
Special holidays.
Where do I go from here?
Where is God?
For more information, please contact the Stephen Ministry at Cornerstone Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Brighton, Michigan at 810-227-9411.
