Week |
Title |
Time
(minutes) |
Description |
1 |
Living with Grief |
34 |
Session 1 introduces participants to GriefShare. It explains what living with grief is like, why participants shouldn't be ashamed of their grief and why they shouldn't rush their healing. |
2 |
The Journey of Grief |
35 |
This session prepares your group for what to expect along the journey of grief. It also emphasizes that everyone's journey will be unique and warns against comparing grief experiences. |
3 |
The Effects of Grief |
29 |
Your group members are probably surprised at how debilitating grief is. This session explains that this is normal and suggests practical ways to find comfort. |
4 |
When Your Spouse Dies |
40 |
This session helps widows and widowers think through the critical issues involved in their healing. It begins to prepare your group to face life's realities without their loved ones. |
5 |
Your Family and Grief |
41 |
This session shares how to keep a family afloat when its members are drowning in grief. It also presents some of the unique issues invovled in grieving the death of a child. |
6 |
Why? |
39 |
Just because God doesn't anser all of our questions doesn't mean He won't answer any of them. The session answers "Why" questions and encourages group members to begin asking other questions as well. |
7 |
The Uniqueness of Grief, pt. 1 |
41 |
This session explores how the causes of, and personal responses to, a loved one's death affect one's grief. Topics addressed include suicide, long-term illness, murder and false guilt. |
8 |
The Uniqueness of Grief, pt. 2 |
38 |
Relationships, past and present, affect one's grief. This session helps participants address insensitive comforters and unresolved conflict with a deceased loved one. |
9 |
God's Prescription for Grief |
32 |
The bereaved are often overshelmed by the advice they receive from others. And often, what goes unnoticed is what God says about healing. This session tells particpants how to position themselves to experience God's healing. |
10 |
Stuck in Grief |
35 |
It's easy to get stuck along the journey of grief. This session explains how to keep moving on the path to healing. |
11 |
Top Twenty Lessons of Grief, pt. 1 |
35 |
In this session, those who've walked the journey of grief will share what they've learned and how they've grown from their grief experience. |
12 |
Top Twenty Lessons of Grief, pt. 2 |
32 |
In this session we unveil the most significant lessons that can be learned during grief. |
13 |
Heaven |
37 |
This session gives practical advice on how to tap into, and hold onto, the sources of hope i this dissappointing world. |
