GRIEF SERIES AND SUPPORT GROUP

Cranford Alliance Church is again offering the GriefShare Series and Support Group on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m. from September 14 through December 21, 2017.
GriefShare is a special 14-week series and support group for people grieving the death of someone close. It’s a place where you are surrounded by people who understand how you feel and the pain of your loss. At GriefShare, you’ll learn valuable information that will help you through this most difficult time in your life as you journey through grief.
One of the participants from a previous series had this to say: “As I walked into my first session of GriefShare, I was taken aback by the sound of gentle music and the sight of candles on the tables. I still wondered how I could go from mourning to joy in thirteen weeks. Now that it is over, I see that that’s exactly what happened. Years ago we’d lost our 25-year-old daughter to suicide. Within the last eighteen months I’d lost my mother and sister just a week apart, and then my beloved sister-in-law. My grief was overwhelming and I thought that my sadness would never end. It was during the GriefShare sessions that I met people who were just as devastated as I was, all with stories not so very different from my own. It was during these sessions that I came to learn that this was a profoundly moving journey that I had undertaken. Our facilitator was soft spoken, gentle and compassionate. We were not only listened to but ministered to. In our grief, we were drawn closer to the Lord. We learned that ‘God is close to the brokenhearted’ and we learned how to cope with our grief. In an atmosphere of love and confidentiality, we grew to learn to open our hearts, share our stories, and allow ourselves to be healed. GriefShare was a profoundly moving journey; one that I feel was God’s gift to us all. If you are suffering the loss of a loved one, no matter how long ago the death occurred, I highly recommend GriefShare, and the healing experience of feeling God within it all.”
The ministry team consists of thoroughly trained, caring individuals who bring to this group their own experience of walking through grief. One participant had this to say about the Ministry Team, “They are amazing, caring people who provide for all of us what we cannot get from our families and friends. It is a safe place where we are understood.”
Please join us on September 14th at 6:30 p.m. at Cranford Alliance Church, 7 Cherry Street, Cranford, NJ. Family members and friends of the bereaved are welcome at any time as well. There is a $10 registration fee to cover materials. Scholarships are available. For more information, you can go to the GriefShare website, www.griefshare.org, or contact the church office at 908-276-1617 or office@cranfordalliance.org.