Finally, a resource to help those who are grieving in your church and community.

You are invited to join us for the inaugural launch of The Bereavement Journey in Canada!

Our District Nazarene Discipleship International (NDI) board from Canada Central District (CCD) is proud to be offering this amazing resource developed in the UK.

We have permission to be the first location outside the UK to offer this grief resource.

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What's Involved?

What's the Plan?

Your hosts, Pastor Charmaine Kofler and Ruth Copeland-Holtz will be leading the first course of 7-weeks as a training opportunity for selected leadership across CCD.

Sunday, October 15, 2023 on Zoom from 7-9 PM for 7 weeks.

Our vision is that you can use this course in your community to support those who are grieving in your ministry once you've completed the training.

YOUR COMMITMENT

You attend all 7-weeks of the course as participants. Once per week for 2 hours each session.
- Logging into the Zoom meeting, listen to the video talks, and then move into the breakout room sessions to discuss the workbook questions.
- Charmaine & Ruth will host the plenary sessions and be the facilitators in the breakout sessions.
- We believe that through participating in The Bereavement Journey that you will understand what your future participants will experience.
You promise to host The Bereavement Journey in your community for a minimum of 2 full programs.

OUR COMMITMENT

NDI will purchase the Leaders’ Pack (in downloadable form) for your church: everything needed to run The Bereavement Journey in-person or online regularly, including the 12 films, guidelines, promotional material, forms for registration and feedback plus a sample copy of the Guest Manual and Faith Questions in Bereavement booklet. The TBJ Leaders’ Pack is £25 ($41 CAD). This pack will allow you to host the program 10 times for your location.
Charmaine & Ruth will be available to support and answer questions as you prepare for own TBJ sessions.

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TOPICS COVERED

Looking at loss

How we attach and separate during our lives
Loss in all its forms
The importance of knowing our own individual history of loss

The pain of grief: how it feels

How grief affects us
What we do, feel and think
Coping with others: work, family, friends

The pain of grief: how to deal with it

Guilt and anger
Avoiding and delaying grief
Being prevented or denied grieving

Coping with change

Questions of identity
Continuing bonds
Anniversaries and special occasions

Moving forward

Finishing intense grieving
Reinvesting our emotional energy
Endings

Faith questions (optional)

Questions about God and unanswered prayer
Heaven and what it is like
Suicide

What Participants Have Said

I have found the Bereavement Journey incredibly useful and supportive and I can see a way forward, thanks to you and the team.

You have no idea how important this is to me (you probably do, to be fair) and how much strength I've gained from the sessions. In particular the group time after the films has been so useful.

I really feel that I've turned a corner as a result of what I've learned. And I now also know that I'm not losing my mind, that this process is going to take its own course, and that a set back is to be expected and that I can survive it.

You can be certain that I'll recommend the course. In fact, I already have.

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