Offer support with GriefShare
COVID-19
has impacted
everyone’s grief
Your church can provide the compassion and care people need with a GriefShare support group. The 13-week program features:
Kits include everything your lay leader needs to start and run a GriefShare ministry.
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CHRIST-CENTERED GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS
“With the stresses and strains of everything going on—[grieving] people need comfort.”
Bill, Pastor
MORE GRIEF. LESS SUPPORT.
Whether or not COVID was the cause of death, it has impacted the grief of millions. More people are grieving, and the effects are heightened. They’re feeling alone and don’t know where to turn.
More
deaths
The deadliest year recorded in US history
More grieving
people
4.5 million more people grieving a death
More effects
on grief
Increased survivor’s guilt, anxiety, depression
“Every death from COVID-19 will leave approximately 9 bereaved.”
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science
HOW CAN YOUR
CHURCH RESPOND?
GriefShare is a 13-week grief support group program chosen by over 20,000 churches worldwide. This Christ-centered, lay-led program is leading the way in helping churches care for the bereaved, both in person and online.
Video with experts
Teaching on grief recovery topics
GriefShare helps
your church minister
to grieving people
Discussion with purpose
Safe place for people to share
Self-guided workbook
Scripture-saturated and practical
This year saw 15% more total deaths than a normal year.
Center for Disease Control
HEAR FROM OTHER PASTORS
Offer a support group in person or online, or both!
START MINISTERING TODAY WITH GRIEFSHARE
YOU CAN MEET
TODAY’S GRIEF NEEDS
Biblical teaching & counsel
Respected Christian counselors and pastors share relevant insights on grief-related topics via the weekly GriefShare videos. David and Nancy Guthrie cohost the videos.
Your volunteers will be equipped with easy-to-use tools—including online training—for launching and running a grief recovery support group.
Lay-led design
Some grieving people are still staying home; others want to get out and connect. You can offer GriefShare groups for both.
Online & in-person groups
People are looking for help wherever they can find it. They’re exhausted from this past year and ready to be ministered to.
New outreach opportunities
NEW
GriefShare ministry coaches are standing by to help your church start and launch a group. It’s free to talk with a coach!
Free personal coaching
COVID-19 response tools
You’ll get a free COVID-19 video series. Plus, new payment options and online group management tools make hosting a group during a pandemic easier.
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GriefShare
draws people
to your church
Grieving people in your community are in desperate need of comfort these days. Many don’t know what to do. GriefShare gives them a reason to turn to your church for help.
Start a group today.
COVID-19 RESPONSE VIDEOS
Included with every GriefShare kit
Share with your group
You can share these online videos with the people you’re ministering to. Each 12–15-minute video features counsel from Christian experts and comes with questions for individual or group use.
COVID-19 & Grief
Anxiety & Grief
Loneliness in Grief
The Search for a New Normal
“We’re reaching out into our community, showing them there’s hope and people that care for them.”
Jonathan, Pastor
Video
sessions
Participant
guide
Leader’s
guide
Promotional
materials
WHAT’S IN A GRIEFSHARE KIT?
OFFER TIMELY MINISTRY TODAY
Order a GriefShare kit
Or give us a call.
A GriefShare coach is standing by to help.
800-395-5755
INT: 919-562-2112
FREE GUIDE FOR VOLUNTEERS
FREE GUIDE FOR PASTORS
NEED TO TALK
WITH YOUR PASTOR?
Let’s Do This: Presenting GriefShare to Your Pastor
UNSURE OF
HOW TO START?
3 Simple Steps to Launching a Lay-led GriefShare Ministry
More effects on grief
More grieving people
More deaths
MORE GRIEF.
LESS SUPPORT.
HOW CAN YOUR
CHURCH RESPOND?
HEAR FROM OTHER PASTORS
START MINISTERING TODAY WITH GRIEFSHARE
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