Grief Share

The next session of GriefShare will begin on August 31.  GriefShare normally meets Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm in the Conference Room at COBC.  Contact Judy  Huebner at 823-9790 for more information.

Find Help, Hope and Healing!   Join any time.  GriefShare meets Tuesday nights at 6:30 pm periodically throughout the year.  Please call 822-1379 to check on the schedule.  Parking is available in the rear of the building.  We look forward to your attendance as you heal from your grief.  We love you!

No matter what the circumstances, grief recovery is a painful process. It can make feeling optimistic about the future seem impossible. If you’ve lost a spouse, child, family member or friend, you’ve probably found that there are not many people who understand the deep hurt you feel.

That’s one reason for Grief Share, a special support group for people grieving the loss of someone close. This group is sponsored by people who understand what you are experiencing and want to offer comfort and encouragement during this difficult time. It’s a place where many people have found that they can begin putting their lives back together again.

Grief Share features nationally recognized experts on grief and recovery topics. Sessions include:

1. Living with Grief
2. The Journey of Grief
3. The Effects of Grief
4. When Your Spouse Dies
5. Your Family and Grief
6. Why?
7. The Uniqueness of Grief, Part 1
8. The Uniquenss of Grief, Part 2
9. God’s Prescription for Grief
10. Stuck in Grief
11. Top Twenty Lessons of Grief, Part 1
12. Top Twenty Lessons of Grief, Part 2
13. Heaven

Each session is “self-contained” so that you don’t feel obligated to attend in sequence. You will find encouragement and help whenever you attend.

Griefshare meets in the Conference Room at Country Oaks Baptist Church, Tuesday evenings at 6:30 pm.  For more infomation call 822-1379.

You will find other helpful information and resources at www.griefshare.org.

Special Seminar on Grief

Are you hurting?  Laurelglen Bible Church Care Ministries presents Dr. H Norman Wright “Recovering From Loss, Crisis and Trauma” on January 30, 2010 from 8:30 am to 12:10 pm.  Laurelglen Bible Church – 2801 Ashe Road – Bakersfield, cA 93309.  Early registration is $20 per individual or $15 per individual for groups of 3 or more by January 22 ($25 after January 22). 

This seminar will help you: 

• Prepare in advance for hurt, loss and crisis
• Identify ungrieved losses
• Discover and implement the process of grief
• Understand the causes and recovery steps in trauma
• Understand what depression and anger are telling you
• Eliminate worry and anxiety from your life
• Learn a Biblical perspective on loss and discover the comfort of God
• Learn how to say good-bye to what you ahve lost and move ahead in life

For further information conat Pastor Tim Hardy at 833-2800.