Aging, Grief and Loss

GRIEF & LOSS SUPPORT GROUP

Have you experienced the loss of a loved one?

Is your bereavement bringing with it a mixture of intense feelings of sadness, confusion, anger, guilt and fee as well as memories of happier times? Our Grief Support Group aims to provide a safe, gentle space to share experiences and help normalise the grief journey. In a society that often avoids or misreads grief, such spaces are vital for healing and connection.

The next course will be held on Thursday mornings in October at Brookfield Anglican focused on Grief, Loss and Dementia.

Please phone Blue Care on 0417 555 826 to register, or for more information or contact Claire via our parish office. Ph 0458 075 377 or email office@kenbrookang.

Please share this information with anyone who would benefit from support through time of grief.

GETTING READY TO GO

A couple of times a year we host community conversations that help us move past the discomfort of talking about aging, dying, death and grief so we can better support one another and care for our emotional and spiritual well-being as we approach life’s end.

Look for future sessions on:

  • Aging and Eldership

  • Advanced Care Directives

  • Recognising Grief in Children

  • Passing on our Stories

  • Continuing the Connection: Rituals of Remembrance

RITES OF REMEMBERING

  • Funerals and Memorial Services are available in our churches, or a priest is able to conduct these services in another location.

  • Memorial Gardens offer a space to install a plaque and/or return a loved one’s ashes to the earth.

  • All Souls is a service observed 5pm on the first Sunday of November in which we honour the faithful departed.

  • Blue Christmas: A service held 5pm on the Sunday before Christmas acknowledging the challenges and griefs that feel particularly acute at Christmas.