GRIEF MINISTRY FACILITATOR'S GUIDE *E-BOOK* Donna Reilly Williams and JoAnn Sturzl PDF, $29.95 110 pages, 8½" x 11" ISBN 0-89390-661-1 Quantity: (see download instructions below)

The Grief Ministry Facilitator’s Guide — E-Book shows how to create a course on grief ministry, and provides handouts, questions for review and other course materials, all of which can be conveniently printed and distributed from this handy e-book format. It includes permission to photocopy items for class use, and it references Grief Ministry: Helping Others Mourn as a textbook for the course. The guide also includes group listening and role-playing exercises, scenarios for discussion and a resource listing.

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Reviews

“I felt uplifted, spiritually touched and encouraged in a ministry to those hurting. Skillfully written, Grief Ministry Facilitator’s Guide contains valuable resources and direction to those in grief counseling.”
— Marion Roos, RN, hospice director, McKennan Hospice, Sioux Falls, S.D.

“Anyone involved in the preparation of lay persons for pastoral visiting or bereavement support will be encouraged by the Grief Ministry Facilitator’s Guide. The experiential nature of the program leaves both facilitator and participant spiritually enriched, theologically grounded, personally affirmed, engaged in their own healing and equipped with valuable insights into the mourning process.”
— Mamie Dawson, chaplain, Grey Nuns Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta

About the Authors

JoAnn Sturzl is a pastoral minister at St. Mary’s Parish in Sioux Falls, S.D. She is a licensed Personality and Human Relations (PHR) educator. A member of the Presentation Sisters of Aberdeen, S.D., she has a master’s degree in religious studies as well as a certificate in pastoral counseling from Mount St. Mary’s College in Los Angeles.

Donna Reilly Williams specializes in grief and transition therapy in her private practice in Woodinville, Wash. She also serves as a grief consultant to churches, schools, hospitals and businesses, and she designs and directs retreats in her field. With a master’s degree in pastoral studies, she and JoAnn Sturzl co-authored their first book, Grief Ministry: Helping Others Mourn.