Care · Grief support in Clovis
If you've lost someone you love, we're sorry. There's no schedule for what you're feeling and no grade for how you're doing. At New Hope there's a room of people who understand, a table set once a month, and teaching from God's Word for the nights nothing else reaches.
You're welcome at New Hope. Come as you are.
In person, this fall
Grief support at New Hope happens face to face, on our campus at 4620 E. Nees Ave in Clovis, a short drive from anywhere in Fresno or Clovis. Here's what's on the calendar right now.
Grief support
Fourteen weekly Tuesday mornings with people who understand loss. You can join through about week three.
Sign up → (opens GriefShare in a new tab)
Grief support
Lunch at Yosemite Falls, open to men and women who have lost a loved one.
Learn more → (opens Church Center in a new tab)Questions, or not sure it's for you yet? Read how GriefShare works, or email the office at office@newhopechurch.net. Sue, who leads GriefShare, has walked this road herself.
Who you'll meet
Sue has walked this road herself, and she walks it again with each new GriefShare group. Email the office and they'll pass your question along to her.
Email a question for Sue Call the office, (559) 297-7362
If a group isn't what you need right now, that's all right. Pastoral counseling is a conversation with one of our pastors instead, faith-based care rather than licensed therapy. If you are in crisis, please call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
For the hours in between
Grief doesn't keep office hours. It shows up at 2 AM, in the car, in the cereal aisle. A Tuesday morning group is a lifeline, and it's also seven days apart. So we've gathered the messages below from our own pulpit, preached by our own pastors to this congregation, for the hours when you need someone to point you back to what's true.
Each one now has a full written transcript alongside the video. Read at your own pace, stop where it hurts, come back when you're ready.
The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit. Psalm 34:18, NIV
Teaching on grief and loss
Preached at New Hope in Clovis over the last few years. Every message pairs the full video with a full written transcript you can read, search, and share. There are hundreds more in our sermon archive, open at any hour.
Pastor Tim Rolen · June 28, 2026 · A Summer with C.S. Lewis
Ephesians 2:4-9
After C.S. Lewis lost his wife, he filled notebooks with the rawest questions a believer can ask. This message walks through the difference between grief and mourning, and what it looks like to bring sorrow to God instead of being ruled by it.
Pastor Tim Rolen · March 20, 2022 · Ready or Not: 1 Thessalonians
1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
Paul wrote to a young church grieving the people they'd lost. He didn't tell them not to grieve. He told them to grieve with hope, and then he told them why. The clearest single passage in the Bible for a grieving heart.
Pastor Kyle Relph · February 22, 2026 · The Psalms We Live
Psalm 13
David felt abandoned by God and said so out loud. This message gives you permission to pray the way he prayed, honestly, angrily, and still toward God.
Pastor Mark Addis · March 1, 2026 · The Psalms We Live
Psalm 34
David wrote this psalm from a cave, running for his life, and still called God good. It holds the verse generations of grieving people have gripped: the LORD is close to the brokenhearted.
Pastor Mark Addis · March 23, 2025 · David: The Shepherd King
2 Samuel 19
David's grief over losing his son Absalom nearly swallowed his calling. This message walks through what restoration looks like when a broken man has to keep living, carrying both sorrow and responsibility.
Pastor Kyle Relph · October 6, 2024 · Unrelenting Faith
1 Peter 3:8-22 and 4:12-19
Peter wrote to believers who were hurting and confused about why. This message widens the lens from loss to suffering itself, and what Peter says God is doing in it.
Go deeper in a full series
Two of the messages above came out of The Psalms We Live, a series our pastors preached through the spring of 2026 on praying the Psalms, including the ones you pray when it hurts. Every week's video is on the series page.
Explore The Psalms We LiveThe same series is also a book. The Psalms We Live, a 49-day printed devotional from our teaching pastors, in paperback and Kindle, with seven weeks of daily readings to keep on the nightstand.
Good to know
The next session begins Tuesday, August 25 at 9:30 AM at New Hope, and meets weekly on Tuesday mornings through Tuesday, December 1. You can join through about week three and still get the full arc.
Each session opens with a short video featuring grief experts and real stories from people who have lost someone. After the video, the group talks. Honest peer conversation in a room that knows loss, and a workbook to take home for the week between sessions.
No. GriefShare is open to anyone walking through the loss of someone close, whatever your church background. You're welcome at New Hope. Come as you are.
No. GriefShare is peer support and faith-based companionship, not licensed therapy or a substitute for professional mental health care. When professional counseling is the right next step, our staff keeps a list of licensed Christian counselors in the community and the office can share it. If you are in crisis, please call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Yes. The Widow's Lunch Bunch meets over lunch on the last Tuesday of each month, and the grief teaching on this page is available to read or watch at any hour. Sunday services are at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM, and all three are the same service.
GriefShare is built for the loss of someone close, a spouse, a parent, a family member, a friend. If what you're carrying looks different, reach out anyway. The office will help you find the right next step, whether that's a pastor, a group, or something else.
Join us this Sunday
All three Sunday services at 8, 9:30, and 11 AM are identical, same teaching and same worship, so come at the hour that works for you.
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