Spring session
February through May
14 weekly meetings, Tuesday mornings at 9:30 AM. You can join through about week three and still get the full arc.
Care · GriefShare · 25th year
Grief, walked through with company.
GriefShare is a 14-week peer-support group for anyone grieving the loss of someone close. A short video, a real conversation, and a workbook that becomes a roadmap as the weeks go by. It has met at New Hope since 2002, so this isn't a new program. People have walked through grief in this room for more than twenty years.
What an evening looks like
Three things every week.
01 · A short video
Each session opens with a short video featuring grief experts and real stories from people who have walked this road.
02 · A real conversation
After the video, the group talks. Not therapy, not advice. Honest peer conversation in a room that knows loss.
03 · A workbook
You go home with a participant workbook. Reflection prompts and reading for the week between sessions.
Fall session
August through November
Same 14-week rhythm. Same time. Different room of people, same kind of welcome.
Facilitator
Sue Kraus
Sue leads every session. She has walked this road herself and walks it with each new group. Reach her through the office: office@newhopechurch.net.
Learn more
GriefShare beyond New Hope.
GriefShare is a national, faith-based program with thousands of groups across the country. Learn how the program works at griefshare.org. The listing for our New Hope fall group is at find.griefshare.org/groups/295343.
Looking for more than the group? Our grief support page gathers what else New Hope has for this season: the monthly Widow's Lunch Bunch, and messages our pastors have preached on grief and loss, each with the full video and a transcript you can read at any hour.
What we cover
Topics across the 14 weeks.
- The journey of grief, and what to expect
- Loneliness, and how to bear it
- Fear, anger, and complicated emotions
- Regrets and what to do with them
- Relationships and family that grief reshapes
- Hope, slowly, and what comes after
Join the next session
A welcome, on the first Tuesday.
The fall session begins Tuesday, August 25 at 9:30 AM. See the dates on our Church Center event page, then register with GriefShare, or just show up on a Tuesday. First day included.
Fall session dates (opens Church Center in a new tab)
Register with GriefShare (opens griefshare.org in a new tab)
Registration is handled by GriefShare, not New Hope, and the information you enter there is governed by GriefShare's own privacy policy (available on their site). Questions first? Email the office and we'll walk you through it.
GriefShare is peer support and faith-based companionship, not licensed therapy. When professional counseling is the right next step, our staff keeps a list of Christian counselors recommended to us by people in our church family. They work from biblical principles. The list is a starting point for finding the right professional, not a New Hope endorsement. Ask the office for a copy. If you are in crisis, please call or text 988 for the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.