Sentient Counselling was given birth due to Covid-19. It was at a time when the death toll rose significantly within our local churches and the wider communities that we serve.  Pastors were conducting funeral services on a regular basis.

I began creating bespoke memory boxes for bereaved individuals several years ago. The idea was to curate a box filled with items that not only reflect the person who has died, but also offer grieving individuals and their families a meaningful way to gather and preserve memories.

Many of the church’s pastors and group leaders attended the Bereavement Care Awareness course face-to-face in 2018 and again in 2020 online.

At the end of 2023, several people in our church experienced bereavements of family members. This along with the popularity of our ‘Service of Memories’ held once a year in partnership with local Funeral Directors, Stapleford’s, made it an obvious decision to explore The Bereavement Journey®. 

The Bereavement Journey® has been running on a regular basis at Stirling Baptist Church since 2016, and the church is now celebrating having run over fifteen courses!