Loss and HopeUse the filters below to find resources of all types to help you support the bereaved. If you know of something we can include please get in touch. We have selected here resources which we believe will be most helpful for churches. Please see AtaLoss.org for a wider range.
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Helping children and young people who are struggling in School.
The Art of Dying Well offers practical and spiritual support to those faced with the prospect of death and dying. Also useful for those supporting the bereaved.
A downloadable Christian resource which looks to tell the truth about what happens when someone dies and how to understand our feelings.
The thought of losing a loved one evokes fear. Few will admit that they think of it, fewer still want to talk about it. But bereavement is an everyday occurrence and will happen to everyone who lives long enough.
Downloadable leaflet above on finding a Counsellor.
Useful for schools, youth leaders, parents or anyone working with a bereaved child or young person from 9 to 13 years old.
This document has been prepared at the Bishop of Southwark’s request by his Advisory Group for Liturgy, in the early autumn of 2020.
These liturgical resources are offered to help shape worship that will articulate the cries of our hearts and bear them into the presence of God. They are grouped into sections of Lament, Thanksgiving and Restoration, together with prayers of gathering and concluding but the demarcations are only indicative.
This liturgy of lament can be used by individuals or small groups.
LICC have put together some songs of lament, or which include elements of lament. Some would be suitable for congregational singing, and others for personal reflection.
Head of Life Events Sandra Millar was joined by Katy Tutt, Loss and Hope Project Manager. They offered simple, practical ways for anyone to contact, listen to and bless those who mourn – a ministry of all people.
This film offers three simple ways to help support bereaved people.
Service plan, liturgy and advertising posters for those who normally avoid church on Mothering Sunday.
This is a short liturgy designed for the parents who have lost a child through miscarriage. These words can be spoken together as a couple, on your own or with those close to you. It can be helpful to have someone lead you through this service, who can pray for you and support you as […]
Blending personal experience with the insightful reflections of renowned theologians, Katherine shares practical and spiritual applications for how we can brave the elements and walk through winter’s loss into our God-given identities.
Blue Christmas service: When Christmas hurts.
All Souls day Liturgy from St Lawrence’s Church Hungerford. Click HERE for All Souls Day – Remembrance and Thanksgiving Liturgy
Grieving over death is an innate, vital process that most people are able to experience and emerge from in a healthy manner.
Ours is a death-denying society. But death is inevitable, and we must face the question of how to deal with it. Coming to terms with our own finiteness helps us discover life’s true meaning.
Colin Murray Parkes draws on his own research to develop some new theories around bereavement and its effects
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