{"id":7479,"date":"2025-07-12T12:51:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T18:51:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/?page_id=7479"},"modified":"2026-03-17T08:26:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:26:34","slug":"grief-ministry","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/our-ministries\/grief-ministry\/","title":{"rendered":"Grief Ministry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-Grief-Support-Group-webpage-photo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-Grief-Support-Group-webpage-photo-1024x312.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-Grief-Support-Group-webpage-photo-1024x312.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-Grief-Support-Group-webpage-photo-300x91.png 300w, https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-Grief-Support-Group-webpage-photo-768x234.png 768w, https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-Grief-Support-Group-webpage-photo-1140x347.png 1140w, https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Copy-of-Grief-Support-Group-webpage-photo.png 1150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:56px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand how painful it can be to lose someone whom we love. It can be just as painful to lose someone with whom we had a complicated relationship in life: maybe a romantic partner, an estranged relative, or a lost friend. Every grief story is different, which is why every grief journey is different.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand the importance of grieving well, of finding a safe and healthy way to work through all the complicated emotions around death and loss. To that end, we offer a seven-week program designed around the Biblical story of the Days of Creation, using evidence-based research and other professional literature. We believe that this creation narrative (not to be taken literally!) provides useful symbolism for the way that we create and re-create our lives after we lose someone we care deeply about. The seven-session program guides us toward a healthy grieving process. Participants have opportunities to learn from one another as they speak, listen, cry, and laugh together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The program is free<\/strong> and open to everyone in the community. We do approach grief from a Christian lens but do not expect that participants are firm in their beliefs. We understand that experiences like grief can open a lot of difficult questions about God and God\u2019s role in our lives; we do our best to leave space for all the feelings and questions that can bubble up.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the grief support ministry, please contact Rev. Rebeka Fergusson-Lutz at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:pastor@genevachurch.org\">pastor@genevachurch.org<\/a>\u00a0or (734) 459-0013.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"extendedwopts-md-center wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-1.png 400w, https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Untitled-design-1-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We understand how painful it can be to lose someone whom we love. It can be just as painful to lose someone with whom we had a complicated relationship in life: maybe a romantic partner, an estranged relative, or a lost friend. Every grief story is different, which is why&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/our-ministries\/grief-ministry\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1926,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7479","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7479"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8079,"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7479\/revisions\/8079"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genevachurch.org\/main03\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}