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Greif Counseling is available for those in need of spiritual and emotional support during difficult times of grieving. This group takes place on an as needed basis. Contact the church office or Julie Miehe to inquire.

We also post weekly healing meditations here to help during difficult times where ever you are:

Weekly Healing Meditations:

“In November, the earth is growing quiet.  It is making its bed, a winter bed for flowers and small creatures. The bed is white and silent, and much life can hide beneath its blankets.”  –Cynthia Rylant

When we grow quiet in our grief, we are making a winter bed for necessary withdrawal and stillness.  We instinctively yearn for solitude, and so , like turtles, we pull ourselves inside our shells and grieve in isolation.

Yet much life can hide beneath our stillness. We are remembering, thinking, and feeling.  We are going to the wilderness of our own souls, and along the way, we are doing the necessary work of reviewing everything that has happened.

After a period of quiet, it will once again be time to emerge and share our grief with our community. But for now, hush. We are settling in.

I sometimes crave withdrawal and stillness. The winter of my grief calls to me.

From Grief One Day at a Time by Alan D. Wolfelt, Ph.D.