Pastoral Care for Those Who Grieve

This course is designed for people seeking to serve local churches as pastoral leaders including certified lay ministers and licensed local pastors.

Participants will learn the basics of grief, how to be present for the griever, and how to do pastoral care in times of loss.

Course Objectives

  1. How to be present with grieving people.
  2. Understand the grief process more clearly.
  3. Understand how to walk with grieving people.

Required Texts

Hodgson, Jada D.L. A View from the Fog; A Story of Grief and Loss and Faith and Hope. Bloomington, IN, WestBow Press, 2016. 978-1-5127-5592-3.

Hancock, Bill. Riding with the Blue Moth. Oxford, MS. Nautilus Publishing, 2015. 978-1-936-946-57-0.

Recommended Texts

Moore, James W. When Grief Breaks Your Heart. Nashville, TN, Abingdon Press, 1995. 13:978-0-687-00791-2.

Smith, Harold Ivan. ABC’s of Healthy Grieving; Light for a Dark Journey. Shawnee Mission, KS, Shawnee Mission Medical Center Foundation, 2001. 1-58597-073-5.

Dates and Details

This course is online. See Minimum Requirements for Online Learning.
All work and participation is done online asynchronously.

When

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Fee

$100

Contact

Rev. Dr. Carl K. Ellis

Who Can Apply

People seeking to serve local churches as pastoral leaders including certified lay ministers and licensed local pastors.

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