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CareLeader.org is a part of Church Initiative, which publishes small group pastoral care resources for churches. These innovative lay-driven ministry tools have been placed in nearly 20,000 churches worldwide.

GriefShare

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With GriefShare, your lay leaders can provide thirteen weeks of essential care for people grieving the death of a loved one. GriefShare’s video-based curriculum features contributions from over forty Christian experts and documents the stories of real people who’ve walked the journey of grief. This video- and workbook-based program includes complete leader training and promotional tools, making it easy for your lay leaders to start and sustain an ongoing grief-recovery ministry to your church and community. Learn more.

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GriefShare Workbook

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GriefShare Leader’s Guide

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DivorceCare

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DivorceCare equips your church to offer Christ-centered hope, help, and healing to people hurting from the aftermath of separation or divorce. The DivorceCare ministry kit comes with everything your lay people need to offer DivorceCare, including videos (featuring over fifty top Christian experts on divorce and recovery topics), workbooks, and leader training and promotional tools. Learn more.

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DivorceCare Workbook

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DivorceCare Leader’s Guide

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Single & Parenting

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Single & Parenting positions your church to help single parents in your congregation and community. Designed to be led by lay leaders, this video-based program combines Christ-centered, biblical healing for single parents with practical strategies to help them develop parenting skills. Like GriefShare and DivorceCare, Single & Parenting also features expert interviews, dramas, and inspiring video testimonies. Learn more.

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Single & Parenting Workbook

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Single & Parenting Leader’s Guide

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DivorceCare for Kids

DivorceCare for Kids allows your lay leaders to bring focused, nuanced care to children struggling with the unique challenges of their parents’ divorce. The program’s games, music, crafts, videos, and activities are all directed toward helping the children trust God in the midst of their parent’s divorce. Comprehensive lay-leader training is included in the DC4K ministry kit. Learn more.

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Recent articles:

  • Sharing is healing when a person grieves | Southside Times – Indianapolis, IN
  • GriefShare helps people get through the trauma of grief | Courier-Post, Hannibal, MO
  • Support after a marriage ends | Outreach Magazine
  • Hope for grieving people | Mooresville Weekly – Mooresville, NC
  • Program helps people through grief recovery | News Press – St. Joseph, MO
  • DivorceCare: Healing broken hearts | The Press – Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
  • Louisiana churches offer hope and healing for those who grieve | The Independent – Slidell, LA
  • Oklahoma divorce recovery group offers help, healing | Examiner-Enterprise – Bartlesville, OK

Latest Articles

How to restore broken marriages after an affair, part 1

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3 ways pastors can help women and families experiencing postpartum depression

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Pastoral care and refuge for rape victims

By Tory Flynn & Dr. Diane Langberg

How your pastoral limitations can bless your churches

By Dr. Zack Eswine

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GriefShare equips lay people to care for grieving people

GriefShare is a powerful, Christ-centered grief recovery program. Created by the team that produces CareLeader.org, GriefShare features many of the experts who contribute to the CareLeader website. It also features the stories of over 75 everyday people who’ve applied biblical principles to heal from grief. Visit GriefShare.org/start and see more reasons why thousands of churches use GriefShare. And discover how GriefShare can equip your church to launch and sustain a proven care and outreach ministry.

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Categories

  • About
  • Addiction
  • All Posts
  • Boomers and senior adults
  • Care Issues
  • Emotional & mental health
    • Discouragement & regret
    • Suicide & self-harm
    • Worry & anxiety
  • Equipping leaders
    • Care & counsel
    • Ministry startup
  • In This Together
  • Marriage & other relationships
    • Communication
    • Conflict
    • Infidelity, unfaithful spouse
    • Premarital counseling
  • Misc
    • Job & finances
  • Parenting
    • Single parents
  • Pastor's issues
    • Care ministry administration
    • Counseling & teaching
    • Emotions
    • Encouraging others
    • Work/life balance
  • Sexual issues
    • Abuse
    • Same-sex attraction
  • Suffering & Grief
    • Racism
  • Theology of pastoral care
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