Testimonials from Churches

What Churches Have Been Saying…

  • It's a wonderful course , easy to facilitate and it was a privilege to walk along side others at this fragile time of life.

  • As facilitators, we never fail to find inspiration in the transformation we see week by week culminating in week 7 with the faith questions. Pure joy is the best way to describe it.

  • It's a privilege to run this course. Bereavement is such a taboo subject to discuss that it's been an uphill struggle to gain traction. However, over the 5 courses we have run, we have seen such healing, that we know God is using us in this process in a powerful way and we are content to work with those He gives us.

  • It's the best thing I've ever been involved in, it's amazing to see the benefit it gives to grieving people

  • Seeing participants open up week by week was incredible. This course really does offer a sacred space for healing.

  • I just needed to send you a message to say THANK YOU for the course! It is THE best thing I have come across in my ministry and it has so helped the participants. I am coming to the end of my first course and have two more in the pipeline and will run them regularly from now on. One participant says it is the best thing she has done and another has said that it has really helped her deal with her anger she realises she has been using to express her grief through for decades. The participants are full of praise for it and it has led to so many really good conversations. All the participants are planning on coming to the optional session. The videos are perfect, they have given people permission to experience their grief individually with no guilt or second guessing what they 'should' be feeling. It has been a real blessing and thank you to all the people who have made it happen.

  • The Revd Canon Archie Coates, Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Brompton, where The Bereavement Journey® was birthed: ‘I am delighted to endorse The Bereavement Journey® - a course that has been hugely effective over the years both at HTB and beyond in helping people bereaved in a variety of ways cope with their grief. There are many in our communities who are living with unprocessed grief and this is a wonderful tool that will help many people.’

  • On Easter Sunday we had at least four, maybe five, people in church as a result of attending The Bereavement Journey groups. One was not a church person at all before & has now been baptised and has joined the PCC and Eco team. Although it is not explicitly evangelical, it has had more "success" bringing people in than Alpha!

  • I have run the course several times now and honestly I find it so well produced that I get new things out of it each time. It has also opened conversations about faith which is not why we are doing it but is a lovely outcome and it is so refreshing to show the 'church' as a group of people who understand real life! Every time I switch my laptop on to set up the videos I thank God for all of you involved in the course, and for the privilege to run it.

  • “We are only 4 weeks into our latest course but we have a wonderful story of a man who has isolated himself for 10 years since his wife’s death. He said that it has unlocked something inside and helped him start again.”

  • “We found the course to be really good; accessible, took people on a journey and gave them permission to grieve, slowly steering them onwards.”

  • “Your Participant manuals are excellent and great value. The support network is wonderful.”

  • “Thank you for creating this course and making it so available, it is a fantastic resource.”

  • "It’s been absolutely brilliant and it’s been the most rewarding thing I’ve been involved in during my Ministry."

  • I’ve pastored a few people who have completed the course especially after losing children through stillbirth and miscarriage, and the course has helped them immensely.

  • "I would just like you to pass on our sincere thank you to everyone involved in developing this course, and managing the process for the likes of us, with no professional experience, to deliver. For sure the preparation and delivery is made easy because of the material. And of course that helps us to really focus on the people in the room."

  • Huge thanks for all you do to support churches to offer The Bereavement Journey® - it has been a huge privilege and highlight of my year.

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