Bereaved Parents

Wings for the Journey

Purpose

A group that provides education and support for anyone who grieves the death of a child.

Background
Perhaps no loss has greater potential to devastate a family than the death of a child. Many families have experienced this trauma first-hand.

Some people find support from family and friends. Others seek out the assistance of clergy or others in professional counseling. A few make bad choices (alcohol and substance abuse, leaving the family, quitting their job, etc.) in a futile attempt to cope. A number find help in meeting with others who have experienced a similar loss.

Maybe no other person has greater potential to support a family with their grief around the death of a child than someone who has walked in those same shoes.
Who? What? Where?
Parents especially, but also family members who have experienced the death of a child. Current members include those who lost a child in infancy, childhood, adolescence, late teens, and early adulthood. Time since the death of the child ranges from a few months to a number of years. A grief support group for families who have lost a child to accident or illness has developed in Bartholomew County. There is no cost and pre-registration is not required. The group is on-going, so a person may begin attending at any time. First Baptist Church
3300 Fairlawn Drive
Columbus, IN

(next to Richards School and Par Three Golf Course)

Enter from the parking lot door then up the stairs to the left.
When? Contacts
The support group meets the third Tuesday each month, 7-9:00pm.

An annual "Light of Hope" Memorial Service is the second Sunday in December at Donner Park Shelter House.

An annual "Wings for the Journey" Memorial Service is the second Sunday in June at Mill Race Park.

 For additional information please contact one of the following:

Walter Glover, Chaplain of St. Vincent / Jennings Hospital, 812-376-9302

Shayla Holtkamp 812-372-2854 or
812-343-7424

Dot Kirkling 812-378-0955

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