Bereavement Ministry: A Christian PerspectiveNivel de curso: Intermedio

Al término satisfactorio del curso obtendrás 2.5 UEP's. Precione aquí para mayor información acerca de las UEP's.

Objetivos Generales del Curso

  • Discovering grief from a Christian perspective
  • Understanding bereavement, grief and loss – development of current understandings
  • Reflecting on personal experiences of grief and loss
  • Responding to people who are bereaved
  • Living with loss

Materiales para el Curso

  • Libro Requerido: Doris Zagdanski STUCK FOR WORDS - What to say to someone who is grieving (2018 edition)

Estructura y Contenidos del Curso

  • Semana 1: Session 1
    • To deepen the participants’ background and knowledge of the Christian understanding of ‘ Jesus at the heart of Ministry’ throughout the New Testament
    • Participants will have the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the pastoral relationship based on Jesus’ responses and actions in the Gospels
    • This pastoral relationship is their reference point for companioning bereaved people
  • Semana 2: Bereavement, Grief and Loss - Development of Current Understandings
    • Participants will be introduced to current developments in grief and loss research
    • Participants will have the opportunity to develop further the ability to apply theological understanding to the experience of grief and loss
    • Participants will develop understanding of the individuality and diversity of the experience of grief and loss
    • Participants will continue to develop an understanding of the centrality of the pastoral relationship in companioning bereaved people
  • Semana 3: Reflecting on Personal Experiences of Grief and Loss
    • Participants will explore what has drawn them to ministry with people who are bereaved
    • Participants will have the opportunity to reflect on their own experience of grief, loss and bereavement
    • Participants will apply their developing knowledge of grief, loss and bereavement to their own experience
    • Participants will develop their understanding of the value of appropriate listening to the stories of bereaved people[br]
    • Participants will examine the idea that grief is an individual experience determined by a range variables, eg culture, context, beliefs
  • Semana 4: Responding to People Who are Bereaved
    • To provide participants with understanding of appropriate responses and actions when offering support to bereaved people
    • To offer participants further opportunities to heighten their awareness of their motives, attitudes and feelings in companioning bereaved people
  • Semana 5: Living With Loss
    • Participants will discover more about the lifelong journey of bereavement and grief and their role in companioning those who are bereaved
    • Participants will grow in appreciation of changes that apply to a person’s adaptation to a new life without their love ones
    • Participants will explore their understanding of the value of ritual in facilitating these changes
    • Participants can learn to appreciate that through the pain and terrible confusion of grief, a person may find they develop into a person with gifts and qualities they never imagined possible for themselves
    • Participants will develop understanding that the experience of bereavement has the potential for a person’s relationship with God to develop into a more intimate and loving one