Part I This superb resource details approaches to Bereavement Ministry including how to get started and how to organize and maintain a Bereavement Ministry Program.

Part II includes resources for setting up a wide range of caring programs for grieving adults, teenagers, and children including reproducible initial packet materials and monthly messages to the bereaved individual(s).

Part III offers suggestions and a wide range of reproducible messages suitable for use on Holydays, holidays, and other special days -- plus guidelines and reproducible resources for specific circumstances e.g. Death of a Spouse, Parent, Young Child, as well as after long-term illness, suicide, murder, infertility, other traumatic events.

Part IV contains resources for Bereavement Ministers including caregiver burnout, suggested reading, when to refer a grieving person for professional counselling and state and national toll-free numbers of professional organizations or associations.

Truly a unique program, with accompanying computer disk, The Bereavement Ministry Program will be an often-consulted, widely used resource for any church or parish that is committed to providing effective, compassionate bereavement care.