What do you say when there's been a suicide in your church? What can you tell the family to comfort them? What do you preach on? Is suicide a forgivable act? Use this guide to help you know what, and what not, to say during this intense time in your ministry.
This Training Pack contains all of the following:
Quick Guide for Action Key points for caregiving ministry.
After a Suicide Strategies and reflections for serving those who are left behind.
Randy Christian
Is Suivide Forgivable? What is the biblical hope and comfort we can offer a suicide victim's family and friends?
Lewis B. Smedes
Embodying Christ in the Midst of Suicide Rather than answers, let your presence be a ministry to people in their grief.
Loren L. Townsend
Breaking the News An awful task is also an act of ministry.
H. Norman Wright
Children, Teens, and Family Responses What you need to know about the unique responses of these groups.
H. Norman Wright
Talking to the Church One church’s plan for grieving a suicide as the body of Christ.
Loren L. Townsend
What Not to Say Some comments—meant to comfort—should never be said in the aftermath of a suicide.
Albert Hsu
Death, Life, and Grace A sermon that navigates the harsh reality of suicide and focuses on the redemptive power of God.
Battling the Devil's Drug -For Paid Subscribers Only
Danae Betzer won her personal fight with crystal meth. Now she and her husband are helping others escape this deadly addiction.
Shepherding Others
Older, wiser church members can shepherd others. Show them how.
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