Bulletin Board
The Wilderness of Grief: Finding Your Way
Date: Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Time: 7-9 p.m.
Location: The Inn at 835 – 835 S. Second Street, Springfield
Cost: FREE
Please join us for this FREE workshop, facilitated by Dr. Alan Wolfelt, one of North America's leading grief counselors and authors. This compassionate program will help you identify and explore your personal grief experiences, in a caring and supportive environment.
For more information about this workshop, please click here to register, please call (217) 544-4646.
Exploring “Complicated” Mourning: Sudden Death, Suicide Grief and Trauma Loss
Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Time: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Location: The Inn at 835 - 835 S. Second Street, Springfield
Cost: $25 (includes lunch)
This informative workshop will help members of the care-giving community to further develop their knowledge and skills in helping the bereaved. Dr. Alan Wolfelt will explore a variety of subtopics related to understanding and supporting survivors of sudden, unexpected deaths. Specific content areas will include: introduction to “complicated” grief, special features of suicide grief and homicide grief, and enhancing understanding of trauma loss.
For more information about this workshop, please click here to register, please call (217) 544-4646.
Holiday Help Program
Date: Sunday, November 9, 2008
Time: 3-5pm
Location: The Inn at 835 - 835 S. Second Street, Springfield
Cost: FREE
Holidays and other significant days can be especially difficult after the loss of a loved one. Butler Funeral Homes & Cremation Tribute Center invites the community to discover, uncover and nurture hope by attending a Holiday Help program on Sunday, November 9, 2008. The event, which is free and open to the public, will be held from 3-5 p.m. at the Inn at 835, located at 835 S. Second Street in Springfield.
Suzanne Howell, M.A., LCPC, a national expert on grief, will present practical ways to help people get through the holidays and other significant days. Topics will include, identifying coping skills to get through the holiday season, learning creative ways to integrate the memories of loved ones in to new traditions and rituals, and embracing grief and the pain and fear that accompany it. A memorial candle-lighting ceremony will also take place to honor loved ones.
Because holidays and other significant days are when families and friends traditionally celebrate together, it is important to let those who are grieving know that they are not alone. Each year, Butler Funeral Homes dedicates itself to offering the community the most comprehensive holiday bereavement program in the area, in the hopes that we are able to help facilitate the process of healthy grief resolution.
Butler Funeral Homes is proud of their tradition in Springfield and the surrounding communities, and consider it a privilege to provide the Holiday Help program to their friends and neighbors each year.
The Holiday Help program is open to the public, with no cost or obligation.
For more information about Holiday Help program, please call (217) 544-4646.
Open Door Sessions
Community Education is central to the mission of Butler Funeral Homes & Cremation Tribute Center. We would be happy to provide your organization or group with our FREE educational program entitled, An Open Door Session on Funerals, Cremation & Advance Planning.
When it comes to burial, cremation and advance funeral planning, we know that people have many questions. As funeral and cremation specialists, we would be happy to provide answers to all of your questions during this FREE program, which includes an optional tour of our Cremation Tribute Center.
Sessions may be held at our facility (if the optional tour of our Cremation Tribute Center is requested) or at the location of your choice. A light meal and beverages are also included with the session.
For more information or to set up a time for your group or organization, please call Val Friedrich at (217) 544-4646. |
