Bereavement Support Services

Bereavement Support Resources

Faith-Based Support

• Bereavement Ministry Program: A Comprehensive Guide For Churches. Jan Nelson and David Aaker
• First Candle & NCCC SIDS/SUID Project - African American Faith-Based Bereavement Support Initiative
• Jewish Women's Network - Bereavement booklet
• Judaism 101 - Life, death, and mourning
• The Mourner's Path - Christian-based bereavement support
• National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved - A membership organization, that provides resources and training to support the bereavement ministry.
• National Council of Jewish Women - Pregnancy Loss Support Program (Miscarriage, Stillbirth, Newborn Death)

Funerals

• M.I.S.S. Foundation - Funeral: Saying Goodbye
• National Funeral Directors Association

Updated December 2010

 

Developed by the Program Support Center at First Candle with collaborative assistance from the Sudden and Unexpected Infant/Child Death and Pregnancy Loss Centers.