Local Grief Support Groups and Programs

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Omaha and Council Bluffs Grief Support Groups

Who

Name of Group Where Sponsor Conatact Notes
Adult Whose Family Member or Friend has Died
After Care Grief Support Group:

Crown Point Retirement Center, 2820 S 80th Street
Heafey- Heafey- Hoffman- Dworak- Cutler Funeral Chapel
Sharon Zehnder @
391-3900
2nd Sunday of each month @ 6 PM
  After Care Grief Support Group
Lunch meeting at Venice Inn
6920 Pacific Street
Heafey- Heafey- Hoffman- Dworak- Cutler Funeral Chapel
Sharon Zehnder @391-3900
Wednesdays @ 11:30 AM
  After Care Grief
The Center
714 S Main St
Council Bluffs
Cutler-O’Neill-Meyer-Woodring
Funeral Chapel

Rev. Dick Sladky @ 322-7779

2nd and 4th Thursdays, 4:30-6 PM
  6 Week Bereavement Support Group
St Andrews Episcopal Church
925 S 84th St
Methodist, Alegent and VNA Hospices
Mo @ Methodist, 354-3200; Ruth or Andrea @ VNA, 930-4261; or Jan or Mary @ Alegent 898-8150
6 week sessions in the fall and spring. Pre-registration required. Please call for dates and times.
  Gentle Support
John A Gentleman Mortuary
1010 N 72nd St.
John A. Gentleman Mortuary
Rosemary Brownrigg @
691-8000
Wednesdays @ 2-3:15 PM, 6 week sessions
  Partners on the Journey
John A Gentleman Mortuary
14151 Pacific Street
John A. Gentleman Mortuary
Rosemary Brownrigg @ 691-8000
Thursdays @ 7:00-8:15 PM, 6 week sessions
  Grief Recovery Group Clarkson Hospital Storz 6
Nebraska Medical Center
Susan Stensland, MSW @ 559-4676 or Rev. Dave Sweeney, MDiv@ 552-3219
1st Wednesday of each month @ 5:30-6:30 PM. Call prior to attendance.
  Grief Recovery Outreach Program
Midlands Community Hospital Papillion
Kahler-Dolce Mortuary
Mary Pat Wolf @ 339-3232
10 week series. Starts Tuesdays in November. Open seminar, followed by a 12- week program. $10/session. Call to Register.
  Surviving Bereavement: Life Continues
Holling Education Center, Immanual
6901 N 72nd Street
Alegent Health

Linda Dempsey @ 572-2768

Thursday 7-8:30 PM, Spring and Fall. 6 week series. $20.00
  GriefShare
Faith Westwood Church 4814 Oak Lane Faith Westwood Methodist Church
Champs, Tom Adams @

895-3394

Wednesday at 6:30 PM

13 week video series.

  Bereavement and Support Group
  The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
Tonya Schroeder, RN @ 344-2242
Saturday, 10 AM for 6 weeks
  Walking Through the Valley Grief Support Group

Crown Point Retirement Center @ 2080 S 80th Street (off W Center Frontage Rd)

Heafey Hoffman Dworak and Cutler Mortuaries
Mo McAndrews, PLMHP @ 391-3900
2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 10-11:30 AM
  Walking Through the Valley Grief Support Group St Vincent Catholic Church, Family Room

14330 Eagle Run Drive, 2 Blocks South of Maple

Heafey Hoffman Dworak and Cutler Mortuaries Laurie Jones, LCSW @ 391-3900
1st and 3rd Monday @ 6:30-8:00 PM
  Coping
Call for location. Family Life Office, Archdiocese of Omaha
Pat Seier @

551-9003

Seasonal 4-5x per year. 6 wk support grp.
Widows
Care and Share Widows Group
2808 Ave. E

Council Bluffs, IA

Church of the Brethren
Call for more information Jeri Hurd @ (712) 322-8448
3rd Friday 10AM
Widows and Widowers
Beginning Experience Week-end
3214 N 60th Street
Family Life Office, Diocese of Omaha
Pat Seier @

551-9003

Week-end Support group for those who have already gone through the initial stages of grief. $100.
omahabe@webhop.org
  Widowed and Divorced Catholics (Open to all denominations).
St James Center, 9212 Tomahawk Blvd

(Accessed from 90th St).

Family Life Office, Diocese of Omaha
Pat Seier @

827-3738

2nd Tuesday of each month @ 7:30 PM. Other social events at various times.

www.Wdsofomaha.com

Support and Socialization for Widows and Widowers
Omaha Chapter of Living Information For Today (L.I.F.T.)
Garden Café

Rockbrook Village

108th and Center Sts.

Crosby-Burket-Swanson Funeral Chapels and Kahler-Dolce Mortuary
Cheryl Christiansen

333-7200

 
  Theos

(They Help Each Other Spiritually)

Presbyterian Church of the Cross
1517 S 114th Omaha
 
Presbyterian Church of the Cross Dorothy Hadley @ 399-0759/Mary Janca @ 393-3052 2nd Monday of each month 7:00 PM. Social activities.
  Young Widows and Widowers
Meets at local restaurant. Various other activities. Call for more information.
Lay facilitator
Martha Brown @ 682-9606,Barb Walker

@ 493-5638, Jill Russell @398-1311.

1st Thursday of each month @ 6:30 PM. Dinner meeting, group activities newsletter.
  Widowed Persons Service 808 S 74th St   Linda Krause@
397-4440
Call for more info.
Children ages 5-19 who are adjusting to a death
Who Am I Now?
3214 N 60th Street
Family Life Office, Diocese of Omaha
Call for more information

@ 551-9003

6 week coping program held in the summer. Call for location. Open to all denominations.
  Living with Loss Too
Children’s Hospital
Children’s Hospital
Call for more information

Dale Wratchford
@ 955-5661

7 week program in the spring and fall Tues. 7-8:30 PM for children who have experienced the loss of a sibling.
  Rainbow Program
Family Life Office, Diocese of Omaha
  Pat Seier

@ 551-9003

Program that visits the schools. Public and private.
  Ted E Bear Hollow: A Center for Grieving Children (ages 4-19 years) and their families
Ted E Bear Hollow
2511 N 73rd St or PO Box 4823
Omaha, Ne 68104
Go to
www.tedebearhollow.org
Ted E Bear Hollow Meetings

PVA

7612 Maple St

Sarah Atchison

@ 502-2773 or Tebhx@aol.com

Monthly support groups for children and families 9:30-11 (2nd Saturday each month). 8 wk. support series offered throughout the year. Please call.
  Ted E Bear Hollow Kids Kamp
Call for location.
Ted E Bear Hollow
Sarah Atchison

@ 502-2773

1-day camp held in the Fall and Spring to help grieving children, teens and their parents.
Children of Parent with Cancer
Just for Kids and Teen Connection
Bergan Mercy
Alegent
Linda Reese
@ 731-3033 or

Cindy Bang
@ 332-4420

Call for details.
Parents Who Have Lost a Child
Living with Loss
Children’s Hospital
8200 Dodge St
Children’s Hospital
Dale Wratchford

Pastoral Care
@ 955-5661

7 week series-Spring and Fall, Tues. 7-8:30 PM
  Pregnancy / Newborn Loss Support Group Health West
First Floor
16120 W Dodge Road
Methodist Hospital
Ken Rood

354-4016

3rd Thursday of each month @ 7-8:30 PM
  Compassionate Friends

(Parents who have lost a child and adult siblings)

Go to www.tcfomaha.org or call 571-4011 New Cassel Retirement Center

909 N 90th St- Auditorium Level 2

Call 571-4011 for more information or www.tcfomaha.org
1st Wednesday of each month-7:00 PM
  Share: Miscarriage, stillbirth or neo-natal death Private residence.
621 Arnold
Council Bluffs


Peggy Golden

@ (712) 322-4464. Lay facilitators.

1st Wednesday of each month 7:30 PM.
Adults affected by Loss of Infant due to SIDS
SIDS Support Group
  NE SIDS Foundation
Kate Hegarty

@ 935-1911

Call or contact at

nesids@phonenet.com

Young Adults
Young Adult Beginning Experience
3214 N 60th St, Omaha
Family Life Office, Diocese of Omaha
Pat Seier @

551-9003

$75

Call for times.

Loss due to a Suicide: SOS: Survivors of Suicide
  SOS
Fred Henninger

@558-4616. Please call for time and location.

3rd Tuesday-Please call before attending.
  P.O.S.T. (Parents of Suicide Together)
St. Andrews Episcopal Church

84th and Pacific

P.O.S.T.
Laraine Peck
@ 496-0309 or lpeck@tconl.com
2nd Tuesday @ 7PM
Glenwood, Ia
After Care Support Group
202 N Vine St
Glenwood, IA 51534 (First Christian Church)
First Christian Church
Pastor Orville Terry @ 527-9181 or 527-1072
1st and 3rd Mondays @ 7PM
Missouri Valley
Grief Support Group
Community Memorial Hospital (lower level conference room)

631 8th St
Missouri Valley, IA

Missouri Valley Ministerial Association
Pastor Ron Wymer @ 642-4179

(Church of Christ)
119 N 4th St 51555

1st and 3rd Mondays @ 7PM
Pet Loss
Pet Loss Support
Humane Society

8929 Fort St.

Humane Society Kerri Ecklebe (Director of Education, Humane Society) @ 444-7800 ext 214
10-11 AM, 1st Saturday of the month. KEcklebe@nehumanesociety.org
Resources on Grief
The Centering Corporation Grief Resource Center
7230 Maple Street
  Joy or Marvin Johnson @
553-1200 or 553-0507
World wide grief resource center. Open to the public.
Tree of Memories Ritual of Remembrance
Crossroads
Omaha Grief Support Network
Kathy England @
292-1312
Nov-Dec


Fremont Area Medical Center (FAMC). The groups are free and meet once per week for four weeks. These groups are designed for adults 18 and older. I along with a medical social worker conduct these groups. The groups meet in the Health Park Plaza building located on the FAMC campus (Clarkson street). If you have any questions give me a call at 727-3663. Rev. Joe W. Brown, Chaplain

Ted E Bear Hollow Kids Kamp 9-3. April 14, April 21 or June 23. Call 502-2773.

EMBRACE - A Ministry of Consolation at Mary Our Queen Conference Room. 2nd Tuesday of the month. Contact Mary Ann Vail at 333-8662

Atlantic Grief Support Group 12 sessions of Wolfelt's "Understanding Your Grief." We take a month break in between, and have potluck suppers every 1st meeting of the new series (encouraging new comers as well as those who like to continue). Our meetings run from 7 to 8:30 and refreshments after ~ on Thursday evenings at Roland Funeral Home, 1011 E. 10th St. in Atlantic. Call 712-243-5492. We offer the study guide and a journal at no charge, and we have a large library of grief resources in our funeral home too. Welcome!

Mourning Hope - Lincoln. 488-8989. 6 & 10 week sessions, and ongoing support group. Kids & Adults. www.mourninghope.org