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All programs require an RSVP. To reserve your spot in each program, please call the Grief Center at 260-435-3261 or email [email protected].

Ongoing

Death Café
This is not a grief support group
2nd Saturdays of every month: September 14, October 12, November 9, December 14 10-11:30 am
A monthly gathering of individuals to enjoy a cup of coffee and baked goods while joining conversation on death and dying.
Click here to RSVP by the Wednesday prior to the meeting date.

Yoga for Respite and Restoration
1st & 3rd Wednesdays
September 18, October 2 & 16, November 6 & 20, December 4 & 18
5:30-6:20 p.m.
A 50-minute practice of movement, breath, and meditation to help provide rest to participants. Mats are limited to borrow; props will be provided. No experience necessary.
Space is limited to 15 participants.
Click here to RSVP is required by the Monday prior to the meeting date.

Grief Hikes
3rd Friday of each month
September 20: Fogwell Forest in Fort Wayne, IN (RSVP by September 16)
10:00 am
Process grief through a group hike at various ACRES trail locations.
Limited to 10 participants. This hike is FULL. Hikes will return January 2025.
Click here to RSVP required the Monday before each meeting date.


4 Week Series

For continued participation, attendance the first week is required.

Healing Haiku
Thursdays, September 5-26, 2024
6:00-7:30 pm
Learn to express feelings and discover ways to make sense of loss through Haiku
Registration has closed. The next offering of Healing Haiku will be held February 2025

Colors of Grief
Tuesdays, October 8-29, 2024
5:30-7:30 PM
Process your grief through art. Art Therapy is about the process of creation and emotion, rather than the end-product.
Click here to RSVP by Friday, September 27. 

Invisible Ink
Mondays, November 4-25, 2024
10:00-11:30 AM
Learn to express your feelings and process grief through weekly prompts to write to your loved one.
Click here to RSVP by Friday, October 25. 


HALF-DAY EVENTS

Griefsgiving
Saturday, November 2, 2024
10:30 AM- 2:00 PM
A half-day retreat with experiences to help navigate your grief through the upcoming holiday season.
Click here to RSVP by Friday, October 25.

Winterlude
Saturday, December 7, 2024
10:30 AM- 1:00 PM
A collective experience to learn how to navigate the winter season alongside grief.
Click here to RSVP by Friday, November 29.