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wednesday
August 20
Samaritan Ministry Workshop Facing another's grief over illness and death can be overwhelming, so much so, in fact, that many of us find ourselves muted by embarrassed ignorance. St. Dominic Diocesan Center is offering a seminar to churches and their members in an effort to teach volunteers how to comfort the grief-stricken. Three different types of grief will be addressed during the six-hour workshop: anticipatory grief that happens during times of illness; shock grief that occurs during the time of a funeral; and finally, lingering grief that hangs on during times of bereavement. The workshop is open to all denominations, and churches can send up to ten volunteers for the day. A lunch is included in the workshop price. 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. St. Dominic Diocesan Center, 2401 Holcombe, (281) 589-8729. $200 for up to ten members of the same church.