1. Presented by :
Gwendolyn Wright

2. INTRODUCTION TO
BEREAVEMENT
 The bible talks about death and subsequent breathing
of many people. I in the Old Testament we read the
scripture of Joseph refusing to be comforted and David
grieving over the lost of his infant son and the death in
battle of his grown son Absalom. There is also
Jeremiah lamenting the death of king Josiah.

3. WHAT IS BEREAVMENT?
 According to the World Book Dictionary (2003)
“Bereavement counseling is psychological counseling
offered to the surviving family members who have lost
a relative.

4. The cause of bereavement
 Grief (Bereavement) is a special kind of separation
anxiety generally take some time for people to accept
death according to (Mark 1998)
 (Collins 1988) postulates the view that grieving may be
porlonged and more difficult (especially) some one
young

5. ONE OF THE BEST APPROACH OR CONCEPT IN GOD
AND HIS WONDERFUL ABILITY IN HELPING HIS
FOLLOWER.
FOR CHRISTIANS, DEATH IS NOT THE END OF
EXISTENCE;IT IS THE BEGINNING OF LIFE ETERNAL.

6. SUGESTION TO CHURCH FOR
THE PERPARTIONFOR
BEREAVEMENT GFIEF
 NORMAL GRIEF IS A DIFFICULT, LONG TERM
PROCESS OF HEALING.

7. THE IMPACT OF BEREAVEMENT ON
INDIVIDUAL AND THE FAMILY
HARDER TO MAKE DECISIONS
NOTHING SEEM IMPORTANT
LESS COMMUNICATIONS PERSONAL
NEGLECTS FAMILY,FRIENDS OR CO-WORKERS
BECOMING FORGETFUL
NEGLECTS PERSONAL GROOMING

8. CONSIDERED
IMCOMPREHENSIBLE
SENSELESS
 THE DRIVER OF THE CAR FEEL A SENCE OF GUILT
IF IN A WRECK ONE DIES, HE WANTS TO DIE TOO

9. SADNESS OF BEREAVEMENTS
 GRIEF ARISE BECAUSE SOMEONE OR SOMETHING
OF VALUE HAS BEEN LOST
 CLOSENESS
 AGE
 ONLY CHILD
 MOTHER
 FATHER

10. THE ROLE OF THE CHUCH WHO
NEEDED SPIRITUAL HELP
 IS THE BEREAVE PUTTING HIS /HER FAITH IN
JESUS CHRIST AS LORD AND SAVIOR

11. DEALING WITH GRIEF A FIRM
BELIVE IN GOD
 BELIVE IN THE RESURRECTION
 JESUS OVERCOME DEATH
 DEATH IS ON THE CROSS
 WE CAN OVER COME BEREAVEMENT

12. BEREAVEMENT IMPACT ON
THE FAMILY
ACCORDING TO CLINEBELL(1984) TRUBLE
INDIVIDUL WON’T TELL ANYONE THAT THEY
ARE SEFFERING.

13. SEEK TO HELP
 BEREAVEMENT COUNSELING SEEK TO HELP
SURVIVING FAMILY MEMBERS, DEAL WITH THERE
GRIEF.

14. The effect of bereavement
 According to (Collin 1988): when grief is pathological
the survivors may show several of the following
behavior
 Period of shock, numbness, denial, intense crying and
some time daintiness or collapse loneliness sleep
disturbances
 Unwilling to talk about the deceased with drawl and
unwilling to talk about the deceased
 With drawl and refuse to interact with others

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