Faith-Based Retreats for Bereaved Parents Life after the loss of a child can be incredibly isolating.
The loss of a child, no matter that child’s age, is profoundly life-altering. It’s as if the foundations of everything we once held dear have been shaken and cracked, making it difficult to regain our footing on our own.
The While We’re Waiting ministry offers free Biblically based retreats, where Christian bereaved parents have the opportunity to form bonds and find community with other like-minded moms and dads who truly understand the experience of child loss. Our desire is to point grieving parents to the hope of Jesus and discover how we can live well while we're waiting to see our children again in Heaven one day.
The loss of a child can make us feel alone in a world that no longer understands us.
Relationships with others can become strained because we are no longer the same people we were before. Pop-culture theology and well-intended platitudes from family and friends often hurt more than they help. Others move on while we are still seeking just to regain our footing. Even in our churches among other believers we can often feel completely alone.
As bereaved parents, we have some choices to make.
As parents who have lost children, we are faced with the reality that we may have many years ahead of us on this earth before we see our children in Heaven. As we face this journey, there are some questions we need to work through. Our While We’re Waiting retreats are designed to help bereaved parents answer these questions in a way that would honor our children and glorify God.
Our retreats are designed to help bereaved parents answer these questions.
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Our retreats are 100% free, though we do accept a voluntary donation at the close of the retreat.
While We're Waiting is a 501(c)3 non-profit that operates entirely off of generous donations.