“The Bereaved Parents of Hinsdale has been meeting for over 30 years at Redeemer
Lutheran Church. Originally known as The Compassionate Friends, the group was
founded by Don & Marian Balster after the death of their son.
We are an all volunteer support group that provides support, information, and
hope to other families that have suffered the death of their child, grandchild,
or sibling.
Traditionally, we meet the first Friday of each month.
Please check our website http://www.bpusahinsdale.org for
the current newsletter and calendar, or call chapter leader
Donna Corrigan, 630-279-6148, for more information.”
We meet on the first Friday of each month at 8:00 p.m.
S.I.D.S. Support Group
Our
Mission: Sudden Infant Death Services of Illinois, Inc.
is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the elimination of sudden
unexplained death in infancy by providing educational programs to consumers,
professionals in health care, the law enforcement community, childcare
providers, and the public in general, and by collaborating with others who have
similar concerns, as well as being dedicated to the provision of bereavement
services to family members and others that have experienced the tragedy of a
sudden unexplained death in infancy through a peer support program and community
support groups.
S.I.D.S. of Illinois, Inc. offers emotional support to parents, grandparents,
caregivers, and others who have experienced the sudden death of an infant under
12 months of age due to any cause of death. The group meets the second
Thursday of each month from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. The
group is open ended; no registration necessary. This group cannot
accommodate children.
For
more information contact Pam Borchardt, Executive Director –
Operations and Bereavement, 630-305-7300, ext. 13 orpam@sidsillinois.org.
LombardMennonite
Peace Center(LMPC)
The LMPC ministry receives its impetus from 2 Corinthians 5:18, “all this is
from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry
of reconciliation.” Thus, LMPC seeks to ground its peacemaking in a biblical
understanding of salvation and Christian discipleship.
As its ministry matured, LMPC’s work has expanded. LMPC provides resources on a
diverse range of peace and justice concerns, from biblical foundations for
peacemaking, to conflict transformations kills for the family, the church, the
work place, and the community. Additionally, LMPC has also been called upon to
help those caught in difficult conflict to find reconciliation and healing by
offering mediation services for individuals, churches, and other organizations.
In the broken world in which we live, there are many opportunities to share with
others our mission of seeking “to proclaim Christ’s good news, the gospel of
peace and justice – and to be active in the sacred ministry of reconciliation.”
May God continue to bless LMPC as we seek to follow – and share – Christ’s way
of peace.
For information on any of the following work shops offered, please call
630-627-0507, or visitwww.lmpeacecenter.org.
Here
I Stand: Leading Change through Self-Differentiation
Date
of work shop: August 17-19, 2010
Location:
First Church of Lombard UCC, Lombard, IL
Cost:
$325, if by July 21
In theHere
I Standprocess,
participants – with the help of a facilitator trained at
this event – develop and reflect on their own “Beliefs
Chart.” Using this chart, facilitators invite greater
clarify of beliefs among church members or others as they
observe and think about the influence of relationship
pressures on the shaping of their beliefs and principles
over the years.
As some individuals become more clear on a few beliefs and
principles which are not subject to relationship pressures,
they can function in a steadier way when anxiety rises in
their congregation, in their family, or in other important
relationships. And as individuals become better able to act
on the basis of solid beliefs and principles without
attacking or withdrawing from others, their congregations,
families, and other relationships change with them.
Mediation Skills Training Institute for Church Leaders
Date of work
shop: October 4-8, 2010
Location: Union Church of
Hinsdale, Hinsdale, IL
Cost: $695, if by
September 6
The Mediation Skills Training Institute presented by the
Lombard Mennonite Peace Center is designed to equip church
leaders with the skills necessary to deal effectively with
interpersonal, congregational, and other forms of group
conflict. The five-day institute also includes a
component on congregational intervention and consultation,
placed within the context of family systems theory.
Although focused primarily on the church setting, the skills
learned are directly transferable to other settings.
Thus, managers in business, attorneys, experienced
mediators, and others in leadership will be enriched by the
training as well gaining skills in a transformational model
of mediation.
Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process
Date of work
shop:
Group
A starts October 25-27, 2010
Group B starts November 8-10, 2010
Location: First Church of
Lombard UCC, Lombard, IL
Cost: $925, if by
September 20
The Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process is designed to
enhance the ability of participants to function as
self-differentiated leaders within their own ministry
setting. It will provide a safe forum for processing
challenging situations in one’s ministry, while also
facilitating reflection on a way of thinking about the human
condition which has implications for all aspects of life.
The Clergy Clinic meets three times per year for three
successive days each time, thus providing nine full days of
reflection on the concepts of family emotional process. The
format follows the basic themes articulated in Edwin
Friedman’s Generation to Generation, with reflection on the
minister’s three interlocking families: the minister’s
own personal family, the parishioner family, and the
congregation as a family.
Advanced Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process
Dateof
workshop: October
18-20, 2010
Cost: $1,050,
by September 15, 2010
Prerequisites
Participants in the Advance Clergy Clinic will have
completed LMPC’s basic Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional
Process, attended the Advanced Clergy Clinic in a previous
year, or been accepted into the program on the basis of
documented background in Bowel’s family systems theory
The Advanced Clergy Clinic in Family Emotional Process is
designed to enhance the ability of participants in function
as self-differentiated leaders with their own ministry
setting. It will provide a safe forum for processing
challenging situations in one’s ministry, while also
facilitating reflection on a way of thinking about the human
condition which has implications for all aspects of life.
The
Advanced Clergy Clinic meets three times per year for three
successive days each session, providing nine full days of
reflection on the concepts of family emotional process.
The format follows the basic themes articulated in Edwin
Friedman’sGeneration
to Generation, with reflection on the minister’s
three interlocking families: the minister’s own
personal family, the parishioner family, and the
congregation as a family.
