Grief Ministry

The Ben Elo Memorial Grief Ministry Outreach is growing rapidly and evolving. It's not about support groups or counseling because those things already exist. It's about creating a framework of support where people with a love of Christ can love, encourage and relate to folks during their loss. It's about love and outreach. The idea springs from all the care, support, prayer and love we received after Ben passed and are still receiving today. In addition to family and friends some of the care came from perfect strangers and others we didn't know all that well. God has blessed us through this loss and Brian and I know that this grief ministry is part of what God wants us to do to glorify His kingdom in the wake of losing our precious son.

• Purchased and sent approximately 25 books and outreach letters to parent’s who’ve lost children as well as other forms of loss throughout the country
• Helped establish a grief ministry team at FUMC that is currently caring for 20+ people and is open to anyone in the community
• Created a Ministry Outline and “How to Help the Grieving” letter to aid others in their understanding and support of the grieving
• Helped establish a Grief Library at First United Methodist Church that is open to the public. The BEMF is committed to purchasing books for the library. The Grief Library is located in First United Methodist Church Room 108 900 Indianapolis Rd Mooresville
• Helped create worship and remembrance opportunities that support the grieving
• Sponsored and provided study materials for 2 small group books studies on The Shack by Wm Paul Young; an excellent book on faith and grieving