Winter 2026
Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church
1200 S. Marquette Ave. (Note: free, heated, underground parking entrance at 95 Alice Rainville Place)
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January 3, 2026 |
Ted Bowman |
Another Year–What’s Ahead? |
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January 10, 2026 |
Mark Flaten |
Grieving the Death of an Adult Friend |
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January 17, 2026 |
Dave Englestad |
Grief and Self-Awareness |
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January 24, 2026 |
Mark Scannell |
The Importance of Community |
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January 31, 2026 |
Jay Hillestad |
Self Compassion and the Grief Process |
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February 7, 2026 |
Bette Peck |
Personal Story |
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February 14, 2026 |
Chris and Bob Lewis |
Personal Story-Child Loss |
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February 21, 2026 |
Mark Flaten |
Grieving the Death and Dying of Elderly Parents |
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February 28, 2026 |
Ted Bowman |
Addressing Ambiguous Loss and Grief |
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March 7, 2026 |
Nina Guertin |
Death from a Doula’s Lens |
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March 14, 2026 |
Chris Lewis |
Is It Grief, or Is It Depression? |
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March 21, 2026 |
Jenny Simmonds |
Children are the Forgotten Mourners-How Kids Grieve Differently” |
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March 28, 2026 |
Mark Scannell |
The Power of Purpose |
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April 4, 2026 |
Mary Harlow |
Complicated Grief |
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April 11, 2026 |
Rox Sadovsky |
Writing Together through Grief |
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April 18, 2026 |
Mary Baker |
Grief and Meditation |
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April 25, 2026 |
Picture Day |
Spring/Summer 2026
First Christian Church
SpringHouse Ministry Center
610 W. 28th Street
Minneapolis
May 2, 2026 Ted Bowman Honest Hope While Grieving
May 9, 2026 Ed Holland Family Matters: The Impact of Change, Loss & Grief on Families
May 16, 2026 Paul Johnson The Transformational Nature of Grief
May 23, 2026 Wendy Brown Baez Writing Through Grief
May 30, 2026 Paul Johnson Understanding the Basic Characteristics of Grief
June 6, 2026 Renée Garpestad The Courage to Ask: Embracing Help on the Path to Healing
June 13, 2026 Ted Bowman Grandpa, Stories Work
June 20, 2026 James Sewell Good Mourning Dance Suite
June 27, 2026 Mary Marcoux The Process of Grief
July 4, 2026 Ellen Hufschmidt Regrets and Guilt versus Compassion
July 11, 2026 Brenda Demotte Grief Demystified
July 18, 2026 Chris Lewis Grief and PTSD
July 25, 2026 Nancy Slothower Factors Involved In How We Grieve
August 1, 2026 Ryan Moravetz The Tasks of Mourning
August 8, 2026 Brenda Demotte Moving from Stress to Balance
August 15, 2026 Nina Guertin A Death Doula’s Rituals for Grieving
August 22, 2026 Jacqueline Werket Delayed and Acute Grief
August 29, 2026 Picture Day
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9:30 am – Registration
10:00 am – Speaker
10:30-11:30 am – Small Group discussion*
*At 10:30, we break into small groups, each led by experienced, trained facilitators:
Spouse or Partner loss
Family or Friend loss
Child loss
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***please note that childcare services are not provided***
