Every dollar you give not only delivers HOPE to adults and children in times of deep pain, but is also used to expand our grief support services within West Michigan and beyond.
Please prayerfully consider giving generously.
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3376 Central Blvd. Hudsonville, MI 49426
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There are many opportunities to help at Starlight beyond being a volunteer. If volunteering just isn’t your thing or maybe you just don’t have the time; perhaps sponsoring an individual to attend or seek grief support through our services and events is the right path for you.
Provide the resources to support one person for a year of grief support programming: $2500
Sponsor the training of our facilitators : $1000
Supports attendance at one of our Rays Of Hope events : $500
Supply a meal for our Support Group Participants : $300
Send a grieving child to Camp Anew, Starlight’s Christ-centered grief camp for children: $200
Send a Bereaved mom to the Bereaved Mom’s Retreat: $100
Stories of lives restored from participants of Starlight Ministries.
CATHY TILBURT
I discovered Starlight Ministries in September of 2016 by God's providence. I was reading a book by Miriam Neff & learned about the Widow Retreat from the Widow Connection website. That led me to visit the Starlight website & I discovered the Peer-to-Peer groups that way. After the first meeting, both Taylor & I were comforted to know that there were other people who get what we are going through.
Taylor attended Camp Anew this past summer, & even though he was hesitant at first, he really appreciated his time there. He came home with a better outlook on his dad's passing. For that, I am grateful! Through the Peer-to-Peer group, he was able to reconnect with a former classmate. He was also able to talk about his dad's passing & work through his thoughts, feelings & emotions surrounding his dad's death. We will never be able to fully say Thank You to Starlight Ministries for all of the support they have given to Taylor & I through the different parts of their ministry.
Paul Elias
Starlight gives us hope, because they bring others together that have kind of shared this path. They help us to understand what we’re going through, that we are not alone and we will get through this. Starlight developed their program and it’s like the church was meant to be. We come together, we share a meal and then we break off and then we break off into our age appropriate groups for small group time.
I have attended the Widow Retreat for the past two years & I come away blessed & refreshed every time. I am also thankful for the friendships that have formed from the Peer-to-Peer group at Starlight Ministries. I am grateful that there are people who I can talk to anytime who will fully understand the way that I am feeling. Starlight has been a blessing beyond comprehension to us, individually & as a family.
Amy Sikkema
Starlight’s been a blessing in so many ways; the grieving process of loosing a spouse and moving forward with this journey, it’s great to have the support of community and knowing that we walk hand in hand; we’re not alone.
