BECOME PEER GROUP FACILITATOR

Make a difference in your community by becoming a trained peer group facilitator!  We are looking for individuals 18 years or older who have a passion for sharing the HOPE of Christ to children and families who are grieving a death loss.  We are asking for a commitment of at least two 6-week group units.

HELP OUT WITH OFFICE WORK

Many hands make light work and there are always things we could use help with at Starlight Ministries such as assistance with small projects, mailings, etc. If you find yourself with some extra time we would love your helping hands!

MEAL VOLUNTEERS

Sign up to help serve dinner to our families.  Time commitment is from 5:00-7:30pm on Mondays (in Muskegon)  and Thursdays (in Jenison) and includes help setting up, serving, and clean up afterwards.  Food is provided – no need to prepare the meal.  Follow link to sign up to volunteer VOLUNTEER HERE.

Get in touch
info@starlightmin.org
616.662.1999

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PRAYER WARRIORS

We Covet Your Prayers

    • Pray for the FAMILIES who are facing tragic losses. Their lives have been altered and will never be the same.  Each individuals’ journey of healing needs to be covered in prayers. Please pray now for the families who are coming to Starlight.  Ask our Lord that he will provide them with HOPE through Himself, HEALING for their broken hearts and SUPPORT from those around them.
    • Pray for our FACILITATORS.  Pray they will have the words to speak, an understanding of each individual in their group and divine wisdom from the Lord as they seek to walk alongside some painful situations and varying emotions.
    • Pray for the Starlight STAFF.  Pray that funds will be provided to do our job diligently and to its fullest potential…knowing in each heart that they are doing Kingdom work.
  • We are praying BIG that God will provide a BUILDING to house Starlight staff offices and weekly group support meetings (essentially a building equipped with a kitchen and classrooms).  We know that God can do far more than we can even think or imagine!

DONOR OPPORTUNITIES

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 programming: $2500
  • Sponsor the training of our facilitators: $1000
  • Support attendance at one of our quarterly Rays of Hope family events: $500
  • Supply a weekly 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
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STORIES OF HOPE

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.

 

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Help us with our $5000 goal to provide meals and supplies for our families each group night!

"Thursday nights are the only nights that I feed my kids and eat as a family"
- Jamie, participant
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