JAGST-1aJamestown  (CSi) The Jamestown Area Grief Support Team is offering a grief support group for anyone who is grieving the loss of someone important to them, whether the loss is recent or from years past. The group will meet once a week at 7:00 p.m. at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 424 1st Avenue S, Jamestown, beginning on Thursday, April 9th and will run for 6 weeks.

On Thursday’s Wayne Byers Show on CSi Cable 2, Eileen Lisko said in his book, Understanding Your Grief, internationally recognized expert in the field of loss and grief, Dr. Alan Wolfelt states, “You can benefit from a connectedness that comes from people who have also had a death in their lives. Support groups, where people come together and share the common bond of experience, can be invaluable in helping you and your grief and supporting your need to mourn long after the event of the death”

In our fast paced society, people who have had a significant loss are often expected to be ‘over it’ in a matter of a few weeks. They may even expect this of themselves. In reality, it may take years for someone to work through his or her grief. The support group experience helps individuals to understand and express grief in their own unique way and on their own unique timetable.

Also on out show, JAGST member, Carol Arnold said the group is free of charge, however, participants are asked to register to ensure that enough materials are available. For more information, or to register, please call Charlotte at 952-9358 or 320-3297 or Kathy at 952-8001 or 659-8001.