Creative ways to pay for a GriefShare kit

Churches are often looking for creative ways to make the initial investment to start GriefShare. Here are a few ideas that other churches have found helpful:

• Require a registration fee. Charge participants a registration fee that covers the cost of the workbook, refreshments and the other expenses of your GriefShare ministry. Many groups charge $15 to $20. Over time, the registration fees will, in effect, reimburse the church for the cost of the kit. Leaders have also reported that charging a fee often makes participants value the group more, thus improving attendance.
• Ask someone to donate the kit. It’s likely that there are people in your church who have a passion for grief recovery ministry. Why not ask one, or all of them, to consider giving your church the money to order a kit and workbooks?