Meet People's Needs through Support Groups

Whitney Hopler

People who live in your community are struggling with all types of issues – illness, grief, addiction, broken relationships, and more. Your church can offer them much-needed hope and healing by hosting support groups on a variety of topics.

Here are some ways you can offer support groups to people in your community:

Adapted from Meeting Needs through Support Groups by Sara Hines Martin, copyright 1992 by New Hope Publishers, Birmingham, Ala., www.newhopepubl.com, 1-800-968-7301.

Sara Hines Martin, a counselor in private practice in Georgia, specializes in working with adult children of alcoholics and people from other shame-bound families. She also teaches seminars internationally.

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