West Side Kids » divorce http://westsidekids.org Children\'s Ministry of West Side Christian Church Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:42:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Broken Promise http://westsidekids.org/2010/01/15/broken-promise/ http://westsidekids.org/2010/01/15/broken-promise/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 21:35:25 +0000 Miss Jessica http://westsidekids.org/?p=1868 Our Support Ministry provides a wonderfulprogram called Broken Promise, for children who have experienced the stress, sadness and uncertainty of divorce.It begins on Tuesday, February 2nd at West Side Christian Church. It meets every Tuesday from 6:45-8:00 for 13 weeks.

Broken Promise is for children 4 years oldthrough 8th grade. One of the parents (not both) attends with the children. Parents meet in a separate room with other parents to learn about what their child is experiencing and ways to help them. Children are divided up by age group and will learn about the grief cycle and the emotions that everyone goes through when they experience a loss. They will also learn appropriate ways to express their anger, as well as tools for coping with difficult emotions.

One of our parents wrote this about Broken Promise:

My son went through Broken Promise when he was 4 years old. At that age, he didn’t have a clue what being married was or what the word divorce meant. While going through the program, he had a conversation on the phone with his daddy. His dad was telling him that he missed him and that he wished that we could all live together again. My son responded, “No Daddy, you and mom tried living together before and you couldn’t, so you got a divorce so now you have to share me. I love you both!” This just floored me because it showed how much my son was understanding because of Broken Promise. It was amazing. The program touched us so much, we are now serving other families through the Broken Promise ministry.

It is a life-changing program for children. If you would like more information click here. To register, call the church office at 793-2800. Registration endsFebruary 1st.

]]> http://westsidekids.org/2010/01/15/broken-promise/feed/ 0 Helping Kids Cope with Divorce http://westsidekids.org/2009/08/18/helping-kids-cope-with-divorce/ http://westsidekids.org/2009/08/18/helping-kids-cope-with-divorce/#comments Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:50:15 +0000 Miss Jessica http://westsidekids.org/?p=1583 Our Fall session of Broken Promise, a ministry for children whose parents have divorced,is Tuesday, August 25thto November 24thfrom 6:45-8:00 p.m. Children must be pre-registered to attend.

Broken Promise is for children 4 years to 8th grade. One of the parents (but not both) must attend with the children and attend theparent part of the program (in a seperate classroom.) Children are divided up by age group and will learn about the grief cycle and the emotions that we go through when we experience a loss. They will also learn appropriate ways to express their anger, as well as tools for coping with other difficult emotions.

You can find out more by clicking here.

To register or ask questions, please contact Faith Watkins and Tina Neely at brokenpromise@wschurch.org or call the church office at 793-2800.

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