Grief Support

Hopewell House offers free, compassionate grief support led by professionally trained volunteers. Grounded in deep listening and reverence for the sacred journey of life, loss, and healing, we provide a welcoming space for connection and support. Our services include a monthly grief ritual, six-week grief groups, and quarterly grief workshops, all designed to enter the sacred ground of grief and love.

Grief Workshops

GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS

Community Grief Ritual

Offered every third Monday of the month

6:30-8 pm at Hopewell House

Facilitated by Brooke Lesley and Ashlie Hempstead

Grief Ritual is a practice of transforming individual and collective grief within a supportive community. In a world where we often grieve in isolation, this gathering offers a space to share, process, and honor grief in all its forms. Whether you’re mourning a tangible loss, experiencing existential sorrow, or navigating a challenging transition, all grief is welcome.

This in-person, drop-in event requires no RSVP—simply come as you are. We would be honored to hold space with you.

Grief Support Groups at Hopewell House

Groups run for six weeks

Offered throughout the year, registration required

At Hopewell House, we offer grief support groups designed to help individuals who are grieving the death of a significant person. These groups provide a safe and welcoming space to share personal experiences, explore coping strategies, and build a supportive community through peer discussion.

Our grief groups follow a six-session format, meeting every other week over 12 weeks. Sessions are held in person at Hopewell House, with options for afternoon or evening meetings to accommodate diverse schedules. To ensure an intimate and supportive environment, group sizes are limited, and RSVP is required. Once a group begins, it becomes closed to new members, fostering trust and connection among participants

We welcome members from the greater Portland community and offer new groups throughout the year. For more information on upcoming groups, please contact our grief program coordinator at liz.mccausland@fhhpdx.org or (503) 908-9228.

Upcoming groups – Winter 2025

Tuesday Afternoons from 2 – 3:30 pm | STARTING JANUARY 14TH

*spots still available

Thursday Afternoons from 2 – 3:30 pm | STARTING JANUARY 16TH

*spots still available

Thursday Evenings from 6:30 – 8 pm | STARTING JANUARY 16TH

*group is FULL – waitlist is available

Making Peace with Loss An Experiential Workshop: Honoring the Grief Journey

Offered Saturdays March 15, July 26, and November 15, 10 am – 2 pm.

Space is limited, RSVP required to attend.

If you are mourning the death of a loved one or a loss of any kind, this workshop provides tools and practices via interactive processes and sacred rituals for navigating loss, grief and healing. In our supportive community setting, you’ll have the opportunity to shift your focus from external events to internal transformation, and you will learn to:

. Accept and embrace impermanence
. Understand loss, pain, contraction and expansion
. Develop practices for re-opening a wounded heart
. Create personal healing rituals for processing strong emotions
. Find gratitude and grace in life again

RSVP: liz.mccausland@fhhpdx.org or 503-908-9228

FACILITATED BY:

Dr. Terri Daniel is a Portland-based end-of-life educator, inter-spiritual hospice chaplain and grief counselor. She is certified in death, dying and bereavement by the Association of Death Education and Counseling and in family- focused grief therapy by The Portland Institute. Terri conducts workshops throughout the U.S. and is an adjunct instructor in thanatology and chaplaincy at Marian University and the Graduate Theological Union.