The purpose of the Beginning Experience ministry is to help divorced, separated
and widowed men and women-and children of divorce, parental separation
and death-heal the grief of their loss and free them once again to
love themselves, others and God. These individuals, in turn, offer
a better quality of life to all those with whom they come in contact.
The lay ministers in the Beginning Experience ministry
are "wounded
healers" - specially trained men and women who are themselves widowed,
separated or divorced, but further along in the grieving process.
In the youth and children's ministries, team members include young people
or children whose parents have divorced, are separated, or have died.