Lead one of the most pastorally tender workshops in the series — with full preparation and genuine care.

⚠ Facilitators only — not for participant distribution.

This workshop asks participants to grieve specifically, inventory honestly, release agreements that have been quietly governing their self-understanding for years, and declare what God has said over a life that pain has been narrating differently. That is some of the most significant pastoral work in the series — and it requires a facilitator who is fully prepared for every dimension of it. This guide provides that preparation.

What's Inside:

• Zoom setup with specific guidance for this session's pastoral register — camera-off culture, pace adjustments, and how to hold the full arc of the workshop without rushing any movement

• Full 90–120 minute session flow with timing and pastoral pace notes

• Welcome and framing scripts — how to open for participants who may be at very different stages of grief and readiness

• Teaching notes for all four teachings: key objectives, Scripture context — including Hebrew word study in Teaching 1 and context note for Jeremiah 29:11 in Teaching 3 — discussion questions, chat prompts, and pastoral notes on the most sensitive moments in each teaching

• Guidance on the Grief Inventory — the most personally exposing exercise in the workshop and the one most likely to surface significant grief

• Guidance on the Agreement Release and Post-Divorce Identity Statement — how to hold these exercises with the pastoral weight they require

• Exercise facilitation: Option A (breakout rooms, with specific guidance for divorce grief content) and Option B (solo reflection) for all exercises

• Difficult moments protocols: acute grief surfacing during any teaching; a participant for whom the honest inventory produces significant distress; a participant carrying abuse, betrayal, or significant trauma within the marriage; disclosure requiring pastoral follow-up or crisis referral

• Crisis resources, grief support referral guidance, and pastoral follow-up best practices

• Full closing script and ecosystem pathway