The Sacramento Chapter of Beginning Experience provides a variety of programs to help you grieve the loss of your relationship and move onto a new beginning. Depending on your situation, you may participate in the weekend program and/or our weekly programs. Many participants benefit from both venues.

The BE Weekend is the mainstay of the Beginning Experience Ministry. It is more intense than the weekly programs because you have more concentrated time to contemplate and interact with other participants. Many people find that being away from familiar surrounding in nature allows them to see their circumstances in a new perspective. The weekly programs provide ongoing support, structure, and a place you can go each week to vent, be nurtured, and receive encouragement. Either way, we invite you to try our programs. We know what you're going through and we want to help.

Weekend Programs
Most people who attend a BE Weekend find it to be a life changing event that sets them on the road through their grief in a safe and loving environment. The process through grief is not quick, but the BE weekend is a catalyst in overcoming grief, seeing progress in yourself, and proceeding through the stages of grief in an expeditious manner.

Weekly Programs
These programs are all ten weeks long and each session is from 7-9pm. You can start at the beginning or join us on any of the weeks within the ten-week period. We meet at St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 2140 Mission Avenue, Carmichael, CA 95608. The church is located on Mission between El Camino and Arden.

Encountering Life Alone - The focus of Encountering Life Alone is to offer you the support and encouragement you need to deal with the pain of your loss and to help you look with renewed hope towards a fulfilling future. Many participants are newly alone in this program, but even if you've been divorced, separated or widowed for years, you can still benefit from these ten week sessions. Encountering Life Alone prepares you for full participation in the BE Weekend.

Rebuilding (Open to those who have completed a BE Weekend and/or have participated in at least 7 sessions of Encountering Life Alone) - Rebuilding is designed to help you work through the ending of a love relationship by gaining a better understanding of yourself and the recovery process. You will learn to build better relationships with those around you by turning stumbling blocks into building blocks.

Happiness is an Inside Job (Open to all those who have completed a Beginning Experience Level I, “Encountering Life Alone” and/or a Beginning Experience Weekend.) Happiness is an Inside Job focuses on the happiness that can be reached by all if your direction of reach is inward. The sessions will cover the ten practices that are necessary to be successful in our quest for happiness.

Coping with Life Alone The focus of Coping with Life Alone is to offer you the support and encouragement you need to deal with the pain of your loss and to help you look with renewed hope towards a fulfilling future.

 

For a more information, contact besacramento@yahoo.com
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