Guests: 
Frank Sauder
Ted Witzig, Jr.

Show notes:

• Importance of communication to church once people became aware of the tragedy.
• How the church came together during the crisis.
• Family needs privacy.
• How we deal with loss is personal and unique to the individual.
• Loss affects us over time.
• Some people recover from the loss quicker than others.
• The church body has an important function to help the hurting individual(s); the elder can't do it all.
• Support from the national church body was tremendous.
• Needs of the local elder in dealing with his own loss.
• Various emotions experienced in the wake of a loss.
• It is important to meet people where they are at, not where we think they should be.
• Communicate caring to the hurting; can be texts/notes or physical touch.
• It may take months or years to work through hurt.
• Grieving process is God's design.
• Help grieving people find hope.
• We think we need answers (why?), to make sense of things. We need to trust in a God who cares.
• How can we help? Pray for them and tell them they are loved.
• Don't isolate when we are hurting.
• Trauma can add to the grief and get in the way of healthy grieving.