Meeting Dates and Topics
Our Meetings are 3rd Monday of each month, held at First Lutheran Church 811 South Ave. W. Clear Lake, WI 54005
Monday, November 18, 2024 at 7:00 pm ~ Handling the Holidays
Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 6:30 pm ~ Worldwide Candle Lighting Program (see insert)
***Please note no regular Monday meeting in December***
We do not necessarily stay on the meeting topic. Whatever it is you would like or need to talk about, we are here to do that. We are willing to discuss anything that is on your mind or in your heart.
Please check this webpage, Facebook, or call for any meeting changes. We will also try reaching out by email if there is some change. If you are not able to attend in person we encourage you to use the TCF websites and as always we are just a phone call away.
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This is YOUR group and we are here to support each other. Our meetings are open to bereaved parents, adult siblings, grandparents, or adult family members such as aunts or uncles. We hope you will find our meetings and newsletters to be a comfort, a place where tears are allowed, no judgments are made, and, in time, that you can once again find hope and meaning in life.
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Tri-County Chapter of The Compassionate Friends
Holiday Tree
Lights of Love & Remembrance
The Tri-County chapter of The Compassionate Friends will again be sponsoring a holiday remembrance tree. This tree lighting will take place Dec. 8, 2024 as part of the Compassionate Friends World Wide Candle Lighting Program. The tree will be located at the Clear Lake Main Street Park. This tree will be a remembrance during the holiday season, to all loved ones, not just children. White bulbs will be used to remember all those who are no longer with us this holiday season. Blue bulbs will be used to honor our loved ones. If you are interested in purchasing a bulb(s) in honor of or in memory of loved ones, please return the form below.
Holiday Remembrance Tree
I would like to purchase ______ bulb(s) at $3.00 each
In Memory of ______________________________________________________
In Honor of________________________________________________________
Given by_________________________________________________________
Include these names in publications regarding this event. Yes No
Checks may be made out to The Tri- County Chapter of TCF
Return by Dec 1, 2024 to
The Tri-County Chapter of TCF 511 5th Street Clear Lake, Wi. 54005
For more information call 715-263-2739, 715-491-3944, or on website
Please Come Back
Very often our most difficult job is to get a newly bereaved parent to come to their second and third meetings. Does this seem strange? It’s really not strange. It is common for a newly bereaved parent to come to their first meeting with Great Expectations: They’ve heard that TCF can get them over their terrible pain and depression and loneliness and guilt and anger and all of the other faces of grief. So they come to that first meeting expecting to go home and at least feel better, if not “cured”. Instead, they meet other parents who are still coping forms of grief months and even years. Perhaps they did not notice there were some parents there who were doing “OK”and may even have been laughing and talking of the future. The bottom line for these newly bereaved, however, is that they went home from the meeting feeling worse than when they came. If you fit this description, give us another try. You will probably find, like we did, that each meeting uncovers a piece of the puzzle of life after the death of a child. It may take several meetings, but hopefully you will find the road to recovery like we did. Hopefully, also, you will find friends, who will not only help you get through this most awful period of you life, but will be there with you to face the future. (taken from tcf frankfort ky newsletter)
Very often our most difficult job is to get a newly bereaved parent to come to their second and third meetings. Does this seem strange? It’s really not strange. It is common for a newly bereaved parent to come to their first meeting with Great Expectations: They’ve heard that TCF can get them over their terrible pain and depression and loneliness and guilt and anger and all of the other faces of grief. So they come to that first meeting expecting to go home and at least feel better, if not “cured”. Instead, they meet other parents who are still coping forms of grief months and even years. Perhaps they did not notice there were some parents there who were doing “OK”and may even have been laughing and talking of the future. The bottom line for these newly bereaved, however, is that they went home from the meeting feeling worse than when they came. If you fit this description, give us another try. You will probably find, like we did, that each meeting uncovers a piece of the puzzle of life after the death of a child. It may take several meetings, but hopefully you will find the road to recovery like we did. Hopefully, also, you will find friends, who will not only help you get through this most awful period of you life, but will be there with you to face the future. (taken from tcf frankfort ky newsletter)
