Here is a list of some bereavement support groups in Pittsburgh and the suburbs.
• Compassionate Friends is a specialized support group for people who have experienced the death of a child. For information on the nearest chapter, call 412-835-1105.
• Highmark Caring Place, 620 Stanwix St., Downtown, offers bereavement services for grieving children, adolescents and their families. Call 888-224-4673.
• In Squirrel Hill, Good Grief holds bereavement sessions from 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of each month and from 3 to 4:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of each month. A special session for daughters without mothers is held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. the first and third Thursday of each month.
In Mt. Lebanon and Whitehall, Family Hospice and Palliative Care sponsors these:
• Center for Compassionate Care, 50 Moffett St., Mt. Lebanon, 7 to 8:30 p.m. third Monday of each month.
• Southminster House, 801 Washington Road, Mt. Lebanon, 1 to 2:30 p.m. second Tuesday of each month.
• Baldwin Community United Methodist Church, 5001 Baptist Road, Whitehall, 7 to 8:30 p.m. first Wednesday of every month.
Grief Share offers nondenominational, Bible-based grief recovery at numerous locations throughout the Pittsburgh region. They include:
• South Hills Assembly of God, 2725 Bethel Church Road, Bethel Park, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays. 412-835-8900.
• Saint Martin's Church, 285 Saint Martin's Drive, Monroeville, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursdays. 412-372-2050.
• Orchard Hill Church, 2551 Brandt School Road, Wexford, 7 to 9 p.m. Thursdays. 724-935-5555.
• West Hills Baptist Church, 259 Shafer Road, Moon, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. 412-264-4061.
• Monroeville Assembly of God, 4561 Old William Penn Highway, Monroeville, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays. 412-856-7900.
• Canonsburg United Presbyterian Church, 112 West Pike Street, Canonsburg, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 724-745-0800.
• Word of Life Ministries at Baldock Health Care Centre, 8850 Barnes Lake Road, North Huntingdon, 6 to 8 p.m. Thursdays. 724-864-7190.
• Central Assembly of God, 155 McGovern Road, Houston, 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays. 724-746-4900.
• New Hope Lutheran Church, Freedom, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesdays. 724-869-1187.
• Victory Family Church, Route 19, Cranberry, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesdays. 724-453-6200.
• Word of Life Ministries, Route 136, Greensburg, 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays. 724-837-8790.
First Published: March 10, 2011, 11:30 a.m.
