Footprints, a local children’s grief ministry, has been founded in order to help those age 6 to 18 cope with the death of a loved one.
“It actually started out of a [Nurture Committee] at First United Methodist Church,” said Jim Ruth, one of the non-profit’s leaders. “We gota lot of things in place and rolling when we were a ministry of the church.”
That ministry actually began in 2011 and more recently evolved into a full-fledged non-profit. Ruth said Footprints’ founders believed they could reach more people if it wasn’t affiliated or identified with any one particular church.
“It took all that time [since 2011] to get all the training, all the volunteers, all the places where we could have a class,” Ruth explained.
In addition to First United Methodist, Footprints also currently has ties with Palm Valley Lutheran and St. Richard’s Episcopal, in Round Rock, as well as Highpoint Fellowship in Cedar Park.
“We want to be there to support children in their grief,” Ruth said. “We have several churches that are supporting us. We are faith-based and come out of a Christian background, but there is no proselytizing.”
To read more of this story by Brad Stutzman, go to: http://www.statesman.com/news/...dren-in-grief/nkwR4/
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