Bereavement Guides
Are you seeking understanding as you navigate a challenging loss and heartbreak?
We can help. Connect with community members who have suffered the loss of a child.
You don’t have to go through this alone!
Claire Hinkle
Contact: geffnclair@aol.com
I am a member of the Philadelphia Church and am a retired case manager for the blind and visually impaired. I coordinate a church small group for Eastern Pennsylvania and am a long time participant in Camp Shehaqua, a family church camp held each summer in the Poconos of Pennsylvania.
My husband Geoffrey and I were blessed in marriage in 1982 and have four children. Our youngest child, Nathaniel, known as Nathan or Nate, passed to the spirit world at the age of 20 in October, 2016 from an accidental fall after struggling with a brain chemistry imbalance for some months.
Our other children are: Crescentia, Laura and Joseph, who are all blessed in marriage. We also have six grandchildren.
The process of bereavement is intense but there is a lot of support available and I am very inspired to be part of that for others.
Shota Iwasaki
Contact: shotaiwasaki1031@gmail.com
I have been the coordinator of the Family Federation for World Peace in Pennsylvania and the pastor of the Philadelphia Family Church for 18 years. My wife Miyuki and I were blessed in the 30,000 couple Blessing of 1992.
We have 7 children together including: Sunkook, Noritaka, Soonmee, Lena, Miae and Shohey.
Our second youngest child, Akinobu, passed at the age of 19 on October 11, 2023 by brain death due to a blockage of oxygen caused by blood clots in his lungs. The physical symptoms manifested very suddenly and despite significant medical intervention, it was just days until he left us for the spiritual world.
I am happy to be of support to other parents who have had a child pass to the spirit world.
Charlotte & Prosper Kiluba
Charlotte: ndambokiluba@yahoo.fr
Prosper: pkiluba@yahoo.fr
We are members of the Mid-Hudson Family Church and Charlotte is the WFWP chairwoman for that area.
We are a 30,000 blessed couple blessed in 1992 and we have 5 children. Our second son, Jeffrey, who was born in December, 1998, went to the Dominican Republic on October 5, 2023 for a holiday weekend and on October 7 we received a message that his body was found in a river there. He had been robbed and attacked and his body was put in the river.
We would like to offer our support to any other parents who have suffered the loss of a child.