1. Beginning Experience
A Difference Can Be Made

2. Team Leader is Rose Brocato

3. Our Team
Donna Smith, Anna Sweat, Thomas Swift Jack Hallertan, Donna
Swisher, Gary Thiels, Rose Brocato, Martha Anthony, Michelle Norris
and Deidrah Audoin.

4. Our Service Day
We serve the widowed, separated and
divorced adults who have suffered a loss.
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We present the Beginning Experience
program.
We help these people work through their
grief.
We give them tools to let go of the pain.

5. Accomplishments
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Coping skills are learned.
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Peer ministry helped the
people to see that other
people have suffered the
same losses.
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We served people of all
faiths.
Three of the six participants
are becoming team
members.
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We helped the participants
through the BE program to
turn their pain of loss into an
experience of positive
growth.
Tools were taught and used
to help the participants to
deal with their hurts and
different feelings.
New friendships were
formed between team
members and participants.

6. Team's Future Plan
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There will be two weekends a year.
Money is needed to offer scholarships to
people who cannot afford to come on a
weekend.
A youth group is being formed so that youth
can participate in the program in the state
of Louisiana and surrounding areas.

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Money is needed to offer scholarships to
people who cannot afford to come on a
weekend.
A youth program will be started in
Rosaryville, Louisiana to serve the youth
that have suffered a loss of a parent due to
death or divorce.
In July of 2014, monies are needed to
organize an International Convention in
New Orleans, Louisiana for teams from all
over the world to come and work together
to make this ministry survive and grow.

8. Alexandria BE Team
We would like to thank you for this
opportunity to apply for financial help towards
this ministry. We do struggle to help people
and children who cannot financially afford to
participate in this ministry. This ministry is lifechanging. This ministry is active all over the
world. Please contact us if you have any
questions. You can also access more
information at Beginning Experience.org.