Lynchburg Chapter of The Compassionate Friends

01/17/2026

Our next Compassionate Friends meeting will be held on Monday, January 19th at 7pm at The Lodge of the Fisherman on the property of Camp Kum-Ba-Yah, 4415 Boonsboro Road, Lynchburg.
The Compassionate Friends is open to adults who have lost a child, grandchild or sibling.
We gather to offer support to each other.
Please consider joining us the third Monday of each month.
If you have any questions feel free to call or text from 8am-8pm.
We hope to see you.

Send a message to learn more

07/20/2025

Our next Compassionate Friends meeting will be held on Monday, July 21st at 7pm at The Lodge of the Fisherman on the property of Camp Kum-Ba-Yah, 4415 Boonsboro Road, Lynchburg.
The Compassionate Friends is open to adults who have lost a child, grandchild or sibling.
We gather to offer support to each other.
Please consider joining us the third Monday of each month.
If you have any questions feel free to call or text from 8am-8pm.
We hope to see you.

Send a message to learn more

04/19/2025

Our next Compassionate Friends meeting will be held on Monday, April 21st at 7pm at The Lodge of the Fisherman on the property of Camp Kum-Ba-Yah, 4415 Boonsboro Road, Lynchburg.

The Compassionate Friends is open to adults who have lost a child, grandchild or sibling.

We gather to offer support to each other.
Please consider joining us the third Monday of each month.
If you have any questions feel free to call or text from 8am-8pm.

We hope to see you this coming Monday evening,

Send a message to learn more

12/04/2024

Join us this Sunday at 6:45pm in the Church House next to the Lodge of the Fisherman on the grounds of Camp Kum-Ba-Yah, 4415 Boonsboro Road. After our Candlelighting we'll enjoy light refreshments. Family and friends are welcome to join and participate.

Now believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, our annual Worldwide Candle Lighting unites bereaved families in remembrance of the children, grandchildren, and siblings who have died and will never be forgotten.

On December 8th at 7 pm local time, families gather to light candles and participate in a special memorial ceremony honoring their beloved child, grandchild, or sibling.

You’re invited to attend one of the hundred formal candle lighting events or participate in quiet remembrance alongside your family at home. Whether with others or in private, you’ll join thousands of families in creating a wave of light to remember the children forever loved and forever missed.

For more information on how to participate in this meaningful event, please visit our website.

11/28/2024

07/10/2024

Our next Compassionate Friends meeting will be held on Monday, July 15th at 7pm at The Lodge of the Fisherman on the property of Camp Kum-Ba-Yah, 4415 Boonsboro Road, Lynchburg.

The Compassionate Friends is open to adults who have lost a child, grandchild or sibling.

We gather to offer support to each other.
Please consider joining us the third Monday of each month.
If you have any questions feel free to call or text from 8am-8pm.

We hope to see you this coming Monday evening,

06/17/2024

If you have lost a child, a grandchild, or a sibling, you are invited to the June meeting of the Central Virginia Chapter of The Compassionate Friends on Monday, June 17 at 7 pm at the Lodge of the Fisherman, 4415 Boonsboro Road.

We invite you to bring a photo of your loved one to share with the group.

02/19/2024

If you have lost a child, a grandchild or a sibling, you are invited to join us tonight, February 19 at 7:00 at the Lodge of the Fisherman, 4415 Boonsboro Road (on the grounds of Camp Kum-Ba-Yah).

Feel free to bring a photo or other memorabilia to share.

01/14/2024

CANCELLED DUE TO WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY.
Please join us for our monthly meeting of The Compassionate Friends on Monday, January 15 at 7:00 at the Lodge of the Fisherman, 4415 Boonsboro Road.
Feel free to bring a photo or memento of your child, grandchild or sibling.

12/17/2023

Join us tomorrow, Monday December 18th for our next Compassionate Friends meeting at 7pm at The Lodge of the Fisherman on the property of Camp Kum-Ba-Yah, 4415 Boonsboro Road, Lynchburg.

The Compassionate Friends is open to adults who have lost a child, grandchild or sibling.

We gather to offer support to each other.
Please consider joining us the third Monday of each month.

12/09/2023

Our Candle Lighting Ceremony will be held at the Church House next to Lodge of the Fisherman on the grounds of Camp Kum-Ba-Yah, 4415 Boonsboro Road.
We’ll gather at 6:45pm and begin lighting candles in memory of our children at 7pm. Feel free to say a few words about your child or simply light a candle and share their name.
Harpist Susan Carol will be playing for us again this year.
After the brief ceremony we’ll gather at the Lodge next door for light refreshments.
Family and friends are welcome to attend. We hope you’ll join us. For more information call or text Kathy Shaw 434-444-4227

08/19/2023

If you're grieving the loss of a child, grandchild, or sibling please join us on Monday, August 21st at 7pm at the Lodge of the Fishermen on the grounds of Camp Kum-Ba-Yah, 4415 Boonsboro Road. We gather to offer support to each other.

Author of this piece by Macie's mom, Lisa Barton, writes about the difficult feelings for many bereaved moms and dads when they start seeing the orange-yellow school buses testing out the routes in their neighborhood, and the back-to-school sale ads everywhere.

Would we be wondering as she did (an excerpt): "I wonder who her teacher would be. What school she’d attend? Would we have moved back from Lees Summit if she hadn’t passed away? The truth is, as much as I love being back home in Nebraska, I simply do not know. I wonder who her friends would be and what’d they’d be like?

https://www.compassionatefriends.org/blog/back-to-school-for-the-child-loss-parent/