What is a Service of Healing and Prayer?
According to our ELW (Evangelical Lutheran Worship) book on page 276:
"The order for healing is an expression in worship of the church's ministry of healing. Here all who sense the need for God's healing in any aspect of their lives may join in prayer for others or themselves. Here each person may come to receive a word of blessing and prayer. Here each person may come to receive the laying on of hands, which may be accompanied by anointing with oil. These signs, first given in baptism, tell us again that we are sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked forever with the cross of Christ, who is health and salvation for the whole world. In its ministry of healing, the church does not replace the gifts of God that come through the scientific community nor does it promise a cure. Rather, the church offers and celebrates gifts such as these: God's presence with strength and comfort in time of suffering, God's promise of wholeness and peace, and God's love embodied in the community of faith."
Who do you think attends a healing service?
Only senior citizens?
Adults of all ages who have attended have found this service to be a real blessing, a brief time of respite from the busyness and cares of daily life, a time to talk with God.
Only people who are ill?
The need for healing can be in body, mind or spirit. It can be intercessory prayer for someone else. It can be a need for a time to speak with God.
What if I don't feel like sharing my problems with anyone?
You are welcome to remain seated during the time of prayer and pray quietly and privately. Or you can come to one of the stations and have a minister offer a general prayer of healing and blessing for you. Confidentiality is assured.
Jesus said, " Come unto me, all you who are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest."
If you have any questions or comments, please call the church office.
Healing in the fullest sense means
healing the whole person.
Join us at our next
Service of Healing and Prayer