Sunday Worship, St. Patrick's Day Edition

“What Wondrous Love is This”

A service of music, wholeness and healing

As we continue our Lenten journey, we will gather for a service of music, wholeness and healing this Sunday.  We will hear the good news of God’s love in Jesus Christ not only through music, but through opportunities for enacted prayer.

Did you know that healing was an integral part of the ministry of Jesus?  Did you know the church has been called to continue this ministry as one dimension of its concern for the wholeness of people?  

The ministry of healing concerns our interior and exterior lies.  It is very appropriate during Lent, when we have been focused on our inward lives and “spring cleaning our souls”, that we are invited to pray for the divisions and splits in our lives.  We are invited to make changes in our lives that lead to wholeness for ourselves, our relationships, and our world.

A service of healing and wholeness is a service of prayer: prayers of thanksgiving, intercession, and supplication; prayers that are silent, prayers that are written, prayers that are spoken, prayers that are enacted through the laying on of hands, and prayers that are sung; prayers that are given for individuals, for communities, and for nations.

If you so desire, you are invited to participate during worship in any of the following ways:

Prayer Wall: write your prayer on the slips and take it to the prayer banner, slipping it between the ribbons.

Candle Lighting: while you are praying silently, proceed to one of the stations and light one of the candles from the central Christ candle.

Laying on of Hands and Anointing: do you have a special prayer request?  You may come forward for a prayer and anointing with the sign of the cross.

You may also remain in your seat and pray, listen to the music, or join in singing as instructed.

I hope you will be here this Sunday for a very special and unique worship experience.