On Sundays, Sept. 5 and Nov. 7, join us for A Service for Wholeness at 5 p.m. in the chapel.
photo by Susan Quirk
What is a Service for Wholeness? In a variety of ways the church has a commission to minister wholeness: communion with God made whole; community with one’s neighbor made whole; and a relationship to the created world itself made whole.
Here at First Presbyterian Church some come to our Service for Wholeness in search of spiritual wholeness for themselves, for others or for our world. Some attend to support those who need their prayers. At First Presbyterian Church our Service for Wholeness is contemplative in nature.
The music is gentle; our community prayer echoes the light of the candles flickering as a symbol of prayer. There are extended times of silence to meditate on a brief scripture reading.
Following a time of prayers of general intersession those who seek personal prayer through the laying on of hands are invited to come to a prayer station. Listeners at the prayer stations hear the prayer concerns and then pray as requested.
In the historic manner of reaffirming that in baptism we were sealed by the Holy Spirit and marked as Christ’s own forever those who desire to be anointed with oil are anointed by one of the pastors. All concerns shared in times of personal prayer are held in confidence and returned to the heart of God.
Each Service for Wholeness concludes with the Sacrament of Holy Communion.
