Staffordsburg United Methodist Church
"Do Not Under Estimate How a Little Beginning
Can Turn Into Something Spectacular"
A service of healing and wholeness is not a new activity for the church. Healing services are an ancient and accepted practice. The book of James, for one states that “if anyone is sick, call the elders, and pray for that person and anoint that person with oil in the name of the Lord.” James 5:14 In Biblical times oil was a symbol of God’s healing properties.
Every Sunday morning in our worship we pray for healing. We pray for those who are ill and hospitalized. We pray for God’s care and comfort, but we also pray for God’s healing. On a quarterly basis we gather in a special service in which we participate in the early church’s practice of laying on of hands and anointing with oil.
2010 Healing Service Dates will be posted soon.