Worship Assistants

INSTRUCTIONS FOR Healing assistants:

Healing Prayer with the Laying on of Hands & Anointing with Oil (3/2022)

Healing prayer with laying on of hands and anointing with oil will be offered at Sunday worship every week and on the 4th Saturday evening service of every month. Healing prayer is offered during communion, after distribution, as follows.

● Saturday 5 PM — On Saturday, people desiring prayer will remain at the altar railing after receiving Holy Communion. The Healing Assistant will move to each person to offer the prayer for healing and anointing.

● Sunday 10 AM — On Sunday, people desiring prayer will proceed to one of the kneelers in the transepts after receiving Holy Communion and will either stand or kneel. The Healing Assistants will remain at the kneelers to offer prayer until everyone has received.

Prayers

Cards with the following prayers will be available. If you know the person’s name, you may include it in the prayers. If a person requests prayer for someone besides themselves, simply include that person’s name in the prayer as it seems appropriate.

When the person stands or kneels at the rail or kneeler, you may lay your hands gently on their head or shoulders, and say one of the following prayers

Gracious God, send your Holy Spirit upon your servant, _____; drive away all sickness of body and spirit; make whole that which is broken; deliver them from the power of evil; and preserve them in true faith to share in the power of Christ’s resurrection and to serve you with all the saints, now and evermore. Amen.

Living God, grant healing and comfort to your beloved child, _______. When they are afraid, give them courage; when afflicted give them hope; and when alone, assure them of the support of the community of faith. We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.

Following the prayer, you may touch the cotton ball (for oil) with your thumb, make the sign of the cross on the person’s forehead, and say:

Receive this oil as a sign of forgiveness and healing in Jesus Christ. Amen.

In the name of our Savior Jesus Christ, be strengthened
and filled with God’s grace, that you may know the healing
power of the Spirit. Amen.

Thank you for serving Christ and your neighbor in this way.