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Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Ridgewood 10th Annual Service of Healing

Bethlehem
Lutheran Church, Ridgewood, NJ will conduct its 10th Annual Service
of Healing on Sunday, March 16th at 1pm in their sanctuary. Light
refreshments will follow in the parlor. The church is located at 155 Linwood
Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ, or call 201-444-3600. 



            The worship service will be led by The
Rev. Andrew D. Nelson, with music by Diane Mitchell, Director of Music. This
service is being held in cooperation with the Parish Nurse/Care Ministry at
Bethlehem.



             The focus of this worship service
will be wholeness. Healing does not mean just the lack of illness or
disability. The root of the word heal means wholeness. As Christians, we
remember that our wholeness involves harmony in all areas of our lives- body,
mind and spirit, with Christ at its center. Christian healing directs us toward
being the person God is calling us to be at every stage of our living and our
dying. For some, healing is comfort, for some, strength, for others, physical
healing.

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             Through prayer, anointing with oil
and confession we cast our burdens on the Lord. We confess that Jesus meets us
in our brokenness and pain and brings His love to bear - forgiving,
transforming, redeeming and healing by His grace. Jesus does this in God’s way,
in God’s time, and according to God’s loving purpose for each individual.



             Our physical, mental and emotional
hurts and ills are not signs of God’s rejection but symptoms of our fallen
world in which sin and death reign. We are invited by God to commend our ills
on Him for this life, realizing that ultimate healing awaits us in heaven.

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            Please join us as we come together
for this renewal of body, mind and spirit on Sunday, March 16th at 1pm.
Light refreshments will follow in the parlor. All are welcome, bring a friend!



 Contact:



Patty Criscenzo, RN,BSN, FCN



Parish Nurse, Bethlehem Lutheran Church

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