Theme of this Healing Conference was on Chronic Illness and Cancer.
It was quite an amazing conference, my first on a healing prayer team--- I was quite spent in the end.
And Father Nigel Mumford is a character! An Episcopalian priest and former Royal Marine (UK), he has run healing centers in the Diocese of Albany for many years. He has specialized in trauma/PTSD, and has developed a ministry for returning military and their families, free of cost, called WELCOME HOME.
Nigel entered into the healing ministry in response to the 1989 healing of his sister from a severe neuromuscular condition. He himself was healed of H1N1 and at this Conference was three weeks post-operative for a total hip replacement.
High point for me was the words declaring cancer healing to be the Christ the Redeemer Church specialty! Some in the prayer line with my partner had cancer or loved ones with cancer. Other issues too. In general it all went wonderfully well. Awesome to be so aware of the Presence of God as both Jack and I were that day.
Speaking of Jack- and for him a little- he's never been part of things like the 3rd Fridays or this conference- he loved it and was beat when it ended. And afterwards we had our 9 year old grand- daughter later & overnight! Thankfully that went well too.
Grateful to serve our awesome & BRILLIANT God!
Last fall there was a weekend Conference at CTR, via the Healing Ministry, on the Father's and Mother's Blessing. A couple, retirement age perhaps a bit older than us, who have a teaching ministry around the country, presented. (NOTE: I was scheduled to go a Ladies Weekend with my sisters out in Springfield, for them an annual event, would have been my first). I explained a little to Jack and we decided to go, thinking of our children. I knew for him there would be new information-- on the Hebrew meaning & doing of blessings.... etc, etc.
There was wonderful teaching, then the couple offered themselves to give, according to their gender, the father's and mother's blessings. People could come forward for this. Jack went forward for himself--- he's had lots of deep issues concerning his father. His mom was a teacher and his dad a principal, and they (his brother Arthur & Jack) went to his elementary school. And in the first place they were a complete surprise, as their sister is 12 years older, and they may have even been unwelcome. In addition to constant & brutal criticism, his dad got into verbal abuse, and physical abuse, till they got bigger than him. And then he died, when they were 16.
Something incredible happened when Jack went to get his blessing. It was awesome, and it became noticeable. Everything got all light & sparkly around him and the other man; people noticed. He experienced such healing then, which was a beginning of something still in process. Because of this, he was asked at that time to also offer blessing to others, which he did. (He has never done anything like it). And so the next month, when the Healing Service was going to begin, as we were going to the Sanctuary, he was asked "Are you going to be praying tonight?" and he said "Yes of course", but then it became apparent they meant was he on the healing team. He's not--- at this point--- but he's of practical assistance for that service, greeter, tissue fetcher, catcher, collection receiver and counter.....
And we're still hopeful that we can cooperate with the Almighty that there can be a New Thing for all our children and grandchildren....
