Deacon Ministry
Ministering
Frederick Buechner in his book Wishful Thinking writes that “the Gospels depict Jesus as having spent a surprising amount of time healing people. Ever since the time of Jesus, healing has been part of the Christian tradition. In this century it has usually been associated with religious quackery or the lunatic fringe, but as the psychosomatic dimension of disease has come to be taken more and more seriously by medical science it has regained some of its former respectability.”
Golf Tournament Sept. 10th
Join the 4th annual Golf Tournament at Sea 'n Air NAS to raise funds for Presbyterian Urban Ministries. September 10th, 2010 Shotgun start at 12:30. Learn more
More on Ministering
Henri J.M. Nouwen in his book The Wounded Healer speaks of those who minister to others as needing to recognize the sufferings of our own time in our own hearts and “make that recognition the starting point” of our service.
In Matthew’s Gospel (4:23-24), it is reported that “Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and curing every disease and every sickness among the people. So his fame spread throughout all Syria, and they brought to him all the sick, those who were afflicted with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, and paralytics, and he cured them."