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Prayer
Team
St.
Columba’s has a strong commitment to the power of healing prayer.
One way we express that is to make available members of the
Prayer team during the Sunday morning Celebration of Holy Communion.
Anyone hwo coms to the prayer team receies prayer through the
ancient tradition of laying on of hands.
Following Jesus’ example to pray, in the sight of God and the
congregation, the intercessors listen and pray without question or
judgement. Confidentiality
is strictly enforced among all who serve in this ministry.
Prayer List
From
time to time a particular prayer is needed for oneself or others. St. Columba’s maintains a continuous prayer list at Sunday
services. You may send your
prayer requests to stcolumba@myfairpoint.net
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St. Columba and the
Crane
Columba had the following prophecy:
“on the third
day from today, sit on the sea-shore and look out in the western part of
this island, for from the northern part of Ireland, a certain guest, a
crane (a heron), beaten by the winds during long and circuitous aerial
flights, will arrive after the ninth hour of the day, very weary and
fatigued, and its strength being almost gone, it will fall down before
you and lie on the beach. Take care to lift it up tenderly, and
carry it to some neighbouring house, and while it is there hospitably
received, diligently feed it, attending to it for three days and three
nights, and then, refreshed, it will return with fully recovered
strength to its former sweet home in Scotia whence it came . . .” |
The heron, related to the crane, is a
common bird of our area. Therefore we have placed a heron over our
main entry as a symbol to remind us to offer radical hospitality and
healing to all. |
