Coweta's Christ the King Church plans weekend dedicated to healing, training, prayer Sept. 26-28

Coweta's Christ

the King Church plans weekend dedicated to healing, training, prayer Sept.

26-28

The Rev. Canon

Mark Pearson of New Hampshire will lead a weekend of healing, training

and prayer at Christ the King Charismatic Episcopal Church in Coweta County

Friday and Saturday, Sept. 26 and 27. Pearson's wife, Dr. Mary Grace Pearson,

a physician and president of New Creation Healing Center, also will speak

at Sunday morning services, Sept. 28, at 8 and 10 a.m.

The weekend

will be totally dedicated to the ministry of healing and the public is

invited to attend all sessions except Saturday afternoon when a special

session will be held for clergy, commissioned and licensed lay ministers,

and persons who are interested in being on the healing ministry team at

Christ the King. There is no charge for any of the events.

The weekend

begins Friday, Sept. 26, with teaching at 7:30 p.m. in the church sanctuary.

On Saturday morning, the teaching sessions begin at 9 a.m. and, following

a lunch break, the special session for clergy, lay ministers and others

interested in joining the healing ministry team will be held.

The highlight

and focus of the weekend will be the community-wide healing service at

6:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 27.

"Anyone

who is sick or in need of any type healing is welcome and encouraged to

attend," said the Rev. Canon David Epps, pastor of Christ the King.

"There are no promises, no fees, and no strings attached. While we

certainly can make no guarantees since all healing is up to God, the people

in our church have witnessed some extraordinary 'recoveries' of desperately

ill people over the last two or three years."

The ministry

of healing is a thoroughly Biblical concept, Epps continued. "Elements

of this emphasis are seen in the Old Testament and Jesus was vitally concerned

with the total healing body, mind, emotions, and spirit of those to whom

he ministered. The Apostles and those who followed them continued in this

ministry. Long before Oral Roberts came on the scene, the ancient church

was anointing people and praying for the sick."

Pearson, the

ministry program's leader for the weekend, is president of the Institute

of Christian Renewal and the pastor of Trinity Church in Plaistow, N.H.

He has written several books, including Christian Healing, and serves

as a visiting instructor at Barrington College and Trinity Episcopal School

for Ministry. He holds degrees from Williams College, Oxford University

and Boston University.

In 1986, Pearson

was named an honorary canon in the Episcopal Church U.S.A. for his international

work in healing and renewal. Currently, he serves as Canon Missioner for

the Northeast Diocese of the Charismatic Episcopal Church and teaches

courses for St. Michael's Seminary.

Christ the

King is at 4881 Ga. Hwy. 34 East, between Newnan and Peachtree City. For

more information, call 770-252-2428.

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