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Mon Valley Community of Christ
500 Washington Avenue Charleroi, Pennsylvania 15022 724.483.6063
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We proclaim Jesus Christ and promote communities of joy,
hope, love and peace through our welcome, worship, and witness.
Spiritual Practice for the Week:
Offering Blessings of Community
Each day this week receive and share blessings of community. Begin with a prayer of gratitude for the network of relationships in your life. See and feel connections with family members, spiritual friends, people in your church and community, people and creatures in God's sacred web of life.
What blessings flow to you from these circles? Reflect, pray, and write in your journal about the call to be "Community of Christ." Go deeper each day as you "discern and embrace" the "divine blessing" of this name that opens you to become a blessing to the whole creation. What act of blessing are you invited to complete?
Peace Covenant: Today, God, I will be aware of the welfare and needs of mu community and the world.What blessings flow to you from these circles? Reflect, pray, and write in your journal about the call to be "Community of Christ." Go deeper each day as you "discern and embrace" the "divine blessing" of this name that opens you to become a blessing to the whole creation. What act of blessing are you invited to complete?
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The Sacrament of laying on of hands
for the sick
for the sick
“Are any among you sick? They should call for the elders of the church and have them pray over them, anointing them with oil in the name of the Lord.” —James 5:14 NRSV
These words from James are precious to the Community of Christ. We have traditionally interpreted them as authorizing the sacrament we call “administration to the sick.” From the vantage point of congregational life, this rite, in which elders anoint a person with oil in the name of Christ and seek God’s blessing, is possibly the most frequently celebrated sacrament of the church.
Any who are sick or face spiritual challenges may ask for this special prayer of blessing. This sacrament opens the door to the gift of healing. Ministers anoint the head of the person with olive oil and pray for God’s grace and blessing.Sacraments in Community of Christ
Sacraments are special ministries given to the church to convey the grace of Jesus Christ to not just his followers but to all God's children whom Christ yearns to touch with his compassion. Through the sacraments, God sanctifies common elements of creation to bless human life and to renew and form the church to seek the peaceful kingdom of God. Community of Christ celebrates eight sacraments in the church: Blessing of children, Baptism, Confirmation, Communion, Marriage, Ordination, Laying on of hands for the sick and Evangelist Blessing.
