Mission & Resources
Prayer & Care
Anyone seeking prayer is invited to join us and experience God’s healing love. Our priest along with a pastoral care team visits those in ill health or who are otherwise unable to attend worship. Other people make phone calls. In particular, we have begun commissioning some of our members living in independent and assisted living facilities as members of Good Samaritan's pastoral care team to care for fellow residents and staff.
Prayer undergirds all that we do, the Episcopal Church of the Good Samaritan offers prayer support to anyone/everyone. There are two specific ways we are able to keep church members, their families, relatives and friends in our prayers.
Weekly, we receive an updated printed prayer list from one of our members either by email or a hard copy which is available in the Narthex for those without internet.
Holy Prayer Partners is another way we offer prayer support. Those who have volunteered to be prayer warriors have given their email addresses, when we receive a request to pray for an immediate or unexpected situation such as a hospitalization, job loss, accident, sudden health concern, etc. This method of praying has brought great comfort to those in time of need just to know a prayer community is praying for them.
Cursillo
Cursillo is a program sponsored by the Episcopal Church for individual growth and for building leadership. In our Diocese, it provides an initial immersion experience at the Dayspring Retreat, followed by monthly meetings which deepen out experiences of spiritual formation through community ad accountbility.
Labyrinth
The Good Samaritan labyrinth lies at the back of the property, shaded by trees, with benches provided for extended periods of prayer and meditation. It is accessible to all persons at any time during daylight hours.
The labyrinth proper is a circular walking path - not a maze with dead ends, but an open spiral which turns back and forth on itself while working towards the center. At Good Samaritan, a Celtic cross stands at the head of the labyrinth. Both the labyrinth and cross were donated by families and friends of Good Samaritan.
Although a labyrinth is an ancient method for meditation, there has been a resurgence of interest in the labyrinth as a contemplative method over the past 50 years. It provides a way of centering ourselves in God, waiting on God, and listening for God's direction for our lives. In other words, it allows us a way to have a differnt sort of conversation with God. At Good Samaritan we're privileged to have this spiritual aid to "walking prayer" so readily available to us.
