Iowans Give Thanks for Healing Mission

In July, Episcopalians welcomed the Bishop of Swaziland, Meshack Mabuza, and his wife Lucy Mabuza to Iowa, where they joined with Bishop Alan Scarfe and Donna Scarfe in leading a healing mission in our diocese. The mission consisted of a series of traditional Anglican healing services with an African flavor. The following resolution was passed at diocesan convention in November giving thanks for the event.

Whereas Bishop Meshack and Lucy Mabuza did visit Iowa in July to join with Bishop Alan and Donna Scarfe to bring a ministry of healing to the Diocese of Iowa, and

Whereas St Alban’s, Spirit Lake; St Thomas’s, Sioux City; Christ, Cedar Rapids; State Prison, Anamosa; Christ, Burlington; St John’s, Dubuque; St John’s, Mason City; and St Andrew’s, Des Moines, did host these healing services, and

Whereas Karen Nichols and Nancy Morton together with others from the diocesan staff, the One World One Church Commission, and the Companions of Swaziland worked countless hours to prepare for and publicize the Mission, and

Whereas many people presented themselves for prayers, and many waited hours for those prayers, and

Whereas this time together in prayer demonstrated to us our need for God’s healing in our lives, and

Whereas God has responded with healing and growth,

Therefore be it resolved that this 153rd Convention of the Diocese of Iowa gives thanks for God’s healing presence among us, and for God’s agents of healing.

Submitted by OWOC.

PHOTOS: Scenes from the healing mission