The Good Shepherd Healing ministry originally planned a healing workshop for July, which had to be postponed. In its place we recommend an excellent opportunity to experience healing and receive training for healing ministry. The 30th Healing Winds Conference, begun around 1995 by Rev. John Rice, is September 27-29, and this year it will be combined with the 2024 OSL North America Conference, drawing participants from around the country and the world. The conference is held at the beautiful Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center in Waynesville, NC and is sponsored by three regional chapters of the Order of St. Luke.
At the last moment this year's guest speaker had to cancel due to surgery. The new keynote speaker will be Mark Rutland, Ph.D., a New York Times best-selling author, educator, charismatic leader, businessman and a nationally recognized figure in Christian higher education. He is the executive director of the National Institute of Christian Leadership and founder of Global Servants, having served previously as the pastor of a megachurch and president of two universities. Rutland and his wife, Alison, established House of Grace in Chiang Rai, Thailand, and Kumasi, Ghana, to protect tribal girls from sex trafficking through Global Servants. Since 1986 House of Grace has been “saving little girls for big destinies.” Its work in West Africa, largely in remote villages, has built churches and village hygiene services in five countries.
The conference will retain its same successful format, combining teaching, workshops, corporate and individual prayer for physical and inner healing, generational healing Eucharist, fellowship, beautiful scenery and more! Twenty-four healing teams are prepared to pray with you, and the Soaking Prayer Chapel provides a space for quiet meditation with a live harpist. Six unique workshops (of which you may take two) are listed on the website, as well as a full schedule of events in case you cannot attend the full three days. There is a hard copy of this information in the hallway on the Healing Prayer bulletin board.
But don't delay! To register and to book rooms and meals at the conference center (a two-step process), go to healingwindsosl.org and follow the links. Learn more about OSL at osltoday.org, For more information contact Harry or Rachel Baughn, or Kay Covode, con ference convener, skbcovode@hotmail.com 828-389-8384.