October 2012

THE SAINT LUKE LETTER

A Publication of the Richmond Chapter

of the International Order of St. Luke the Physician

8787 River Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229

www.oslrichmond.blogspot.com

An ecumenical Service of Healing is offered every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in the

All Saints’ Chapel, 8787 River Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229

A couple of reminders: 

The Rev. Teresa McRoberts will teach a four-week class in October on healing from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Shady Grove United Methodist Church, 4825 Pouncey Tract Rd. 23059 in the Education Building, Room 204.

October 7                    Healing in the Church

October 14                  Healing in the Bible

October 21                  Forgiveness and Healing

October 28                  Becoming a Healing Ambassador

If you are interested in attending, please email her at tmcroberts@shadygroveumc.net to register. All materials will be provided and there is no charge for this class.

Thursday, October 11, 7:00 p.m. Richard and Kathy Verlander, parents of Detroit Tigers pitcher, Cy Young and American League MVP winner Justin Verlander – A Service of Healing with Eucharist at 6:00 followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 8, noon, Brown-bag luncheon to share blessings we have received in 2012.

Thursday, December 13, noon, Covered dish Christmas luncheon.

You do not have to be a member of the Order of St. Luke to attend the 10:30 a.m. Thursday Healing Service or one of the monthly meetings. Visitors are always welcome. If you think you might attend one of the talks, please call Mary at 784-4386. We would like to have enough chairs set up and enough food.

The Order of St. Luke on October 11, 7:00 p.m. in the All Saints Parish Hall welcomes, Kathy and Richard Verlander. They will share their story of how they raised MLB Star and 2011 American League MVP Detroit Tigers superstar pitcher Justin Verlander. The Verlanders message resonates with any group that embraces values emphasizing teamwork, sacrifice and reaching for the best within all of us.

The Verlanders recently published book entitled “Rocks Across the Pond” chronicles this family’s incredible journey from it’s rural Virginia Roots to Detroit, MLB and superstardom. They enjoy speaking with parents, coaches, teachers and youth groups about the vital role they play in helping young people to follow their dreams. Sharing the belief that each child is born with a gift to be nurtured is their passion.

Raising children represents a labor of love and commitment to being the best parent one can be. Regardless of how much talent a child may possess, young people will not thrive and reach their full potential without the guidance and mentoring of key individuals and loved ones in their lives. Please make plans to attend this inspirational talk.

Fall 2012

THE SAINT LUKE LETTER

A Publication of the Richmond Chapter

of the International Order of St. Luke the Physician

8787 River Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229

www.oslrichmond.blogspot.com

An ecumenical Service of Healing is offered every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in the

All Saints’ Chapel, 8787 River Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229

A couple of reminders: 

Thursday, September 13, 7:00 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Sandra Levy-Achtemeier – A Service of Healing with Eucharist at 6:00 followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, September 13, 20 and 27, noon, Brother John Ogle will offer a 30-minute instruction on intercessory prayer. The material will be repeated each Thursday so it is not necessary to attend all three classes. If you would like to serve as an intercessor during the Thursday Healing Service, you must attend one of the classes.

Thursday, October 11, 7:00 p.m. Richard and Kathy Verlander, parents of Detroit Tigers pitcher, Cy Young and American League MVP winner Justin Verlander – A Service of Healing with Eucharist at 6:00 followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, November 8, noon, Brown-bag luncheon to share blessings we have received in 2012.

Thursday, December 13, noon, Covered dish Christmas luncheon.

You do not have to be a member of the Order of St. Luke to attend the 10:30 a.m. Thursday Healing Service or one of the monthly meetings. Visitors are always welcome. If you think you might attend one of the talks, please call Mary at 784-4386. We would like to have enough chairs set up and enough food.

The Rev. Dr. Sandra Levy-Achtemeier is the speaker for the September 13, 7:00 p.m. Order of St. Luke meeting in the All Saints Parish Hall, 8787 River Rd.. There will be a Service of Healing and Eucharist at 6:00 p.m. in the Chapel followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the Parish Hall. It is free and all are welcome. Her topic is “Creating a Flourishing Life, Through Suffering and Loss”.

She is a psychologist, writer and Theologian-in-Residence at historic St. John's Episcopal Church in Richmond and the author of "Imagination and the Journey of Faith" (2008) in addition to her new book "Flourishing Life Now and in the Time to Come."

In her new book she offers some answers concerning how we can flourish across our whole lives. Her new book deals with creating a rich life even through suffering and loss. The quest to find how people are able, not just to get through bad times but come through them thriving, began for her in her experience as a psychologist years ago. More recently, she experienced some of what she writes about when her first husband of 35 years died of Alzheimer's Disease.

With her life experiences she is able to interweave neuroscience, psychology and theology in her holistic approach to life while she examines our ability to adapt and reset goals in changed circumstances, the importance of an emotionally supportive community in reshaping our identity and sense of well-being, and the importance of a conversation partner who would facilitate the re-writing of one's life story to integrate loss with overall meaning.

Summer 2012

THE SAINT LUKE LETTER

A Publication of the Richmond Chapter

of the International Order of St. Luke the Physician

8787 River Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229

www.oslrichmond.blogspot.com

An ecumenical Service of Healing is offered every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in the

All Saints’ Chapel,

8787 River Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229

A couple of reminders: 

Thursday, June 7, noon Bro John Ogle – Intercessory Prayer Class

Thursday, June 21, 6:00 p.m. Annual Picnic at Roslyn 

Thursday, July 12 – August 23, No Agenda Fellowship Brown Bag Lunches

Thursday, September 13, 7:00 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Sandra Levy – dinner at 6:00 p.m.

You do not have to be a member of the Order of St. Luke to attend a 10:30 a.m.,Thursday Healing Service or one of the monthly meetings. Visitors are always welcome.

Beginning June 7 at noon, Bro. John Ogle, who is a vowed Solitary First Order Franciscan Friar whose bridge ministry is Christian Healing, will teach a three-week class on intercessory prayer in the All Saints Library. If you have ever wanted to feel comfortable praying for someone, this class will help prepare you. The class will begin promptly at noon and will last about 30 minutes. If you would like to bring a brown-bag lunch, please do so. For more information, please call Jacque Womble at 358-3344. There is no charge for this class.

The Annual OSL picnic is Thursday, June 21, 6:00 p.m. at Roslyn,

8727 River Rd. Richmond, Va. 23229

. The screened in picnic shelter is near the main entrance. This is a potluck picnic. Please call Jacque at 358-3344 if you plan to attend and what you would like to bring.

Beginning July 12 through August 23, OSL members and guests will meet for a fellowship brown bag lunch in the All Saints Library. There is no agenda. It is a come when you can and chat perhaps about a book you have recently read, trip you have taken, a spiritual concern or how your garden is producing.

2012 Spring Schedule

THE SAINT LUKE LETTER

A Publication of the Richmond Chapter

of the International Order of St. Luke the Physician

8787 River Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229

www.oslrichmond.blogspot.com

An ecumenical Service of Healing is offered every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in the

All Saints’ Chapel,

8787 River Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229

A couple of reminders: 

Thursday, April 12, 6:00 p.m. The Rev. James Iswariah –

Healing Service and Eucharist at 6:00 p.m., covered dish dinner 6:30, speaker 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 10, 6:00 p.m. Induction of New Members – Trinity United Methodist Church

Healing Service and Eucharist at 6:00 p.m., covered dish dinner 6:30, speaker 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 21, 6:00 p.m. Annual Picnic at Roslyn –

8727 River Rd. Richmond, Va. 23229

 

Thursday, September 13, 6:00 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Sandra Levy –

Healing Service and Eucharist at 6:00 p.m., covered dish dinner 6:30, speaker 7:00 p.m.

We have some great programs scheduled for the spring. You do not have to be a member of the Order of St. Luke to attend a weekly Healing Service or one of the monthly meetings. Visitors are always welcome.

For the next several months we will not have a monthly brown-bag luncheon. It is being replaced with an evening Healing Service and Eucharist at 6:00 p.m. in the All Saints’ Chapel, followed by dinner and the speaker promptly at 7:00 p.m. All are welcome to attend. We are sorry that the Rev. Dr. Jack Sheffield has had to reschedule his visit with us.

On Thursday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. the Rev. James Iswariah is the speaker for the Order of St. Luke’s April 12, 7:00 p.m. meeting. A Healing Service and Eucharist will be at 6:00 p.m. in the All Saints’ Chapel, followed by a covered dish dinner and Rev. Iswariah’s talk in the Parish Hall. He is the vicar of St. Martin’s, Doswell and St. David’s in Aylett and prefers to be called James. Both churches support an active Food Pantry program for the area. St. David's has a free clinic that serves the uninsured.

James was ordained as a priest in 1980. He served in the Diocese of Madras, Church of South India and in the Diocese of Perth, Australia. While in Perth, Australia he was also a Chaplain of the Order of St. Luke and a Chaplin to the Royal Australian Air Force. The Iswariah family moved to Virginia in 1999. James and his wife Sheila have two children Ruth and Immanuel who live and work in Virginia.

On Thursday, May 10, at 6:00 p.m. we will celebrate with a covered dish dinner in the Parish Hall of Trinity United Methodist Church,

903 Forest Ave.

followed by the Induction of New Members at 7:00 p.m. The Rev. Teresa McRoberts, Associate Minister of Trinity is the speaker.

Winter and Spring 2012 Schedule

THE SAINT LUKE LETTER

A Publication of the Richmond Chapter

of the International Order of St. Luke the Physician

8787 River Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229

www.oslrichmond.blogspot.com

An ecumenical Service of Healing is offered every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in the

All Saints’ Chapel,

8787 River Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229

A couple of reminders: 

Thursday, March 8, 7:00 p.m. John A. Harler, MD CCHP – dinner at 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 12, 7:00 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Jack Sheffield – dinner at 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 10, 7:00 p.m. Induction of New Members – dinner at 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 21, 6:00 p.m. Annual Picnic at Roslyn 

Thursday, September 13, 7:00 p.m. The Rev. Dr. Sandra M. Levy – dinner at 6:00 p.m.

We have some great programs scheduled for the winter and spring. You do not have to be a member of the Order of St. Luke to attend a Healing Service or one of the monthly meetings. Visitors are always welcome.

For the next several months we will not have a monthly brown-bag luncheon. It is being replaced with an evening meal at 6:00 p.m. in the All Saints Parish Hall and a speaker promptly at 7:00 p.m. The speaker will be followed by a Healing Service and Eucharist in the All Saints Chapel. All are welcome to attend.

On Thursday, March 8 at 7:00 p.m. John A. Harler, MD, CCHP is our evening speaker. Please note that our noon brown-bag luncheon has been moved to a soup and bread dinner beginning at 6:00 p.m. with Dr. Harler’s talk starting promptly at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Harler will continue the “How the Broken Heart Heals” theme in his presentation to us. Lucy Gunn is organizing the meal. Please contact her if you think you might attend. We want to make sure we have enough food and tables assembled.

He and his wife of 44 years, Jane, have three children and four granddaughters. They are members of St. Giles Presbyterian Church where he and his wife are active in the healing ministry. They also have served on the board of The Healing Center, Orkney Springs, Virginia for about 15 years and he has served as chairman for the past five years.  A healing conference is held at Shrine Mont annually in September.

Dr. Harler is also a member of the Christian Medical and Dental Association and Christian Medical Foundation that was founded by the late William Standish Reed, MD. Dr. Reed spoke to the Richmond Chapter of the Order of St. Luke numerous times and was a great friend of our chapter’s mentor the late Rev. Rufus Womble.

Dr. Harler’s future desire is, God willing, to some how carry on the legacy of Dr. Reed of mentoring young doctors in the practice of Christ-centered, whole person medicine by caring for the body, soul and spirit.

On Thursday, April 12 at 7:00 p.m. the Rev. Dr. Jack Sheffield the North American Director (Interim) is our speaker. In 1993, he was inducted as a Chaplin in the Austin, Texas OSL. In 2001, he and his wife Anna Marie left the parish ministry and began to travel North American as speakers and workshop leaders.

In 2004, they started Christ Healing Center in San Antonio. He said that “OSL is central and vital to the Healing Center. It is my desire to see Healing Centers all over North America.”

In 2003, he began to write of their experiences in healing. His first book, God’s Healing River followed by Under Healing Wings and The Genesis Seed and his fourth book Shekinah is on the way.

“As Interim North American Director, I believe it is my job to fire up, inspire and encourage this amazing organization, to honor its’ history and heritage, but to also go to new heights with expansion and growth. We must be reminded of how powerful our God is in a time of great challenges and struggle for so many people.” Jack explained. For more information on Jack and Anna Marie, please visit their website http://www.deepriverministries.org/ and http://www.christhealingcenter.org/.

On Thursday, May 10, at 6:00 p.m. we will celebrate with a covered dish dinner in the Parish Hall followed by the Induction of New Members at 7:00 p.m.     

Winter Speakers

THE SAINT LUKE LETTER

A Publication of the Richmond Chapter

of the International Order of St. Luke the Physician

8787 River Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229

www.oslrichmond.blogspot.com

An ecumenical Service of Healing is offered every Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in the

All Saints’ Chapel,

8787 River Road, Richmond, Virginia 23229

A couple of reminders: 

Thursday, February 9, noon monthly meeting The Rev. Virginia Heistand

Thursday, March 8, 7:00 p.m. John A. Harler, MD CCHP 

We have some great programs scheduled for the winter and spring. You don’t have to be a member of the Order of St. Luke to attend a Healing Service or one of the monthly meetings. Visitors are always welcome.

On Thursday, February 9 at noon following the 10:30 a.m. Healing Service, the Rev. Virginia Heistand is our speaker. She has been the Rector of historic Westover Episcopal Church in Charles City, Virginia since 2000. She was ordained in 1991 and has church experience in Arizona, California and Texas as well as Virginia. She has a particular passion for Scripture teaching, youth mission trips and Spiritual Direction. Her topic is “How the Broken Heart Heals”.

Please plan to attend, bring a lunch we will provide the drinks.

On Thursday, March 8 at 7:00 p.m. John A. Harler, MD, CCHP is our evening speaker. Please note that our noon brown-bag luncheon has been moved to a pot-luck dinner beginning at 6:00 p.m. with Dr. Harler’s talk starting at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Harler will continue the “How the Broken Heart Heals” theme in his presentation to us.

He and his wife of 44 years, Jane, have three children and four granddaughters. They are members of St. Giles Presbyterian Church where he and his wife are active in the healing ministry. They also have served on the board of The Healing Center, Orkney Springs, Virginia for about 15 years and he has served as chairman for the past five years.  A healing conference is held at Shrine Mont annually in September.

Dr. Harler is also a member of the Christian Medical and Dental Association and Christian Medical Foundation that was founded by the late William Standish Reed, MD. Dr. Reed spoke to the Richmond Chapter of the Order of St. Luke numerous times and was a great friend of our chapter’s mentor the late Rev. Rufus Womble.

Dr. Harler’s future desire is, God willing, to some how carry on the legacy of Dr. Reed of mentoring young doctors in the practice of Christ-centered, whole person medicine by caring for the body, soul and spirit.