Healing Waters Parish

Healing Waters Parish
101 Main Street
Hanley Falls, MN 56245
ph: 507-768-3417
news@healingwatersparish.org

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Healing Waters Parish is a five-congregation partnership of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America serving Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. The five churches in Healing Waters are Augustana Lutheran of Clarkfield, Bergen Lutheran of rural Granite Falls, St. Lucas Lutheran of rural Cottonwood, Swede Home Lutheran of rural Clarkfield and Yellow Medicine Lutheran of Hanley Falls.

Ash Wednesday and Lenten worship

Ash Wednesday, February 22, begins the 2012 Lenten season. For details about worship, supper and coffee times, click here.

Sonja VanLeeuwe writing new book

Sonja VanLeeuwe, a member of Swede Home Lutheran, is currently in the process of publishing her book based on the life and death of her daughter, Madison. At less than five months old, Madison died May 13, 2010, of a rare liver ailment.

It is titled A Balloon in the Snowstorm: Madison's Journey. “My goal with this book is to promote awareness among the general public as well as medical professionals and to provide support for anyone who is in a similar situation or has lost a child,” VanLeeuwe said.

The book is expected to be released this spring, although the release date has not yet been set. For anyone interested in following its progress, they can visit VanLeeuwe’s Facebook page "Madison's Journey." For those who are not on Facebook, she have also been updating Madison's caringbridge sitehttp://www.caringbridge.org/visit/madisonvanleeuwe.

Our Mission

God calls us to mission and ministry in our rural prairie communities and to the world. Gathered in faith and nurtured by Word and Sacrament, we commit ourselves to share a hope for the future, to use our resources and talents guided by the Holy Spirit, and to work together to expand our ministry to serve others in the name of Jesus Christ.

Our Name

The name "Healing Waters Parish" was chosen because each church is in Yellow Medicine County. "Yellow medicine" plants, which grow by the flowing waters of the Yellow Medicine River, were used by the Dakota for their healing powers. In the waters of baptism we are nourished, healed, and restored; we invite and encourage you to join our healing parish.