Who are we?

Home Worship News Who we are How to find us Programs Staff e-mail home@healingwaters parish.org		Gathered in faith - Sent to serve Healing Waters Parish is made up of six congregations in southwestern Minnesota, in the eastern half of Yellow Medicine County: Augustana Bergen Hazel Run St. Lucas Swede Home Yellow Medicine 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. 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.

		We give thanks for the ministry among us of Israel Lutheran Church, now completed. After more than a century of effective and committed proclamation of the Gospel, Israel celebrated its final Christmas service on December 23, 2007.

		Healing Waters Parish has recently been highlighted on the Church Collaboration web site, a place for sharing ways that congregations can work together. Some of the most creative collaborations come from rural areas, and offer opportunities for vigorous ministry among declining populations.














		January 31 , 2009

Gathered in faith - Sent to serve