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RESOURCES

THE LIBRARY contains a large selection of books, which may be borrowed. There are also audio & video tape titles in the library. If you wish to borrow these please take the cassette box to the Receptionist.

A number of LEAFLETS on various subjects are on display and available in Reception, most of them are written by previous Chaplains and the current chaplain.

Information about the Fellowship
ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP - a summary of how the Fellowship is run (aims, groups, prayer cards, intercessors, events, membership)
THE LOVE OF GOD HEALS - how can we help you - plus a list of all the leaflets
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? - for those coming for ministry (Ian Cowie)
WHO ARE WE? An introduction to what we do. (Helen Richardson)

Principles that have guided us in Christian Healing Work
HEALING THREADS - showing the many different ways in which healing happens (Jenny Williams)
KOINONIA (in communion) - being the body of Christ and studying the gospels
WE ARE HEALING ALL THE TIME - healing as a natural process (Jenny Williams)

To offer you support
CRISIS - what is a crisis and what to do next. (Ian Cowie)
FORGIVENESS - what are the choices if somebody hurts me? (Ian Cowie)
GRIEF JOURNEY - the different stages of grief (David Flagg)
LIGHT IN DARKNESS - lines of thought in poetic form offering light in the darkness (Ian Cowie)
UNDERSTANDING ME - Three poems - The Loom of Life, God and ME, Faith (Ian Cowie)
WHO SAID IT WAS INCURABLE? Hoping for a miracle? Working with others. (Ian Cowie)
YOU AND YOUR DOCTOR - five ways to wholeness

Ways of offering Christian Healing
CHRISTIAN LISTENING - What, why, where of how to do Christian listening. (Ian Davidson)
LISTENING TO GOD - Praying in Groups of Three (Christian Listening)
HEALING TIMES & SPACES (Jenny Williams)
THE HEALING OF MEMORIES (Inner Healing)
for when we have hurt people or been hurt by them (Ian Cowie)
A HEALING MINISTRY - How to provide a ministry of healing in your parish? (Ian Davidson)
HIS TOOL RACK - the tools we use when healing, intercession, group prayers, laying-on of hands, sacraments, anointing with oil, healing memories, christian listening, etc (Ian Cowie)
INTERCESSION - How to intercede on behalf of others (Ian Cowie)

Healing Prayers
HAND PRAYERS - Praying through the week using the body not words (Jenny Williams)
PRAY FOR . . . What happens when we pray for others?
PRAYER IS OUR JOB - How we deal with prayer requests. (Ian Cowie)
PRAYING FOR HEALING - How to pray for others (Jenny Williams)
SPIRITUAL DISCIPLINES - How to approach prayer as a discipline
THREE PRAYERS - to be used before Communion (St Patrick’s Breastplate)

Please note these leaflets are not definitive statements of the views of the Fellowship - they are resources which we and others have found helpful. If there are other issues or aspects of the leaflets on which you would like further discussion, please do get in touch and we will respond as we are able.

Jenny Williams also wrote an article for Spirited Scotland (www.spiritedscotland.org.)

York Courses also provide a series of leaflets and the one entitled The Archbishop's School for Wholeness and Healing is very good.

Archbishop Rowan Williams also wrote an article for the Guild of St Raphael's which encompasses the theology of healing. www.archbishopofcanterbury.org