Healing is a significant part of the church’s ministry and this happens in many ways through all the ministers of the church. (Remember that all who are baptized here are given a stole with the words, “you are invested as a minister of the gospel.”) One of the ways in which we continue to carry out Christ’s healing ministry through the Church is by integrating rites of healing in our lives together. Rites for healing are part of our tradition and have existed throughout the life of the church.