Healing for the body, mind and soul at four-day medical mission

A FOUR-DAY medical mission with a spiritual platform got underway on Sunday at the Independence Church of Christ at 8 Hellshire Drive Portmore, St Catherine, with residents of Independence City, Westchester, Waterford, Cumberland, Portsmouth and Greater Portmore turning out to benefit from this comprehensive healing mission.

“While we attend to the medical side of things, with doctors, dentists, psychologists, because we’ll have counselors, it is very important that we attend to the spiritual as well,” Minister Gary Cunningham told The Gleaner. “At the end of the day, man needs God.”

The annual event, which seeks to serve a minimum of 200 persons each day, will see the beneficiaries getting medical attention, interspersed with spiritual injections, Minister Cunningham explained.

“The intention is that we start the day with a five-to-ten minute devotion. Then as the people come in, while they wait for the different services, we try to engage them in a short Bible studies and so, for like five minutes. In the evening, we will have a service lasting at most two hours. So, that would start at 7:00 and by 9:00, it’s ended.”

A HIT WITH YOUTH

In fact, these devotion sessions proved to be quite a hit with especially the young people.

The event, which is timed to coincide with the back-toschool calendar, sees children coming in for special attention, with the Colgate mobile dental unit providing a wide range of services. Courts Optical also turned up to provide eye-testing. The team of volunteers includes local and overseas doctors, dentists, nurses, psychologists, family counselors and pharmacists with supporting staff offering in depth comprehensive assessment and treatment as needed.