Elim Lutheran

OGDEN — The Stephen Ministers of Elim Evangelical Lutheran Church, 575 23rd St., will conduct a full service of healing at 10 a.m. Sunday.

This service is open to any person of any faith who feels the need for physical, mental or spiritual healing, states a church news release.

The service will focus on prayers of healing, laying on of hands and anointing with the sign of the cross.

Stephen Ministers, along with Pastor DanaLee Simon, will lead the service, but everyone will be invited to take part in the laying on of hands.

OGDEN — The Stephen Ministers of Elim Evangelical Lutheran Church, 575 23rd St., Ogden, will conduct a full service of healing at 10 a.m. Sunday.

According to a news release from the church, Pastor DanaLee Simon said this date was chosen intentionally in the midst of Advent because, “as glorious a time of year as this can be, it is also a difficult time of year for those who struggle with depression or who are missing loved ones who have died or who can’t be home for the holidays.”

OGDEN — Pastor DanaLee Simon of Elim Lutheran Church, 575 23rd St., will perform “The Blessing of the Backpacks” during the 10 a.m. worship service this Sunday on the church lawn.

OGDEN — Outdoor worship will begin at 10 a.m. Sunday, at Elim Lutheran Church, 575 23rd St., in Ogden, said congregational president Rick Givens.

“Outdoor worship at Elim during the summer is our opportunity to worship under Utah’s beautiful, blue skies and to share God’s word with the community surrounding us,” he said.

OGDEN -- Beginning this Sunday at 9 a.m., Sharon Moore, of Elim Lutheran Church, 575 23rd St., in Ogden, will teach a four-week adult education course titled "Hymns of Community."

According to a news release from the church, the course will take participants on a Biblical exploration of grace through the poetry, music and history of four beloved hymns.

OGDEN -- Elim Lutheran Church, 575 23rd St., will have its second annual chili cookoff at 11:15 a.m. Sunday.

The event will be a fundraiser for Elim's Boy Scout Troop 54. The money raised will help fund Troop 54's summer camp and four Scouts' 2013 BSA Jamboree in West Virginia, according to a news release from the church.

OGDEN -- Linda Staats, assistant to the Bishop for Youth and Household Ministry for the Rocky Mountain Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, will deliver the sermon during the 10 a.m. worship service this Sunday at Elim Lutheran Church, 575 23rd St., in Ogden.