Praying For Mary Schwartz
During our second service today, Mary (resident grandmother of Pinecrest, Ray’s mom) got really dizzy…so dizzy, she passed out.
Of course, there are only a handful of people in the audience that can see what is going on – Ray (who is preaching) being one of them. Ray stops preaching and asks people to help Mary. Of course, most of us have no idea what is going on.
But what happened next was just awesome to watch.
First, the service stopped and church started. We had an ER doctor and an ER nurse in the congregation who immediately came over and started helping. Someone else called 911. Somebody else just held Mary’s hand. Somebody else cleared that side of the auditorium so that when the paramedics showed up there would be a clear path and room to work. The rest of the congregation just started praying.
Mary’s okay right now. Her EKG was fine but they kept her overnight to watch her.
But as our church was praying instead of ‘doing the service’ I had the sneaky suspicion that this was probably more pleasing to the Father – The Bride praying.
3 Responses to “Praying For Mary Schwartz”
This is an awesome example . Hope Mary is feeling much better.
I hope she is feeling much better. Apparently this was the day for such things. During our second service someone fell ill and had to be helped out as well. It was discreet, so most people didn’t know it was happening, though.
Thanks Grant … perfect way to put it! And my mom laughed when I told her …”shortest message ever! 2 min!!!”