“Your Hands are Set Apart for Healing”

Photo By Thomas Cieslak | Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Chaplain Kyle Lambertson, right, anoints the hands of Chief Petty Officer Raymond Weeks during a Blessing of the Hands ceremony held Wednesday, May 11. The ceremony included prayer and anointing of a caregiver’s hands with oil.  

CHERRY POINT, NC, UNITED STATES

05.11.2022

Story by Thomas Cieslak 

Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point

A ceremony held Wednesday, May 11 aboard Naval Health Clinic Cherry Point celebrated the healing hands of sailors and civilians serving aboard the clinic.

“If you look throughout history, you will see that oil is used as a sign of consecration, of setting something apart for a specific purpose,” said Chaplain Navy Lieutenant Junior Grade Kyle Lambertson during the ceremony. “Your hands are set apart for healing…and bringing comfort and care.”

The ceremony conducted by Lambertson and other Chaplains was a Blessing of the Hands and included prayer and anointing of a caregiver’s hands with oil. Staff attended the early morning ceremony in the clinic’s atrium before conducting their duties of the day.

• Date Taken: 05.11.2022
• Date Posted: 05.11.2022 09:02
• Story ID: 420447
• Location: CHERRY POINT, NC, US