Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry Certificate Program

(NOTE: this program is offered in partnership with the Institute of Spiritual Healing and Aromatherapy. Registration is handled through their website.)

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Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry (HTSM) Certificate Program: A year-long curriculum beginning in September of 2025

Does your church pastoral care program need a jumpstart?

Are you interested in energizing your laity?

Is your healing ministry team reaching out to the community?

Do they need a boost?

Does your healing ministry team know how to integrate the laying-on of hands with their prayer ministry?

Are you interested in biblical anointing?

If you answered yes to any of the above, consider the Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry certificate program.

The year-long Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry certificate program is a joint partnership program.  ISHA (The Institute of Spiritual Healing and Aromatherapy) and Rolling Ridge Retreat and Conference Center have joined forces to bring the Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry Practitioner Program to North Andover, MA.  You can now receive a certificate of completion for all classes in one location and journey through the program with a cohort of like-minded practitioners.  Within a year, you will receive credit for the full program and be able to bring a healing touch ministry to your church.

“Is anyone among you sick?  Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord.”  (James 5:14)

Our educational curriculum can help you accomplish all these things while energizing your church community and providing you with a means of Community Outreach and Community Care.  This education can encourage the discovery and development of spiritual gifts among your membership.  It can help build a network of Pastoral Care.  Our expert teachers can help you train congregational caregivers in a credentialed and credible program with written Ethics and Standards of Practice.  A Healing ministry can contribute to and support church growth; it can equip, encourage and empower lay leadership; and it can augment traditional medical care.  In short, it can be the answer to your prayer.

The Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry program has been taught in hundreds of churches from every faith denomination all over the United States.  We offer a certificate of completion as a Healing Practitioner after completing the five basic courses in four retreat sessions.  

SESSION 1 (Monday to Tuesday, Sept 15-16, 2025) = HTSM 101 & 102 - Introduction to Healing Ministry and Judeo-Christian Anointing  

This inspiring introductory retreat provides an overview of the history of healing in Christianity with the opportunity to experience the laying-on of hands.  An emphasis on anointing and how it was lost in history will also be included. The roles of prayer and belief and developing a healing presence are presented along with guided meditations. Nine essential oils commonly used in the Biblical times are  introduced with hands-on healing methods derived from the laying-on of hands.  

SESSION 2 (Monday to Tuesday, October 13-14, 2025) = HTSM 103: Using your Hands to Heal

The second retreat incorporates a variety of healing modalities that spring from the laying-on of hands found in our Christian heritage.  Bio-energetic healing principles are introduced within a spiritual ministry focus.  Topics include distance healing, healing of memories, meditation, working with the human energy field, and the path of the healing practitioner.  

SESSION 3 (Monday to Tuesday, March 23-24, 2026) = HTSM 104: Forming a Healing Practice

This third retreat presents advanced intervention methods to help with specific healing needs including intake interview, documentation of client sessions, bio-energetic assessment, back techniques, a one-hour healing session and ways to integrate this work into ministry settings.  Four single essential oils are introduced with this healing work.  Learning to document is important for any church setting.

SESSION 4 (Monday to Wednesday, April 27-29, 2026) = HTSM 105:  The Art of Listening to Spiritual Guidance

This fourth and final retreat introduces the student to awareness of Divine spiritual guidance in healing work through listening, seeing, feeling and knowing.  Advanced healing is introduced as a way to do deeper spiritual healing work with others.  Emphasis is on development of deeper listening, discernment of spirits and the roles of angelic helpers and the communion of saints in relation to spiritual guidance.  Five essential oils are introduced with this healing work.

Completing the basic program, the student can apply for a Certificate of Completion as a healing practitioner.  Some may feel called to finish the HTSM program by doing the Advanced Healing Practitioner Program.  

Continuing Education Credits Are Available

ISHA’s Healing Touch Spiritual Ministry program offers continuing education for nurses through Taylor College, CA.

Start time is 8:30am for all classes and ending time is 6pm each day.

Cost: $1250 for program tuition when paid in full on the ISHA website when you purchase HTSM BUNDLE #1.

Room and board are an additional cost.

After registering at ISHA for the HTSM bundle, please pay for your room and board at Rolling Ridge here. You must pay for both the tuition and room and board ( total $2,340) to complete your registration for the HTSM Certificate Program.