US EditionAltar acupuncture: A Minneapolis church brings well-being sessions to its migrant ministry
- St. Paul's-San Pablo Lutheran Church in Minneapolis provided a two-hour wellness session with acupuncture on Sunday, April 27, 2025, after worship.
- During the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement efforts, the church broadened its support services—including humanitarian, financial, legal, and spiritual aid—to address the growing distress and trauma experienced by migrants.
- The wellness program offers free acupuncture, Reiki, and cupping therapies that aim to ease stress for migrants, including undocumented people and mixed-status families.
- Lizete Vega, the Latino outreach coordinator, emphasized that maintaining emotional and physical well-being is essential for effective action, cautioning against reacting with anxiety or fear, as such responses are unhelpful.
- The church's wellness efforts help migrants cope with trauma and fear of deportation, showing a growing role of mental health care in faith communities.
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Altar Acupuncture: A church offers wellness sessions to its migrant ministry
Just after Sunday service at St. Paul’s-Saint Paul’s Lutheran Church, Juan Carlos Toapanta lay on an armchair next to the altar, with needles sticking out of his forehead, wrist and foot for an hour’s acupuncture session. “Just as the light of the Lord helps emotionally, bodily pain is also relieved,” said the Ecuadorian construction worker, who suffers from sciatica and has been attending the church in Minneapolis for about five months. “Everyt…
Altar acupuncture: A Minneapolis church brings well-being sessions to its migrant ministry
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Right after Sunday worship at St. Paul’s-San Pablo Lutheran Church, Juan Carlos Toapanta lay in a lounge chair set up by the altar, needles sticking out of his forehead, wrist and foot for an hourlong acupuncture session. “Just like the Lord’s light helps emotionally, the body’s pain is treated as well,” said the Ecuadorian construction worker, who suffers from sciatica and has worshipped at the Minneapolis church for about fi…
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