Dean Seal. Photo Courtesy of Minnesota Public Radio.

We recieved the following email from the Rev. Dean Seal, who fell ill late last month:

“Thanks so much for your prayers and that of the PTCA. I am out of hospital and at home, sleeping about 18 hours a day.

I was in an induced coma for 8 days- I’m not surre of much else, but I’ll get you a more full report in about three weeks.”

Please continue to keep Dean in your prayers.

Dean Seal. Photo Courtesy of Minnesota Public Radio.

Rev. Deal Seal, a parish associate at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis, is in critical condition at Abbott-Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis.  According to Rev. Denise Dunbar-Perkins, a chaplain at Abbott-Northwestern, Seal was at the hospital on Thursday evening to pick up perscriptions when he collapsed.  During this episode, Dean’s heart had stopped.  Currently he is intibated at the hospital and while he is still in bad shape, Denise says he is “100 percent better” than he was last night.  

The doctors are still determining what happened to Dean.   

Rev. Tim Hart-Andersen, the Head of Staff at Westminster is requesting the Presbytery be in prayer for Dean and his family. We ask especially as we prepare for this Sunday’s worship, that the PTCA remember Dean and pray for his healing.     

 O God,
the strength of the weak and the comfort of sufferers,
mercifully hear our prayers
and grant to your servant Dean,
the help of your power,
that his sickness may be turned into health
and our sorrow into joy;
through Jesus Christ. Amen.   -from the Book of Common Prayer.