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Organist uses music for healing

Organist uses music for healing
WEBVTT USING IT TO HEAL HIMSELF. ROB: KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S ANDREW OZAKI HAS THIS NEW STORY FROM LINCOLN. REPORTER: HIS MUSIC IS HIS PRAYER TO GOD. >> IT MAKES ME CLOSER TO GOD THAN ALMOST ANY THING I DO. REPORTER: THAT’S WHY FOR TED GRAY, BEING ABLE TO PLAY AN ORGAN AGAIN THREE MONTHS AFTER SUFFERING A MASSIVE STROKE, IS A GOD SEND. >> IT GIVES ME HOPE AND IT GIVES ME CONFIDENCE TO KEEP GOING AHEAD. REPORTER: IN JUNE, THE 57-YEAR-OLD INJURED HIS SPINAL CORD FROM AN ACCIDENTAL FALL WHILE ON THE OPERATING TABLE, HIS CAROTID ARTERY BURST. I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL ON A VENTILATOR FOR A WHILE. I LOOKED KIND OF BAD. THEY DIDN’T THINK I WAS GOING TO MAKE IT. REPORTER: IN AUGUST, GRAY WAS MOVED TO MADONNA REHABILITATION HOSPITAL’S LINCOLN CAMPUS. >> WE COME IN BUSTED UP AND THEY HEAL US AND PUT US BACK TOGETHER. REPORTER: STAFF LEARNED EARLY ON ABOUT GRAY’S LOVE OF MUSIC. HOW HE ACTUALLY STARTED A TUESDAY EVENING PRAYER SERVICE AT THE SALEM UNITED METHODIST CHURCH SATELITTE MINSTRY ON LAKE MANNAWA. >> FROM THEN ON, IT KIND OF GOT IN THE BACK OF OUR MINDS. REPORTER: OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST JESSICA BARGES KNEW MADONNA HAD A ORGAN IN ITS CHAPEL, SO SHE PULLED OUT ALL THE STOPS. >> WE JUST KIND OF BROUGHT HIM IN AND SURPRISED HIM. REPORTER: BEFORE HE KNEW IT, HE WAS PLAYING FOR SERVICES. >> YOU SAW HIM LIGHT UP WHEN HE GOT TO PLAY AGAIN, AND IT WAS VERY MOTIVATING. REPORTER: HELPING HIS BALANCE, CONCENTRATION, DOING A L HEALING HIMSELF WHILE HELPING OTHERS HEAL AS WELL. >> IT’S NICE TO HEAR THEM SING. IT’S NICE TO HAVE A CROWD HERE AND TO PLAY IN FRONT OF PEOPLE AGAIN. I’M JUST GLAD TO BE ALIVE. I’M JUST GLAD TO BE HERE. REPORTER: IN LINCOLN, ANDREW OZAKI, KETV NEWSWA
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Organist uses music for healing
An organist built his ministry through music. Now he’s using it to heal himself.

An organist built his ministry through music. Now he’s using it to heal himself.

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