It's an interesting choice for the story, I wonder if they read it before they used it?
It's John 5:2-15, not just John 5:7.
This man had been ill for 38 years, and in want for others to help him, and fable to cure him, but in one day Jesus appealed to his spirit, asking him if he wanted to be made whole.
It's a good, first question to ask.
He didn't lower him into the water. He didn't touch him, simply told him to "rise, take up thy bed and walk".
Let's hope they consider that in their meetings.
Oh, and in verse 14, he told him to do something else important...