WHO ARE YOU Resource Center

Step 1:
WHO ARE YOU?

What the Initiative Means to You

Step 3:
Your Health/Wellness

Step 4:
Additional Support Programs

 

 

Step 2: Individuals and Families-
WHAT THE INITIATIVE MEANS TO YOU

PERSONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS

The following seventh initiative was approved at Annual Conference 2006:

TO EMPHASIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-CARE FOR CLERGY, STAFF AND LAITY AND TO FACILITATE INTENTIONAL HEALTH MINISTRIES FOR BODY, MIND AND SPIRIT IN AND THROUGH OUR CHURCHES.

Your health and wellness are of vital importance to this conference. Clergy of the Arkansas Conference are asked to support the Vision Initiatives adopted by the conference in their ministry efforts. The first step in individual health, however, begins with you. Achieving "Total Health" takes commitment, determination and faith.

The good news is that this resource gives you the tools to get there. As you explore this site, you will be given the opportunity to find programs you are eligible for, assess your own personal health, set goals, and achieve them.

"We are called to live our lives as a spiritual example, alive and free. Our appearance does make an impression, whether we like it or not. If we are overweight or physically unfit, our example is not of someone under the kingship of God, but of someone out of control. If we struggle with simple life experiences because we are too tired, irritable, lethargic, or worried, how do we help those in need? We want people to see the spirit of God – that we are different, new and free."

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DID YOU KNOW?

41% of Americans say they have been cured of an illness or had their condition significantly improved as a result of personal prayer or meditation. (Yankelovich Partners, 1998)

Those who attend religious services at least once a week have been shown to have stronger immune system function compared with less frequent attendees. (Koenig et al, 1997)

Patients are three times more likely to survive open-heart surgery if they depend on their religious faith. (Oxman et al, 1995)

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