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FAITH COMMUNITY NURSE/LAYHEALTH ADVOCATE TRAINING CLASSES START IN JUNE!
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to
start or expand a Health Ministry
in your congregation
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ANNUAL HEALTH GUIDE FOR HEALTH MINISTRIES
Click here for information that will assist you in
establishing or strengthening a Health Ministry in your congregation
including a
different health emphasis for each month of the year.
Click below to view the Channel 5
interview with Dr. Michael Minor on the eve of his visit with First Lady Michelle Obama in Jackson on March 3, 2010
Healthy Congregations
a coalition of faith
community leaders working together to
Build Healthier Communities
Our goals are to:
·
increase and support the
number of Health Ministries in
congregations
·
reduce the prevalence of
preventable chronic diseases
·
empower the faith
community as Voices for Change
to improve access to
healthy foods and safe places for
children to play
Why Start a Health
Ministry
-
Health
Ministries in congregations can
foster the unique relationship
between spirituality and health.
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Healthy members of congregations are
better equipped to lead productive
lives and to serve others.
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30% of
Mississippi children have an
unhealthy weight and are on a path
to becoming the first generation in
our history to die younger than
their own parents.
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More
than 80% of chronic diseases (like
high blood pressure, diabetes,
hypertension, heart attack and
stroke) are preventable through
better nutrition, increased physical
activity and tobacco cessation.
Read more of
Why Start a Health Ministry?
Meet our
Healthy Congregations Board
Click
Here to view Healthy Congregations
Progress Report.
