Healthy Congregations
a
non-denominational coalition of
faith-based organizations in the MS
Delta!
Representatives from several
congregations in three counties gathered
in Hernando for a full day workshop in
October to learn how to start and expand
Health Ministries in their own churches.
Click
here
for a toolkit to help get your Health
Ministry started…..
FAITH BASED HEALTH MINISTRIES
A Church Health
Summit convened by Get A Life in 2006
and subsequent training opportunities
have spurred the growth of health
ministries in various congregations in
Desoto, Marshall and Tate Counties.
Now, groups in several additional
counties are being formed to meet
quarterly for training and networking.
Healthy
Congregations, a regional faith-based
coalition with advisory board members
from six denominations representing more
than 600 congregations and encompassing
most of north Mississippi, has been
formed to mobilize and empower people
who want to help make our state a
healthier place to live.
Healthy
Congregations, has three main
priorities:
·
Support the establishment
and growth of health ministries in
individual congregations through
training, technical support and
resources
·
Connect a growing network
of faith-based groups promoting better
health
·
Convene a regional Health
Summit in October 2009 to provide
training, showcase best practices and
promote advocacy for addressing the
social determinants of health and
disparities that contribute to lower
life expectancy, higher rates of chronic
disease and other disproportionate
obstacles to good health in Mississippi.
Healthy
Congregations has adopted the Healthy
People 2010 Leading Health Indicators as
a framework for ending childhood obesity
and the chronic diseases obesity causes
along with other leading causes of poor
health and death in Mississippi.
Membership in Healthy Congregations is
open to all faith groups who wish to
join the coalition.
A toolkit to make
establishing a Health Ministry in local
congregations easier includes Ten Steps
for Getting Started, a simple but
effective planning guide, survey forms
and an annual health guide highlighting
a different health issue each month. A
wealth of information and resources are
also available to congregations through
the toolkit.
Healthy
Congregations Advisory Board members
are:
Chair, Michael O.
Minor, Dean Hammond Hill Congress, NM
Ministerial Association
Rev. Vickie
Sizemore-Tandy - Supt. for UMC Senatobia
District
Cheryl Denley –
Asst. to Rev. Tandy, UMC Senatobia
District
Dr. Bessie Tables –
Marshall County Baptist District
Association
Jeannine Gaudet,RN
– Sacred Heart Southern Mission
Hylon Oliver –
Tunica Baptist Association
Loretta Miller –
Sunday School Publishing Board
Deborah Moore
–Church of Christ
Phyllis Sanford –
AME/Batesville - Memphis District
2007
Faith Based Workshop
At a
workshop sponsored by GET A LIFE,
teams from various congregations
five counties gaining tremendous
information and encouragement from
nationally know expert, Rosetta Swinton,
about how to start an effective Health
Ministry.
Health Ministry Toolkit
Faith Based Health Ministry
Toolkit-click here
For more
information regarding Healthy
Congregations, contact Judy Belue at
judy@kidsgetalife.org
Nutritional Resources
Dash for Good Health Southern Style
Cookbook
Sponsored by
Get a Life!
An
initiative of the
Community Foundation of Northwest
Mississippi
to
prevent childhood obesity
To register or get more
information, contact Get a Life!
@662-298-0027
Judy Belue, Regional
Health Director - judy@kidsgetalife.org
Janaye
Anderson, Assistant - janaye@kidsgetalife.org
