Use your personal faith to spread the health! Health Through Faith
and Community is a unique study guide that encourages Christian
congregations to enhance the well-being of individual church
members as well as society as a whole. Presented as eight study
sessions that can be used independently or combined for an in-depth
learning process, this notebook-size guide includes unique insights
and learning activities from an ecumenical Christian perspective
about the physical, mental, social, and environmental aspects of
health. This well-referenced book includes more than 50
illustrations, handouts, and figures, as well as numerous resources
for prayer, activity, discussion, self-reflection, Bible study, and
practical applications that will help connect personal faith with
congregations and communities. The study sessions presented in
Health Through Faith and Community are arranged in a series that
can be easily adapted to adult Sunday school classes, workshops,
retreats, and independent study. Sessions focus on individual
themes and each builds on the previous one, blending together
various learning approaches, including factual information,
self-assessment and reflection exercises, small group discussion,
and interaction exercises. The book also provides notes and
guidelines for a study leader, handouts, overhead projection
materials, suggested prayers, and Bible passages, materials for
group discussions and exercises, Internet resources, and
supplemental activities. Each study session presented in Health
Through Faith and Community includes: an opening prayer to
reinforce the group's intention to learn together a review of
working definitions, concepts, and content, all presented in
layperson's terms material from relevant Christian
sources-scriptures, personal stories, images, literature, poetry,
art introspective activities that can be done in-group settings or
privately group interaction-stories, spontaneous dialogue, and
interactive exercises a holistic Christian perspective on faith and
healing reflections by the session leader on ways to learn more
about nurturing well-being in individuals, relationships, and the
community The study sessions build to a final session that helps
congregations create goals to promote personal and social health in
the church community, the local community, and beyond. Health
Through Faith and Community is an invaluable resource for pastoral
counselors, chaplains, retreat leaders, parish nurses, and
faith-based social workers.
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