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Health Ministry Tips to Jumpstart Your Congregation to Better Health

This article was featured in the Fall 2016: Health Ministry Matters print issue. Click here to see the complete table of contents.

Communication

If there is a health ministry team at your church, find out what they do, why they exist, and who is involved. Contact the health ministry leader and communicate your interest in working to promote health in your congregation.
Getting Others to Get Medical Attention

Build a relationship between your leader, the congregation and you as a health promoter. Help members to have a good idea that you are connected to health issues and awareness by sharing newsletters, planning long-term and short-term health ministry activities, and talking about health concerns.
Initial Planning of Projects and Events

Ask your congregational leader and some key people about specific health needs that they have noticed in your congregation. Share what you have seen and also get their opinion. If you already have a health ministry in your congregation, take your idea to them also to see how they may want you to proceed. Do they want you to help or lead?
Choosing Volunteers

Choose a combination of volunteers who are dependable, experienced, well-known, active and also those who are eager and new to volunteerism. A willing heart is an added bonus for volunteering. Fresh new ideas combined with experience makes ministry easier to manage and more enjoyable!
Publicizing

Include clearly written information that answers such questions as when, where, why you are holding the activity or event; who is invited; directions to the site; costs or donations required; items to bring. People should know all that it takes to participate and to support the event.
Follow-up and Follow-through

Once an event or activity is decided upon and volunteers are chosen, plan and follow a time line. Time lines are guides that help us set task completion dates. Do not be too rigid or too lax! Also do a budget and a wish list.
Self-care

Schedule daily meditations or prayer so that you will be more relaxed and in tune with what you may need to do next and when you need to rest.

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