Wholeness Wheel
Listen and learn about the Wholeness Wheel from Pastor Ron’s sermon on Sunday, February 1, In Sickness and In Health.
Health & Welness Survey
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Health & Wellness Survey during January 2010. The results are provided below:
All Results All Congregations Summary
2009 H1N1 Vaccine Target Groups*
2009 H1N1 Vaccine Target Groups*
- Pregnant women
- Household contacts and caregivers for children younger than 6 months old
- Healthcare and emergency medical services personnel
- All people from 6 months through 24 years of age
- People aged 25 through 64 years with chronic health conditions (including asthma, heart disease, diabetes, HIV, and other disorders)
*As recommended by the CDC. Ask your doctor what flu vaccines are recommended for you.
Practice Healthy Habits During Flu Season
Practice Healthy Habits During Flu Season to protect yourself and others from getting sick
- Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it. If a tissue is unavailable, cough or sneeze into your shoulder or elbow instead of your hands.
- Wash your hands often or use hand sanitizer. Hand sanitizer stations are now available in the BLC narthex, the hospitality desk and the fellowship hall in addition to restroom hand washing facilities.
“Sharing of the peace” may be expressed through a traditional handshake or alternately, by other expressions of greeting such as a touch on the arm, a hand wave or other no-contact gestures of goodwill.
- Avoid touching your eyes, nose, or mouth.
- Get the seasonal flu vaccine and the 2009 H1N1 flu vaccine. A seasonal flu vaccine will NOT protect you against 2009 H1N1. Ask your doctor what flu vaccines are recommended for you.
- Try to avoid close contact with sick people.
- Keep sick children at home.
- If you have flu-like symptoms (fever with cough or sore throat), stay home for at least 24 hours after you are free of fever without the use of fever-reducing medications.
If you are ill and not able to attend church, you are encouraged to continue participation through Bethany’s website http://www.bethany-denver.org/ where sermons and other valuable ministry information is available. If you do not have computer access, please call the church at 303.758.2820 for information to be mailed to you and/or for additional assistance.
What else is BLC doing to minimize exposure to the flu?
- Nursery toys are sanitized each week
- Communion Assistants use hand sanitizers before and after communion distribution
In partnership with BLC’s leadership and pastoral staff, your Health and Wellness Cabinet (HWC) welcome your support and assistance to stay healthy during the 2009-2010 flu season.
Flu is a serious contagious disease.
If you are sick with flu-like illness, the CDC recommends you stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone except to get medical care or for other necessities.
Flu – like symptoms associated with both the Seasonal Flu as well as the new, 2009 H1N1 Flu include:
- Fever
- Cough
- Sore throat
- Runny or stuffy nose
- Body aches
- Headache
- Chills
- Fatigue
- Some people may also have vomiting and diarrhea
Health Stewardship
This series of articles was produced by Oakwood Healtcare (Michigan), who has kindly given us permission to reproduce the series. Oakwood’s philosophy in making the series available to faith communities is reflected in this statement from their website: There is no gift more basic to our purpose in the physical world than our bodies. Stewardship of Health treats the right use and care of one’s body as a fundamental value of the Christian faith. Each article makes this point in terms of the practical teaching and human example of Jesus, concepts that find blessing and meaning in things as they are.
Oakwood Healthcare, Inc., 2008. All rights reserved. Used with permission – Contact Jack Lindsey (drjacklindsey@comcast.net) for information.
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