Faith Community Nurse Ministry
-
Associated with BayCare Hospitals, this ministry offers free blood pressure screenings and general information one Sunday each month. Blood pressures are monitored by keeping a monthly record of your monthly blood pressure rates.
If you are a registered nurse who is interested in participating in this ministry, please contact Lisa Booth.
-
Monthly Article
June 2017Staying Healthy through Gardening
“Doing something is always better than doing nothing. A seven-year study of 12,000 middle-aged men at high risk for coronary heart disease showed that those who kept up moderate, leisure-time physical activity for an average of 50 minutes every day were healthier than those who did little or nothing. One of the top choices of these active men was gardening.”
The following are a few lessons you can learn from the garden:
- A garden shows us the miracle of birth and rebirth.
- A garden reminds us of the value of intention—plan, prepare, nurture.
- A garden gives us the courage to take a leap of faith, trusting each seed we sow willsprout, grow and flourish.
- A garden reminds us that process can be everything.
- A garden teaches us patience.
- A garden lets us work the soil, teaching us that everything is interrelated and interdependent.
Why not enjoy the company? It is never too late to plant a garden!