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First Presbyterian Church of Honeoye Falls 27 North Main Street, P.O. Box 568, Honeoye Falls, New York 14472 (585) 624-2160 |
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Let's Get Moving!
A Walking Program for Congregations
Presbyterians, like many of our colleagues and neighbors, tend to live rather sedentary lives. We often sit behind desks or around committee tables exercising our minds, but not our bodies. This life-style, combined with a life-long opportunity to eat as often and as much as we like, can contribute to our individual girth and place us at increased risk for cardiovascular events and diabetes.
Walking programs are an ideal way for congregations to focus on an opportunity for individual Presbyterians to practice good stewardship of our own bodies and health collectively. Many congregations are already using walking as an activity and some have formal walking programs in place. Let's Get Moving is an option for those who wish to have a more formalized program.
According to some sources, the rate of walking has dropped by 42 percent over the past 20 years. Over that same period, the number of overweight people in the US has increased by 40 percent. The health benefits of walking are astonishing. Not only does walking help reduce stress, it also reduces the risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, stroke, and breast or colon cancer.
Walking stimulates the brain to release endorphins, the body's natural opiates, which can make you feel better about life right away. It also stimulates the brain to increase production of the neurotransmitter serotonin, another potent mood elevater. Walking requires neither club membership nor pre-certification/approval from your healthcare insurance provider. The weather is warming, green is re-emerging and there is no better time to take a deep breath, clear the winter fog from our lungs and MOVE!
Source: Health Ministries USA / PC (USA)
A Walking Program for Congregations
2006 UPDATE!
- » To submit your mileages for compilation, please send an email to .
- » OR, deposit your miles in the black box on the porch of Annex 1, 31 N. Main St. There will be log sheets in the box, also.
- » Treadmill and biking distances are also welcome! It doesn't just have to be walking. We will include all in the total as they are great forms of exercise that we want to encourage.
- » The walking program in a joint program between FPCHF and ECHO.
- » Beginning in April 2006, new and exciting adventures in the walking program will be headed by Patti Neuman.
Presbyterians, like many of our colleagues and neighbors, tend to live rather sedentary lives. We often sit behind desks or around committee tables exercising our minds, but not our bodies. This life-style, combined with a life-long opportunity to eat as often and as much as we like, can contribute to our individual girth and place us at increased risk for cardiovascular events and diabetes.
Walking programs are an ideal way for congregations to focus on an opportunity for individual Presbyterians to practice good stewardship of our own bodies and health collectively. Many congregations are already using walking as an activity and some have formal walking programs in place. Let's Get Moving is an option for those who wish to have a more formalized program.
According to some sources, the rate of walking has dropped by 42 percent over the past 20 years. Over that same period, the number of overweight people in the US has increased by 40 percent. The health benefits of walking are astonishing. Not only does walking help reduce stress, it also reduces the risk of developing heart disease, diabetes, osteoporosis, stroke, and breast or colon cancer.
Walking stimulates the brain to release endorphins, the body's natural opiates, which can make you feel better about life right away. It also stimulates the brain to increase production of the neurotransmitter serotonin, another potent mood elevater. Walking requires neither club membership nor pre-certification/approval from your healthcare insurance provider. The weather is warming, green is re-emerging and there is no better time to take a deep breath, clear the winter fog from our lungs and MOVE!
Source: Health Ministries USA / PC (USA)