Category: Faith and Fitness

For the month of November, keep track of the days you’ve completed fitness activities (highlight, star, or cross off your Faith and Fitness calendars coming out soon).  If you’ve completed at least 10 activities during the month, fill out the online form or the forms at church.  We will hold monthly incentive drawings and after a year we will recognize those who completed 12 months of activities!

Also, if you are already active for 30 minutes or more a day, you are eligible for the drawing as well!  Simply fill out the form and indicate how you’ve been staying active.  You can also fill out a form at church and place it in the white tennis shoe located on the table near the entryway.  Thanks!

For the month of November, keep track of the days you’ve completed fitness activities (highlight, star, or cross off your calendars).  If you’ve completed at least 10 activities during the month, fill out the online form or the forms that will be in the front of the church.  We will hold monthly incentive drawings and after a year we will recognize those who completed 12 months of activities!

Also, if you are already active for 30 minutes or more a day, you are eligible for the drawing as well!  Simply fill out the form and indicate how you’ve been staying active. 

• Wednesday:  Go to bed 1 hour earlier tonight – aim for 7 hours of restful sleep
• Thursday:  Vacuum the house
• Friday:  Skip an email reply and walk to the other side of the office to speak with the co-worker
• Saturday:  Put a bunch of clothes or handkerchiefs on the floor.  Can you jump from one to the next?  Try to cross the room without touching the floor.
• Sunday:  Get outside and go for a walk.  Look for different shapes.  Can you find a circle, a square, and a triangle?
• Monday:  Try and move for two minutes without stopping.  What happens to your heart when you do this?
• Tuesday:  Do some outdoor chores as a family.  Reach, pull, push, and bend.

Each week we’ll be offering suggestions for how you can ‘get moving’ during your day!  You also should have received an insert in your newsletter with suggestions.  For the month of November, keep track of the days you’ve completed fitness activities (highlight, star, or cross off your calendars).  If you’ve completed at least 10 activities during the month, fill out the online form or the forms that will be in the front of the church.  We will hold monthly incentive drawings and after a year we will recognize those who completed 12 months of activities!   

• Thursday:  Swap that candy bar for a piece of fresh fruit
• Friday:  Get outside and kick a ball as far as you can, chase it, and kick it again
• Saturday:  Play I Spy.  One person says “I spy _______”.  And when the other person sees it you both run to it.
• Sunday:  Schedule a daily stretch break
• Monday:  Play table tennis (Pastor Jean is always up for a game or two of table tennis!!)
• Tuesday:  Take a healthy lunch to work

Each week we’ll be offering suggestions for how you can ‘get moving’ during your day!  You also should have received an insert in your newsletter with suggestions.  For the month of November, keep track of the days you’ve completed fitness activities (highlight, star, or cross off your calendars).  If you’ve completed at least 10 activities during the month, fill out the online form or the forms that will be in the front of the church.  We will hold monthly incentive drawings and after a year we will recognize those who completed 12 months of activities!  

•  Thursday:  Set up a few of your stuffed animals.  Roll up a pair of socks.  Practice throwing the sock ball at the animals.
• Friday:  Turn on some music and take turns making up a movement.  Follow what the other person does.
• Saturday:  If watching tv get up at every commercial and walk around your house
• Sunday:  Add fresh lemon to your water – drink 3 or more liters daily
• Monday:  Don’t skip breakfast today, have hot cereal instead
• Tuesday:  Try skating on paper plates.  Put your feet on the plates and slide around the room, or put your hands on the plates and push them around the room.

Each week we’ll be offering suggestions for how you can ‘get moving’ during your day!  Have fun and have your family join you!

• Thursday:  Do 10 jumping jacks
• Friday:  Dance to a song on the radio
• Saturday:  Take a break and stretch, reach, and bend as you take big breaths
• Sunday:  Do the Twist!  Sit or stand on a t-shirt and twist away
• Monday:  Rake piles of leaves and jump into them!
• Tuesday:  Step up on the bottom step 10 times.  Alternate right to left

Each week we’ll be offering suggestions for how you can ‘get moving’ during your day!  You also should have received an insert in your newsletter with suggestions.  Have fun and have your family join you!

• Wednesday:  Go on a rock hunt and sort the rocks you find by size or color.
• Thursday:  Read nature-related books and go outside to look for wildlife, like birds, bugs, and squirrels.
• Friday:  Walk backwards trying to stay in a straight line.
• Saturday:  Pick up some sticks around the yard, line them up and jump over them
• Sunday:  With a small ball, toss it up in the air and catch it 10 times.
• Monday:  Do 30 minutes of aerobic activity such as biking, elliptical, treadmill, running
• Tuesday:  Park as far from the store as you an.

Have you ever considered renewing your marriage vows?  There are many ways to do this, from a simple blessing to a full vow renewal ceremony.  We’ve had people renew their vows after 5, 25, 40 years and many in-between years.  Please speak with Pastor Jean if you’d like to consider renewing your vows – it is a wonderful way to recommit your love to each other and to God.