Wellness

GreenFaith: Restoring Eden
GreenFaith has released Restoring Eden – a guide to sustainable, healthy food practices for houses of worship and faith-based schools. Restoring Eden includes guidelines, success stories, and extensive resources to help your institution ‘green’ its food habits. This document is a free download but requires site registration.
Portion Plate
From our friends at Episcopal Retirement Homes: The Portion Plate is a portion control dietary program that promotes a balanced, nutritional approach to meal planning. Recent scientific studies show that nearly 60% of Americans are overweight, and that one of the main reasons for this growing epidemic of obesity is that we simply eat too much food. To help curb that trend, Episcopal Retirement Homes’ (ERH) Parish Health Ministry is launching The Portion Plate program, which is customized for congregational use.
Good Grief Work
Booklet for use with those in the grieving process. Includes tools for emotional healing, Bible study, exercises, and advice for coping on holidays. Package of 5 booklets and one extensive bibliography.
The Assembly of Episcopal Healthcare Chaplains (AEHC)
The organization's title represents the Episcopal Church's long standing tradition of ministry in hospitals. At the time of the Assembly's founding the church through its dioceses and parishes established and supported hundreds of hospitals throughout the nation. And although the number of hospitals identified as "Episcopal" had been substantially reduced, hundreds of Episcopal chaplains and other pastoral ministers continue to represent the Church in its ministry to those who suffer in mind, body or spirit.
Families of Clergy United in Support (FOCUS)
FOCUS is comprised of individuals concerned with the health and well being of families of clergy. FOCUS seeks to speak out so that the needs and concerns of those who provide the first level of support for clergy are not forgotten. FOCUS seeks to serve families of clergy in the Episcopal Church, affirming their uniqueness, promoting mutual care and spiritual growth, advocating for their needs and encouraging joy.