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PHW Faith and Health Summit: Appreciation, Connection, and Moving Forward

Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator · October 16, 2014 · 1 Comment

Months of planning and networking for the Partners in Health and Wholeness Faith and Health Summit culminated in a day that birthed a community choir and an anthem that was specially written for PHW. Jill Crainshaw, Blackburn Professor of Worship and Liturgical Theology at Wake Forest University School of Divinity; Brad Wilson, President and Chief Executive Officer of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; and Gary Gunderson, Professor of Faith and Health of the Public at Wake Forest University School of Divinity and Vice President of Faith and Health Ministries at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center, all offered inspiring words. And everyone assembled learned about being good stewards of our bodies and practiced being good stewards of the earth.

The break-out sessions in the morning featured what is happening in NC related to faith and health. Participants left these workshops feeling revived and thrilled to move forward.

NCCC Executive Director George Reed opened lunch with remarks including the announcement that PHW Program Coordinator Willona Stallings was leaving to become the Affordable Care Act Project Specialist for Care Share Health Alliance. Willona was able to thank everyone for their commitment to faith and health and promised that her connection to that would not end.

Headed from lunch to the afternoon session, people disposed of their food waste into the compost bins. Davon Goodwin, a local farmer, had donated an elegant glass bottle of muscadine grape juice for every table. The empty bottles went into the recycle bin and the non-compostable cups into the trash. These simple acts from lunchtime generated three 96-gallon bins of compost that otherwise would have gone to a landfill and contributed to an unhealthy and unjust environment disproportionately affecting people in rural areas, of low income, and of color.

The afternoon was filled with zumba dance, additional break-out sessions, hands-on activities, and another time for worship.

It was a beautiful day, full of excitement, appreciation, and a chance to grow. Thank you to everyone who helped make this day happen. Even more, thank you to Willona Stallings who ended her five years with the Council at the height of a Summit.

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Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

About Joy Williams, Former PHW Regional Coordinator

I am passionate about health and faith. Children, families, and elders have my deepest love and concern, and I've cultivated a heart for dance, plants, cooking, water, chilling with great friends, and talking about the matters of the heart. I love the Lord and seek to bring myself and others closer to The King Most High.
Learn more about PHW and our efforts to improve the health of God’s people: healthandwholeness.org

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  1. AvatarSherri Allgood says

    November 1, 2014 at 9:52 pm

    This was my first PHW Summit and I am grateful for the amount of information and empowerment I received. Being able to experience a unified body of believers with like minds and agendas was encouraging and inspiring. I am honored to have been able to join with PHW and look forward to this journey with you as we impact the lives of God’s people through healthy living! God bless you all!

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