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Introducing the Partners in Health and Wholeness Collaborative

Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator · March 3, 2017 · 1 Comment

We are pleased to introduce the PHW Collaborative. Mostly, it is a change in the name, so if your congregation has been a part of the Partners in Health and Wholeness Certification Program, you actually already know a lot about the PHW Collaborative. At the heart of it, the program is the same. But words are important. The language we use every day reflects our values and at the North Carolina Council of Churches we make an effort to be very intentional with the language we use. As Partners in Health and Wholeness grows, we are making an effort to match our language with our mission and vision.

Enter the PHW Collaborative. The word “collaborative” is a way for us to align our language with our work and to emphasize that the work is best done when we do it together. The goal remains the same: congregations creating healthier environments by focusing on tobacco prevention and cessation, healthy eating, increased physical activity, and mental health awareness. The enhancements come in the form of a simplified certification process that recognizes congregations that are deepening and growing their health ministries, not always by doing more but by doing what they do well. Mini-grants will continue to be available to certified congregations needing financial assistance to strengthen their health ministry. The PHW team will continue working alongside congregations and will in fact expand the number of staff working across the state. In 2017 the team will launch educational opportunities, including webinars, new worship tools, an expanded database of resource partners and most importantly, opportunities for our congregation partners to connect with each other. We hope you will join us in this shared journey. To get started with a new certification or an annual renewal, click here.

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Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

About Shannon Axtell Martin, PHW Regional Coordinator

I get so excited about the many aspects of the faith and health, particularly the food and faith, movement. I am honored to be a part of it through the work of PHW. I love travelling, cooking, eating, writing and preaching. I am an aspiring gardener, artist, and half-marathoner. My deepest joys in life involve my 8th and 9th grade girls small group, wonderful family, dear friends, husband Robert and puppy Benny, and the amazing blessing of figuring out this journey of life together.
Learn more about PHW and our efforts to improve the health of God’s people: healthandwholeness.org

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  1. AvatarSylvia Pearson says

    April 30, 2019 at 7:39 pm

    I am asking if First Baptist Church (Hodgestown) @ 250 Webb Hill Street, Roanoke Rapids, NC has already completed the collaborative registration? I was told by Partners in Faith (Audrey Hardy) that Chester Williams (ABC Tools) may have registered the church a couple of years ago.. However, I have start another registration and did not want to duplicate it.

    Thanks in advance for checking.

    Sylvia W. Pearson

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