SCRIPTURAL FOOD
FOR THOUGHT

“And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will
guard your hearts
and minds in
Christ Jesus.”

~ Philippians 4: 7

JANUARY IS:

National Glaucoma Awareness Month
www.preventblindness.org
and
National Birth Defects Prevention Month
www.nbdpn.org
"Heres to Your Health" corner of the coffee hour room has monthly information on National Health Observances along with current health news articles, journals, and books.

Health Information and Meditation Area located next to the grandfather clock, offers a quiet corner to sit and read a variety of health-related books, articles, brochures, and information on health-related topics.

Bulletin Board - at the back parking lot entrance. Focus: Local health related programs of interest.
If you have a question about any of these programs or would like to participate please contact Linda Citroni, parish nurse at 410-752-7179.
Health Ministry
Health Ministry of Christ Church seeks to engage the congregation in promoting and attaining the optimal state of physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual health and well-being for all who are connected to the church community. It is composed of volunteer members of the church who work together to develop and implement the health ministry program. The Health Ministry Team encourages congregational and community involvement - utilizing and sharing resources that promote interdependence among God's people, along with the practice of good stewardship of body, mind, and spirit. Members can be identified with gold nametags on Sunday mornings.


The Parish Nurse is a member of the pastoral care staff of Christ Church and assists in ministering to the hospitalized and shut-in members, along with supporting all members in fulfilling their physical, emotional, and spiritual health potential.
February 14 is National Donor Day

Donate Life Maryland is a nonprofit Organ, Eye and Tissue Donor Registry dedicated to saving the lives of thousands of Marylanders and Americans awaiting life-saving transplants. Visit: www.organdonor.gov to get the facts to some of the most frequently asked questions about organ and tissue donation and transplantation; the facts behind some of the more common misconceptions about donation; the facts about the online Maryland registry, first person consent, etc., and the facts about the national statistics of organ, eye and tissue donation and transplantation.

Scriptural Food for Thought

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life.
Proverbs 4:23.

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE

Our next blood drive will be held Tuesday, February 21 from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Christ Church Harbor Apartments. Please sign up during coffee hours beginning Sunday, January 29th to share the gift of life. Many of our long term donors are taking medications or have traveled to foreign countries and can no longer donate blood.

We need blood donors!

Blood is needed by cancer patients, burn victims, and patients needing surgery, hemophiliacs, persons who are anemic and have sickle cell disease, accident victims, and many more! It takes 300,000 pints a year to cover the need in our Chesapeake and Potomac Region, supplying blood in eighty hospitals each day.

Please donate and ask a friend to come with you. The Red Cross reports there is not a large enough blood supply at this time to serve all of the needs in our community.

A unit of whole blood can be separated into components and used to treat three or four people. The donation process takes about one hour from registration to the end of the donation. Please sign up to give the gift of life.

Weekly Programs
Monday 11:00 a.m.—CCHA Blood Pressure Screening
8:00 p.m.—AA Guides to Progress Meeting
Tuesday 7:30 p.m.—AA Hope Harbor Group Meeting
7:30 p.m.—Al-Anon Meeting
Wednesday 8:00 a.m.—Wednesday Walkers (start in front of Christ Church Harbor Apartments)
Thursday 8:30 p.m.—AA Harbor City Group Meeting
8:30 p.m.—Al Anon Meeting
Monthly Programs

Prayer Shawl Ministry - 1st Wednesday of the month at 4:45 pm in the parlor.

Blood Pressure Screening - Second Sunday of the month after church services in the parlor.

On-Going Programs

Needs & Leads Hotline Email - A tool for connecting job seekers and employers. Please send any job “leads” you may know of or if you are looking for a job, send your “needs” including general qualifications/experience for posting on this email. Contact Linda Citroni with your needs and leads and any other suggestions for this initiative. The hotline will be posted on the Health Ministry bulletin board as well.

Cell Phones - old cell phones are collected in a large can in the foyer near the chapel. Secure the Call cleans, reprograms and distributes them to those in need and at risk—seniors and domestic abuse victims—for use as 911 emergency access phones.

Eyeglass donation - collected, cleaned, and distributed to those in need around the world. A donation box is located near the cell phone donation can in the foyer of the parish building.

Joys and Concerns List - located next to the grandfather clock is updated weekly with addresses and names for sending cards and prayers.