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From U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, health service locators, guides to health insurance, help affording health care.
The Health Care Debate, Early Church Style
"Early Christians focused on the sacredness of individuals, not demons, says historian Gary Ferngren." From Christianity Today.
What is Parish Nursing?
2 pages on the job of being a nurse for a congregation.
Planning a Congregational Health Fair
Suggested schedule starting nine months ahead of time up to the day of the event. Very useful.
The Church-Based Health Fair as Loving (and Threatening) Presence
From the On Being the Church series by Craig Wong. Church involvement in the health of its community is a Gospel calling, Wong argues.
Health Fair - Wellness Fair Planning Guide
This is a guide to everything you would want to consider while planning for a wellness/health fair. Extremely comprehensive, long, and eminently practical.
News - Local church offering health seminars
Article from Cookeville, TN about a church that hosts health talks open to the community.
News - Church health fairs help spot high blood pressure
Church fairs are great ways to get people from low-income immigrant communities into medical care.
News - Local church offers free health clinic for poor
The clinic in the basement of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Hilldale, MI has helped over 3,000 patients and dispensed over $4.7 million in medicine, and it's only open once a week.
Compassionate Ministry Centers that offer Health Care