July 5, 2021
SPIRITUAL WEIGHT LOSS CHAMPION
1ST WINNER
On April 15, 2021, The Spiritual Wellness Center Community began our spiritual weight loss challenge. The spiritual weight loss challenge is a six months journey that has challenged us to live well by taking care of our bodies “the spiritual temple of God.”
We worked as a community to encourage each other along the journey. Each participant donated funds that would be awarded to the winner of our spiritual weight loss challenge. We prayed together, shared Scriptures, exchanged recipes and exercise strategies. We invited dietary and nutrition coaches to give useful advise on how to reach our weight loss goals. We became one cohesive unit cheering for one another and building koinonia. Over the course of our journey we became vulnerable with each other by sharing how our weight loss will help with our medical challenges e.g., hypertension, pre-diabetes, renal failure and high cholesterol. We discerned that our spiritual weight loss challenge was not about shedding vanity pounds, but about saving our lives.
Join us in congratulating our first spiritual weight loss challenge winner and winner up; Betty McClelland loss a total of 32 pounds and Jamila Stokeling loss a total of 8 pounds.
We ask that you lift us in your thoughts and prayers as we continue our Spiritual Weight Loss Challenge Journey. Our next weigh-in will be on September 16, 2021.
The Lord Rejoices In Small Beginnings,
Dr. Angela Boyd Wyatt, D. ED Min. Founding Leader of the Spiritual Wellness Center Inc.