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2010 Annual Conference spurs young adult to offer a health challenge

Brittany Baughman is a member of the Lodi UMC, a senior at the University of Mount Union, and served as a member to Annual Conference last year.  As a part of her report to the congregation, she has proposed a challenge.

(Dr. Scott Morris, Annual Conference Day Apart. Photo by Paul Atkinson)

During Dr. Scott Morris' address he highlighted three ways to healthfully lose weight: walk an extra 2,000 steps per day, eliminate 100 calories from your daily diet, and consume three servings of low-fat/nonfat dairy each day. 

Baughman's challenge is a friendly competition between churches and is designed to involve laity and clergy that may not be a part of the Health Challenge program offered through the conference insurance program.  Each church will form teams of up to 10 members (multiple teams from the same church are welcome).  The team members will log their daily steps onto www.americaonthemove.org. 

Baughman has already created a group called United Methodist Church on this web site and has also created a Holiday Challenge that extends from Thanksgiving to Christmas.  The web site will provide an incentive to keep exercising during this time of the year, and it will also give everyone the opportunity to see how their individual efforts compare to others.  The web site is a great resource for healthy living, and if you are interested in involving your congregations please reply to baughmbc@mountunion.edu. She will help you navigate the web site, which is user-friendly.  Hopefully there will be enough interest to make this a fun competition.