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]]> http://www.stmarg.org/whats-happening-at-st-margarets/feed/ 0 http://www.stmarg.org/welcome/ http://www.stmarg.org/welcome/#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 16:42:02 +0000 admin http://www.stmarg.org/?p=631 We believe that anyone who walks in our door has been sent by Christ. Therefore, the goals of St. Margaret’s Church … a center of grace, and all of its related ministries are to build our relationships with God  through Christ, and to build relationships with the people Christ has sent to us. We know that the greatest gift we can offer individuals is the knowledge that they are loved by God, through Jesus Christ.

Health and Church Attendance

A recent article joked that “Health enthusiasts may be tempted

to put away their running shoes and granola and search for the family Bible.”

What they were talking about was a new survey that showed that church-attenders live longer, in fact up to 14 years longer.

The study provided further evidence that religious belief and church attendance are key indicators of health, social behavior, political leanings, lifestyles, and morality.

The study was done by Robert Hummer of the Population Research Center

at the University of Texas. The study is significant not only for its findings

but because the nation’s two largest surveys(the U.S. Census and the semi-annual Current Population Survey) don’t ask about religion.

It appears from this latest survey and other similar surveys that religion is very significant.

Mr. Hummer’s team studied 21,000 adult Americans over nine years, looking at their religious behavior and other factors. Even taking other factors into account, non-church attendershad a 50 percent higher risk of mortality than those who attend church frequently.

They also found that some causes of death appeared more frequently among non-attenders. “Those who never attend are about four times as likely to die from respiratory disease, diabetes or infectious diseases.”

…So from spiritual health to physical health,

we’re in a great place here at St. Margaret’s!

ACRES OF LOVE COOKBOOK:

Acres of Love is a Republic of South Africa (RSA) non-profit organization that rescues

and provides loving care for abandoned HIV/AIDS infants and children in South Africa.

There are 1.4 million AIDS orphans in South Africa,

and it is estimated that the HIV/AIDS epidemic has created half of the country’s orphans.

The Acres of Love cookbook is filled with “secret recipes and gifts from the heart”—truly a one of a kind gift. The cost is $25.00 per book.  Checks can be written to St. Margaret’s Church

and all proceeds benefit the orphans cared for by Acres of Love.

For more information about Acres of Love, you can visit their website at: www.acresoflove.org.