Wellness Articles

Clergy Health Articles

NEW Stages of Change—Anyone who has ever made and then broken a New Year's resolution knows that changing a behavior is difficult. To affect positive change, it’s important to understand the underlying elements associated with change and how these factors motivate an individual’s change mechanisms.

NEW Strategies for Change—Part two of the three-part series addresses how to assess change and what actions to take to successfully modify a behavior.

NEW Overcoming Barriers to Change—Learn about the barriers to change and solutions for overcoming them in the final article of our three-part series on change.

Summary: Cracking the Stained Glass Ceiling: The Lead Women Pastors Project—This article provides an overview of the Lead Women Pastors Project (LWPP).

Health Affects Retirement Income Needs—A recent report from Rutgers University suggests that the “costs” of chronic health concerns extend beyond the most readily apparent, namely higher medical expenditures over the long term. Less apparent—but no less important—is the financial impact health can have on your retirement savings.

Calling Us to Health-For Ourselves, Our Church, Our World—Guest author The Reverend Dr. Samuel Royappa discusses how, “healthy clergy and laity make healthy churches, and in turn, healthy churches make a healthy world.”

Make Social Connections for Better Health—In this article, guest author The Reverend Tom Mattick talks about the important role friends play in the life and health of clergy.

Participants Who Utilize Professional Help Reach Better Retirement Outcomes—Studies show that investors who utilize professional financial planning assistance achieve higher annual returns than those who do not.

Thirteen Factors That Influence Clergy Health and the Five Dimensions of Health—The Church Systems Task Force identified 13 key factors that can differentiate people who are healthy from those who are unhealthy. The Center for Health seeks to improve five dimensions of health and well-being for clergy. How do the 13 clergy health factors align with the five dimensions of health?

Coping with Appointment Changes and Relocation Stress—United Methodist clergy frequently have to pack their belongings and move with their family to a new city to start working with a new congregation. These upheavals create stress that needs to be addressed and managed.

Stress and Clergy Health—This article identifies common sources of stress for clergy, and offers tips for coping with them.

Center for Health Event Profiles

Pacific Northwest Conference Hosts April 2011 Renew “U”niversity—This article provides a recap of the Renew “U”niversity workshop for clergy held April 5-7, 2011 at the Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, Wash.