Join My Place to Race.com and support First Place for Health.

The virtual My Place to Race – 40-Day Challenge is a quest for fun and fitness. You can take this trek on foot — on a bike– outside or inside or substitute your favorite exercise activity for miles (20 minutes of activity equals one mile). You have the flexibility to complete your miles when it best suits your schedule. Registration is now open. The 40-day challenge begins on March 14th and ends 40-days later on April 22nd.

Register Now

Consider creating a Social Team to stay motivated throughout the journey. Teams of 10 or more will get $10 discount off the entry fee. When the Team Leader registers, they will create a name for the team and set up a password. Then invite your team members to register and join your team. All members of a Social Team are linked by their team name and password. Once your team hits 10 members, the system will automatically refund $10 to the first 9 on the team who have already registered.

How can you help?

• Participate:  Create or join a Social Team.  Join in the discussion on the My Place to Race Facebook group.
• Publicize: Invite your friends and family to join in the 40-day challenge.
• Partner:  We’d love to promote you.  Consider providing items we will give away throughout the race.  If you have something to donate or suggestions on items/companies/people we can solicit, please let us know.  Email: Events@fp4h.com
• Praise:  We are praising the Lord in advance for the funds we will raise to support the First Place for Health ministry.

The First Place for Health Inner Circle is a community of support on your journey to whole-person wellness – mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. We will share real, practical and relatable resources to help live out God’s purpose for our lives.  During our monthly connect meetings we will experience: 

• Connection with each other and the First Place for Health Staff
• Small and Large Groups Topical Discussions
• Personal Accountability
• Valuable Q and A
• Encouragement for the Journey
• Praying for One Another

NOTE:  The Zoom Meet Up is on the fourth Friday each month at 11:30AM Central Time. You must participate in the Inner Circle to attend the monthly Zoom meeting.  Those who subscribe to the Inner Circle will receive an email invitation to the Zoom Meeting.

Join My Place to Race.com and support First Place for Health.

The virtual My Place to Race – 40-Day Challenge is a quest for fun and fitness. You can take this trek on foot — on a bike– outside or inside or substitute your favorite exercise activity for miles (20 minutes of activity equals one mile). You have the flexibility to complete your miles when it best suits your schedule. Registration is now open. The 40-day challenge begins on March 14th and ends 40-days later on April 22nd.

Register Now

Consider creating a Social Team to stay motivated throughout the journey. Teams of 10 or more will get $10 discount off the entry fee. When the Team Leader registers, they will create a name for the team and set up a password. Then invite your team members to register and join your team. All members of a Social Team are linked by their team name and password. Once your team hits 10 members, the system will automatically refund $10 to the first 9 on the team who have already registered.

How can you help?

• Participate:  Create or join a Social Team.  Join in the discussion on the My Place to Race Facebook group.
• Publicize: Invite your friends and family to join in the 40-day challenge.
• Partner:  We’d love to promote you.  Consider providing items we will give away throughout the race.  If you have something to donate or suggestions on items/companies/people we can solicit, please let us know.  Email: Events@fp4h.com
• Praise:  We are praising the Lord in advance for the funds we will raise to support the First Place for Health ministry.

reNEW – spiritual retreat for writers and speakers

The First Place for Health Inner Circle is a community of support in your journey to whole-person wellness – mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. We will share real, practical and relatable resources to help each of us live out God’s purpose for our lives.  During our monthly connect meetings we will: 

• Connection with each other and the First Place for Health Staff
• Small and Large Groups Topical Discussions
• Personal Accountability
• Valuable Q and A
• Encouragement for the Journey
• Praying for One Another

NOTE:  The Zoom Meet Up is on the fourth Friday each month at 11:30AM Central Time. You must participate in the Inner Circle to attend the monthly Zoom meeting.  Those who subscribe to the Inner Circle will receive an email invitation to the Zoom Meeting.

Fun and Fabulous Health and Wellness

We are gathering to inspire, encourage and empower one another to healthy living with Christ first.

You are going to:

• Meet your new best friend
• Hear each others’ stories
• Hang out with First Place Team Members
• Fun Movement Minutes
• Be Inspired, Encouraged and Empowered

When:  Saturday, April 29th 9am – 3pm CT

Location: Nacogdoches, TX  Cost: $20

“So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” 1 Corinthians 10:31

Speakers:

Joyce Ainsworth Change Your Mind ~ Change Your Body ~ Change your Life! After losing 192 pounds Joyce was determined not to “Go Back” to her old lifestyle and poor eating habits. She lost weight and through the process developed a simple easy to follow plan that helps her maintain her new lifestyle. “This is not a program”, she says; “it is a Lifestyle.” Joyce is author of five books and four motivational audio CD’s. Her newest book is co-authored with author and friend June Chapko and is titled “Count It All Joy! Wellness and Faith ~ A Study in James.”  She is an Elite Certified Personal Trainer and holds a Certification in Fitness Nutrition with ISSA (International Sports Sciences Association)

Joyce is a dedicated wife to husband Glenn and mother to their five children (now grown) and nine grandchildren. This successful business-owner-turned-writer has been inspired to write and share her experiences, offer insight, and help others find hope, help and healing.

Shanda Thornsberry  A fellow student of God’s Word who desires to walk in the knowledge of who God says we are in Jesus Christ.  At 28, she gave her life to the Lord and is learning every day what it means to live with God as her authority. Her hope is to encourage women in recognizing their value in Christ so they may live out the freedom He provides over food addiction as we learn balance. She has been married to Richard for 25 years. Shanda is a certified Fitness Trainer.

Shanda wants you to know, more than anything else, that one of THE MOST EXCITING things she’s learned in living out healthy balanced lifestyle, is that God REALLY IS the ULTIMATE SATISFACTION over food.

Your hosts: Nancy Smith, Tracy Moore and Charlotte Kennedy

You Could Be the One

The one person to change the lives of your community.

We are gathering to train, encourage and empower leaders

You are going to discover:

• Why you need First Place for Health in your community, in your life

• What it is the “Next Right Thing” to do

• What you need to Lead a Group

• The Power of Prayer

• Being Inspired, Encouraged and Empowered

When:  Saturday, May 6th 9am – 11am CT

Location: Virtual on Zoom Cost: $20

“Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.” Deuteronomy 30:11

Speakers:

Vicki Heath

Vicki is the National Director of the faith-based wellness ministry, First Place for Health. Vicki is a reluctant author (Don’t Quit Get Fit and My First Place) and nationally-known speaker. She holds certifications with American Council on Exercise and Body & Soul Fitness. She dances, jumps and limps her way to health as she leads exercise classes in her community of Edisto Island, SC. She strives to bring others into the Kingdom through her example of a radical, but humble, devoted follower of Christ. She has led a successful First Place for Health ministry in her church for twenty years. Vicki is passionate about Christ and has a desire to help others understand the value of caring for their bodies as temples of the Holy Spirit.  Vicki is a pastor’s wife and she and her husband, Rob, have four grown children and ten grandchildren.

Lisa Lewis

Lisa Lewis is the author of Healthy Happy Cooking.  Her cooking skills have been a part of First Place for Health wellness weeks and other events for many years. She provided recipes for 13 of the First Place for Health Bible studies and is a contributing author in Better Together and Healthy Holiday Living. She partners with community networks, including the Real Food Project, to bring healthy cooking classes to low-income areas. She is dedicated to bringing people together around the dinner table with healthy, delicious meals that are easy to prepare. Lisa lives in Galveston and is married to John. They have three children: Tal, Hunter and Harper.  Visit www.healthyhappycook.com for more delicious inspiration.

Helen Baratta

In 2006, obese and unable to walk without pain, she surrendered to the Lord and He transformed her life. Since then, she shed and now maintains a 116-pound weight loss. Click here to read her success story.

Helen is author of the book Restored! Embracing Weight Loss God’s Way, First Place for Health My Place for Leadership and contributing author to five books: Live Life Right Here Right Now!, Better Together, My First Place, A Joy-Full Season, and Inspire! Women’s Stories of Accomplishment, Encouragement and Influence.

She is a speaker, coach, group leader, triathlete and certified fitness instructor. After raising two sons, Helen and her husband, Vince, have recently returned from a 6-year adventure on the Big Island of Hawaii.  They are now returned to the Laurel Highlands near Pittsburgh, PA.

May 21-23, 2023

But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’ declares the Lord – Jeremiah 30:17a

Register at SandyCove.org 

RESTORE ME: Making Us New & Setting Us Free gives us an opportunity to remove strongholds, heal hurts, and respond to the person God wants us to be.

Vulnerability is hard when we are struggling with a stronghold. We can also have fears that we will be judged for the the choices we have made (and even that number on the scale!).

Come to RESTORE and experience:

• Freedom to discover the root of my emotional strongholds
• Clarity on why I sabotage my efforts towards a healthy lifestyle
• Calm from the presence of the Holy Spirit
• A safe haven for spending time with the Lord
• Christ-centered teaching
• Healing through prayer
• An ancient practice, we invite you to come away with Jesus, by yourselves “to a quiet place and get some rest” (Mark 6:31).  Be restored.

To register, go to SandyCove.org 

The First Place for Health Inner Circle is a community of support in your journey to whole-person wellness – mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. We will share real, practical and relatable resources to help each of us live out God’s purpose for our lives.  During our monthly connect meetings we will: 

• Connection with each other and the First Place for Health Staff
• Small and Large Groups Topical Discussions
• Personal Accountability
• Valuable Q and A
• Encouragement for the Journey
• Praying for One Another

NOTE:  The Zoom Meet Up is on the fourth Friday each month at 11:30AM Central Time. You must participate in the Inner Circle to attend the monthly Zoom meeting.  Those who subscribe to the Inner Circle will receive an email invitation to the Zoom Meeting.

The First Place for Health Inner Circle is a community of support in your journey to whole-person wellness – mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. We will share real, practical and relatable resources to help each of us live out God’s purpose for our lives.  During our monthly connect meetings we will: 

• Connection with each other and the First Place for Health Staff
• Small and Large Groups Topical Discussions
• Personal Accountability
• Valuable Q and A
• Encouragement for the Journey
• Praying for One Another

NOTE:  The Zoom Meet Up is on the fourth Friday each month at 11:30AM Central Time. You must participate in the Inner Circle to attend the monthly Zoom meeting.  Those who subscribe to the Inner Circle will receive an email invitation to the Zoom Meeting.

Summit 2023 – is a Virtual Event

Your $49 registration fee includes Keynote Sessions, Workouts, and Seminar Sessions. The virtual Summit is available through our interactive learning platform. The live portions will be recorded and broadcast Saturday July 29, 2023. You will have 60 days to watch all the content.

Save The Date

Watch the Live Portion with the First Place staff at Watch Parties in

Charleston, SC; Houston, TX, and Pittsburgh, PA

The First Place for Health Inner Circle is a community of support in your journey to whole-person wellness – mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. We will share real, practical and relatable resources to help each of us live out God’s purpose for our lives.  During our monthly connect meetings we will: 

• Connection with each other and the First Place for Health Staff
• Small and Large Groups Topical Discussions
• Personal Accountability
• Valuable Q and A
• Encouragement for the Journey
• Praying for One Another

NOTE:  The Zoom Meet Up is on the fourth Friday each month at 11:30AM Central Time. You must participate in the Inner Circle to attend the monthly Zoom meeting.  Those who subscribe to the Inner Circle will receive an email invitation to the Zoom Meeting.

REGISTER

Join us for Wellness Week @ Round Top