First Corinthians Baptist Church

April 7, 2024

Scripture

John 14:1 KJV 14 Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me.

Announcements

April is Stress Awareness Month

April is National Minority Health Month

Deadline for individual tax returns is April 15, 2024

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April is National Minority Health Month! This annual observance builds awareness about the health disparities that persist among racial and ethnic minority and American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations and encourages everyone to take action to end these inequities.

This year’s theme, Be the Source for Better Health: Improving Health Outcomes Through Our Cultures, Communities, and Connections, is about understanding how the unique environments, cultures, histories, and circumstances (known as social determinants of health, or SDOH) of racial and ethnic minority and AI/AN populations impact their overall health.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Minority Health (OMH) is committed to working with public health and community-based partners to Be the Source for Better Health by providing quality, equitable, and respectful care and services that are responsive to diverse cultural health beliefs and practices, preferred languages, economic and environmental circumstances, and health literacy levels. When patients are provided with culturally and linguistically appropriate information, they are better able to create healthier outcomes for themselves, their families, and their communities.

Source: https://www.hhs.gov/national-minority-health-month/index.html

Links to additional resources:

https://www.hhs.gov/national-minority-health-month/events/index.html

https://www.hhs.gov/national-minority-health-month/reading-list/index.html

https://www.fda.gov/consumers/minority-health-and-health-equity/national-minority-health-month-2024

Source: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/resources/stress-less-healthier-heart-fact-sheet

Scriptures to reflect on in times of stress:

• 1 Peter 5:7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
• James 1:2-4 2 My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations;3 Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience.4 But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing.
• Philippians 4:6-7 6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.7 And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus