Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you,
which you have from God, and that you are not your own? 
For you were bought with a price; therefore glorify God in your body. 
1st Corinthians 6:19-20

Our bodies are sacred, a gift from God more complex and beautiful than we can begin to imagine. This Lent, you are invited to take care of yourself inside and out as part of our journey to the cross together as Spirit of Joy. To help, we are providing a series of challenges and incentives across four areas of the Wellness Wheel with two additional challenges to take control of your screen time. Each challenge you sign up for will earn you an entry into our live prize drawing on Tuesday, April 22nd. Sign up today. Be well.

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to keep you motivated and for more information!

Physical

(Individual) Walk 7,500 steps five days a week from March 5 to April 20, or commit to working out/ getting exercise 4x per week

(Group) Join us Saturday mornings to jog together, or come to any one of our group events at Frontier Climbing, Midco Aquatic Center, or Remedy

Intellectual

(Individual) Commit to reading out loud with your kids 20 minutes each day, or read two books, go to the public library, attend a workshop/lecture, attend a concert

(Group) Join us at the Washington Pavilion on Friday, March 7th from 5-8pm, participate in OneBook Siouxland’s reading of “Vanished in Vermillion” by Lou Raguse and attend events at Siouxland Downtown from 10a-2p on Saturday, April 5th.

Spiritual

(Individual) Commit to using the daily devotional “The Hardest Part” by Kate Bowler (provided by SoJ after sign-up), read as a family each day from your Spark Story Bible (Yes! You can double up and use this toward the intellectual challenge of reading out loud)

(Group) Commit to attending 10 of 15 worship services at SoJ from Ash Wednesday through Easter morning. Wed, March 5- 5:30 and 7pm, Sundays- 8:45 and 11, Lent Wed.- Soup from 5:00-6:30 Worship at 6:30, Maundy Thursday 6:30pm, Good Friday 6:30pm, Easter at 7, 8:45, and 11am

Environmental

(Individual) Choose 3 of 6 micropractices to care for our creation. Those practices are: 1. Commit to using a reusable water bottle and not purchasing a plastic one, 2. Use only reusable grocery bags, 3. Switch to laundry sheets, 4. Make a plan to conserve water (shorter showers, use your dishwasher), 5. Don’t use a plastic straw (bring your own reusable or refuse a straw when out), 6. Bring and use reusable “to-go” container.

(Group) Join our Creation Care Team for a pop-up clean up event at a local park- we’ll watch the weather and pick a nice Saturday morning or Sunday afternoon.

Screen Time

(Individual) Commit to One Family Screen Free Night per week, put phones away to charge out of bedrooms at night (designate a space and time), adjust/turn on bed time mode to encourage screen free time before and after sleep, choose to have no phones in pockets or at the dinner table

(Group) Come to worship at SoJ where we’ll be screen free for the season (Yes! Just one time counts)