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30 Hour FAMINE Information

World Vision 30 Hour Famine April 24th & 25th

[] Everyone must bring (2) cans of juice concentrate or $4 and we will purchase it for you

Fasting:

Friday April 24^th 8 AM à Saturday 25^th 2:00 PM

Event at the church runs:

Friday April 24^th 6 PM à Saturday 25^th 2:30 – 3:00 PM

~          ORANGE is the color of World Vision who heads up the 30 HOUR FAMINE.  So, either wear orange to school on Friday or make a handmade Tee that somehow represents the FAMINE!  We WANT people to ask questions! 

~          The FAMINE starts with YOU at school on Friday!  Starting at 8:00 AM we will no longer eat any solid food.  Only consume liquids!  Water and fruit juices are best.  It is in your best interest to avoid soda and energy drinks.  The caffeine and carbonation will wreck  you… seriously!  Caffeine is a diuretic and will rob you of fluids… that’s no good when you’re counting on fluids for thirty hours.  Let me say it again… AVOID SODA & ENERGY DRINKS!  Also, avoid orange juice as it is very acidic and won’t sit well in your stomach.  Skipping lunch on Day 1 will be the easiest!

~          Show up to the DOCKS Friday night between 6:00 – 7:00 PM.  Registration will run for an hour and you will need to bring all the money $$$ you raised in the envelope that I handed you!  Our Kick-Off service will begin @ 7:30!

~          BRING:  FAMINE funds that you raised / Bible & Pen / Sleeping Bag & Pillow / Typical overnight stuff / Change of clothes / TENNIS SHOES / Weather appropriate outdoor wear / WATER BOTTLE

~          Medical Conditions:  If you have a medical condition that requires you to eat or if you are diabetic you MUST take personal responsibility for anything needed to get you through the event.  I would recommend eating as little as possible to stay healthy and pick boring foods (enjoying your food would discredit the event).  South Beach Living makes a good protein based meal replacement bar that can be found in the breakfast aisle of most grocery stores near the Pop-Tarts.  Your food will be kept and consumed away from the rest of us.  See Pastor J. when you arrive if this applies to you.

Our last activity will be a meal to break-the-fast.  Plan on being picked up 2:30 – 3:00 PM Saturday. 

Please focus on the words written by the Apostle Paul in Philippians 4:11-13 ~ 11 Not that I was ever in need, for I have learned how to be content with whatever I have. 12 I know how to live on almost nothing or with everything. I have learned the secret of living in every situation, whether it is with a full stomach or empty, with plenty or little. 13 For I can do everything through Christ, who gives me strength.

I’m excited to see what God can do when we empty ourselves and allow Him to refill us!

Pastor J.  pastorj@kinzua.net

This is why... this why... this why we're fat!

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Obesity in America

America is one of the richest, most progressive countries in the world. Shouldn't it be one of the healthiest too? Maybe it should, but the sad truth is that Americans are some of the unhealthiest people in the world. Even though we are living in a country with great economic power and technological advancement, we are also living in a country with the smallest fund of practical nutritional knowledge. We are living in a land plagued with obesity.

America is home to the most obese people in the world. According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention), obesity in adults has increased by 60% within the past twenty years and obesity in children has tripled in the past thirty years. A staggering 33% of American adults are obese and obesity-related deaths have climbed to more than 300,000 a year, second only to tobacco-related deaths.

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