Week 10 Results - Walk to Bethlehem PA Points

Week 10 Results for 2016 Walk to Bethlehem, PA Fitness Challenge

Nineteen participants turned in points for week 10 of the Woodleaf UMC 2016 Walk to Bethlehem, PA fitness challenge. This fitness challenge encourages participants to exercise an average of 20 minutes per day. Participants earn 1 point for each 20 minutes of exercise with a goal of 7 points/week.

Altogether, participants earned a total of 201 points for week 10 with a grand total from the start of 2358 points. A lot of us had lots of Christmas get-togethers and activities going on for Week 10 and I congratulate those who persevered and fit in a little exercise on top of the packed schedules.

There is still time to join the fitness challenge. Turn in Week 11 (12/25 through 12/31) totals to me via email at nurseforwoodleafUMC@gmail.com or at Woodleaf United Methodist Church. Click here to see details regarding the fitness challenge.

Week 10 Results for 2016 Walk to Bethlehem PA Fitness Challenge

Week 11 Walk to Bethlehem, PA Fitness Challenge

Week 11 Walk to Bethlehem, PA Fitness Challenge Joy to the World

Welcome to Week 11 of the Walk to Bethlehem, PA fitness challenge sponsored by the Woodleaf UMC health ministry program! This week's Christmas hymn is Joy to the World. Isaac Watts wrote the lyrics in 1719. If his name sounds familiar, perhaps this is because he wrote about 650 hymns and is known as the "Father of English Hymnody." Lowell Mason wrote the rousing melody, perhaps basing part of the melody on Handel's Messiah.

Click on the following links to see videos of various versions of Joy to the World:

• David Archuleta & Mormon Tabernacle Choir
• Central Church
• American Sign Language Version by Rock Church Deaf Ministry

"For mine eyes have seen thy salvation, Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; A light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel." Luke 2: 30-32

Week 9 Results - Walk to Bethlehem PA Points

Week 9 Results for 2016 Walk to Bethlehem, PA Fitness Challenge

Twenty participants turned in totals for week 9 of the Woodleaf UMC 2016 Walk to Bethlehem, PA fitness challenge. This fitness challenge encourages participants to exercise an average of 20 minutes per day. Participants earn 1 point for each 20 minutes of exercise with a goal of 7 points/week.

Altogether, participants earned a total of 220 points for week 9 with a grand total from the start of 2157 points. Perhaps everyone in our challenge is running around shopping - these numbers are the highest in the past month!

There is still time to join the fitness challenge! Turn in Week 10 (12/18 through 12/24) totals to me via email at nurseforwoodleafUMC@gmail.com or at Woodleaf United Methodist Church. Click here to see details regarding the fitness challenge.

2016 Walk to Bethlehem PA Week 9 Points

Week 10 2016 Walk to Bethlehem, PA Fitness Challenge

Week 10 2016 Walk to Bethlehem PA Fitness Challenge The First Noel

Welcome to Week 10 of the Walk to Bethlehem, PA fitness challenge sponsored by the Woodleaf UMC health ministry program! This week features The First Noel or The First Nowell. The word nowell is from a Latin word natalis that means birth. The origin of this Christmas carol dates back to at least the 1800s but may be several hundred years older than that. This hymn is a bit unusual in our modern hymnals because it typically includes six verses, which is longer than many of today's hymns.

Click on the following links to hear some beautiful versions of "The First Noel"

• University of Utah Singers
• Pentatonix
• ToR + Saksit's Piano Improvisation

"Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews, For we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him..." Matthew 2: 1-2

Week 8 Results - Walk to Bethlehem PA Points

Week 8 Results for 2016 Walk to Bethlehem, PA Fitness Challenge

Twenty participants turned in totals for week 8 of the Woodleaf UMC 2016 Walk to Bethlehem, PA fitness challenge. This fitness challenge encourages participants to exercise an average of 20 minutes per day. Participants earn 1 point for each 20 minutes of exercise with a goal of 7 points/week.

Altogether, participants earned a total of 199 points for week 8 with a grand total from the start of 1937 points. This time of year gets incredibly busy and I applaud all who are still fitting exercise into the routine!

You are invited to join the fitness challenge! Turn in Week 9 (12/11 through 12/17) totals to me via email at nurseforwoodleafUMC@gmail.com or at Woodleaf United Methodist Church. Click here to see details regarding the fitness challenge.

Walk to Bethlehem PA Week 8 Weekly Totals

Week 9 2016 Walk to Bethlehem, PA Fitness Challenge

Week 9 Walk to Bethlehem PA Fitness Challenge - Silent Night, Holy Night

Welcome to Week 9 of the Walk to Bethlehem, PA fitness challenge sponsored by the Woodleaf UMC health ministry program! This week features "Silent Night, Holy Night," a Christmas carol that has captured the hearts of many from war torn battlefields to serene hay fields and an untold number of sites in between.

Joseph Mohr wrote the picturesque lyrics, and Franz Gruber created the simple yet captivating melody. The hymn was originally sung to the tune with guitar accompaniment on Christmas Eve in Obendorf, Austria in 1818.

I have played for many Christmas services in which this song is sung in the hushed stillness of candlelight. It is not surprising that this Christmas carol is often a favorite of folks all over the globe.

Click on the links below to hear several versions of Silent Night:

• Kelly Clarkson & Trisha Yearwood & Reba McIntyre
• Rafael Scarfullery - Classic Guitar instrumental
• The Cathedrals

"And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger." Luke 2:12

Week 7 Results - Walk to Bethlehem PA Points

Week 7 Results for 2016 Walk to Bethlehem, PA Fitness Challenge

Nineteen participants turned in totals for week 7 of the Woodleaf UMC 2016 Walk to Bethlehem, PA fitness challenge. This fitness challenge encourages participants to exercise an average of 20 minutes per day. Participants earn 1 point for each 20 minutes of exercise with a goal of 7 points/week.

Altogether, participants earned a total of 212 points for week 7 with a grand total from the start of 1736 points.

There is still time to join the fitness challenge! Turn in Week 8 (12/4 through 12/10) totals to me via email at nurseforwoodleafUMC@gmail.com or at Woodleaf United Methodist Church. Click here to see details regarding the fitness challenge.

Walk to Bethlehem PA Week 7 Totals

Week 8 2016 Walk to Bethlehem, PA Fitness Challenge

2016 Walk to Bethlehem PA Fitness Challenge Week 8 Hark The Herald Angels Sing

Welcome to Week 8 of the Walk to Bethlehem, PA fitness challenge sponsored by the Woodleaf UMC health ministry program! Hark! The Herald Angels Sing has seen several unlikely transformations. Charles Wesley first wrote Christmas Day Hymn that included ten four-line verses in 1739. Later, George Whitfield changed several lines of the original hymn.

For about 100 years, the music for Hark! The Herald Angels Sing was solemn and slow. An organist named William H. Cummings later reorganized the lyrics into the stanzas and refrain we know today and combined them with a lively tune written by Felix Mendelssohn to commemorate the invention of the printing press.

Click on the following links to hear several versions of Hark! The Herald Angels Sing:

• Celtic Woman
• Amy Grant
• Vince Guaraldi (Peanuts Christmas)

"And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God..." 
Luke 2:13

Week 6 Results - Walk to Bethlehem PA Points

Week 6 Results for 2016 Walk to Bethlehem, PA Fitness Challenge

Nineteen participants turned in totals for week 6 of the Woodleaf UMC 2016 Walk to Bethlehem, PA fitness challenge. This fitness challenge encourages participants to exercise an average of 20 minutes per day. Participants earn 1 point for each 20 minutes of exercise with a goal of 7 points/week.

Altogether, participants earned a total of 171 points for week 6 with a grand total from the start of 1524 points.

There is still time to join the fitness challenge! Turn in Week 7 (11/27 through 12/3) totals to me via email at nurseforwoodleafUMC@gmail.com or at Woodleaf United Methodist Church. Click here to see details regarding the fitness challenge.

2016 Walk to Bethlehem PA Week 6 Totals