(Volume Nine)  September 2006

  Inside This Issue:

 Welcome
 Who is New Beginnings
 What’s New-“Workout With The Pastor”
 My Body, God’s Temple
 Upcoming Events 
 Team News
 New Beginnings Scripture for September
 Our Mission Statement

Welcome to the New Beginnings Health and Fitness Ministries family. We consider it a privilege to support your fitness efforts. We welcome your suggestions and ideas, so please let us know if there is anything we can do to make your experience with the monthly newsletter, website, weekly messages or message board more beneficial. We can be contacted at contactus@mynewtemple.org. It is our prayer to bring you words of encouragement and inspiration to motivate you to become fit physically, emotionally, spiritually and relationally. This is your New Beginning and we want to make it an awesome experience for you. As you begin this new adventure we are praying for you.

  Who are we?

New Beginnings is a wellness ministry established in 2003 by Carroll Roberts to offer a holistic approach to fitness that includes mind, body and spirit. A wellness ministry also serves to help people help themselves through physical and spiritual exercise and health education. At New Beginnings we believe good health is a gift from God and can be obtained by following biblical principles as we lead a balanced life physically, mentally, spiritually and relationally.

  What’s New?

“Workout With The Pastor” special Phoenix area promotion.

“Workout With The Pastor” is a promotion sponsored by New Beginnings Health and Fitness Ministries, Inc., for valley churches, desiring to introduce their members to holistic fitness. If you would like to have a workout with your pastor please contact us, providing us with your pastor and church information and we would be happy to make the contact. If you would like to discuss this with your pastor prior to contacting us please use the website www.mynewtemple.org to get more information. We believe that God is doing an awesome work in the Body of Christ and this is just one more way that He wants to reach people for His Kingdom. Please prayerfully consider allowing us to come to your facility to conduct a “Workout With the Pastor” session. Because of our desire to introduce fitness to the Body of Christ this session will be conducted at no cost to you or your congregation. If you would like to discuss this further, please contact Angela Willingham, Executive Director, New Beginnings Health and Fitness Ministries, Inc, at 602-325-9363 (message) or e-mail us contactus@mynewtemple.org.

  My Body, God’s Temple

1 Corinthians 3:16 says, “Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s spirit lives in you!”

The question is, are you shaping up or spreading out? Do you eat sensibly and exercise regularly, or do you spend most of your time on the couch with chips and the remote control? Are you treating your body like God’s temple or a dumpster for whatever gets in your way?

Physical fitness is a choice, a choice that requires discipline. Thinking it will not get it done. To accomplish this goal you are going to have to do something. Remember that your body is a gift from God and you must treat it like it is.

Working out with out eating the right foods will give you a measure of success, however, you will not be completely successful until you combine good nutrition with physical exercise, prayer, the Word of God and supportive friends and family.

Well fall is here. For many of us that means children are back in school and vacations are over. Summer vacations usually represent eating all the stuff you don’t normally eat and having a lot of snacks around. For some reason during the summer months, discipline is far from our minds. At least that is the way I remember it. For those of you who have not taken the opportunity to join the Fitness Challenge it is not to late (see the website for specific information). The challenge will be extended so, don’t wait, get started now and watch for the new ending date. For those that have started, but don’t feel like you got off to a good start you have a reprieve, but get started now. We need to get ourselves together before 2007. Let’s plan to start the new year with a new attitude and a new look. Just so you won’t feel bad Angela has gotten off to a slow start. She is beginning effective September 1, 2006, so join her without any fear of being chastised.

If you decide to participate in the challenge and you are not comfortable posting your measurements you can do it anonymously, by using your initials or a fictitious name. Our participants come from all over the United States and other countries, so you will remain anonymous unless you happen to be Angela. If you have any questions or concerns e-mail Angela@mynewtemple.org. She will keep your information confidential unless you ask her to make it public. We look forward to providing you with the answers to your questions, ongoing support or just to talk. Remember to us the message board to talk to us and to each other about whatever is going on with you.

  Upcoming Events

Watch for New Beginnings Podcasts coming in the near future.

Join New Beginnings 90 Day Holistic Fitness Challenge!!!!
(check out July’s newsletter and the website for more information)

  Team News

Angela has completed her certification in the Extraordinary Women’s Counseling course sponsored by American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) and she has been promoted to Expert User at www.christianwomensresources.com. More than 10 of her articles with the author name "Angela-Mynewtemple.org" have been approved and posted to their article directory. (If you write please feel free to join the site and submit your articles as well.)

Joshlyn is completing her final certification as a Massage Therapist. Watch for the congratulations announcement coming in October 2006.

New Beginnings is also applying for grants to support the New Beginnings ministry, so if you have any recommendations of grants for Christian ministries who have adopted the mission of holistic fitness. Please e-mail contactus@mynewtempel.org if you have suggestions or grant options for us.

  New Beginnings Scriptures for September 2006

  1 Corinthians 3:16 says, “Don’t you know that you are God’s temple and that God’s spirit lives in you!”

  Our Mission Statement

Our Mission is to draw individuals to Jesus Christ through the Ministry of Health and Fitness and to see the Body of Christ become fit in all areas by providing tools and information to empower you to succeed. New Beginnings is dedicated to helping you gain personal, spiritual, physical, mental and relational fitness by developing the courage and confidence necessary to set and achieve goals based on biblical principles. Most people encounter difficulty reaching goals, sticking with a diet or completing a task by trying to make an outward change without having made any inward spiritual changes. In other words, all improvements in your life begin with a change in your mind and spirit.