Elm Grove United Methodist Church will be hosting a Life Line Screening preventive health event on Monday, February 13, 2012 from 8-5. The announcements below provide information on the sessions that will be offered through Life Line Screening. The surrounding community will receive invitations soon, so we want to ensure that our members get their chance to sign up in advance! If you wish to register for the screening online go to www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners. You may also register by calling Amy Nemec at the number listed at the end of each session description.

What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You!
• If you are age 21-80 learn your risk for developing 6 different chronic diseases.
• $3 out of every $4 spent on healthcare is for treatment of chronic disease
• Better lifestyle habits can help prevent 80% of heart disease and 90% of type 2 diabetes
The 6 for Life Health Assessment measures your risk of developing 6 chronic diseases, including heart disease, congestive heart failure, stroke, diabetes, COPD and lung cancer. A customized report will determine which risk factors contribute most to your disease risk and are within your control to change. Finger-stick blood tests along with biometric measurements are included with this assessment. Protect your health by registering today for the 6 for Life Health Assessment for $79. Call 1-888-653-6441 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners to schedule your appointment. Take control of your health, knowledge is empowering.

Are you at Risk for Stroke, Heart Disease and Diabetes?
Did you know that a 10% decrease in cholesterol can reduce your risk for heart disease 30%?
• Diabetes is the 5th leading cause of death in the US
• Elevated CRP levels in the blood are indicators of risk for heart disease and high blood pressure
• Stroke is the 4th leading cause of death
Life Line Screening offers finger-stick blood tests with results in 10 minutes. Protect your health by finding out your risk of diabetes and vascular disease by participating in the Life Line Screening. Register for the lipid panel (HDL, LDL, total cholesterol and triglycerides), glucose and CRP blood tests for only $99. Call 1-888-653-6441 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners to schedule your appointment. Ask about our other stroke and heart tests. Taking control of your health doesn’t have to be hard.

Do you know your TSH level?
Thyroid Disorders TSH can indicate an underactive thyroid.
• 20 million Americans have an underactive thyroid but half don’t know it
• An underactive thyroid can cause an increased risk of heart disease and lead to an enlarged heart
• Underactive thyroid is more common among men and women aged 60 and older
Life Line Screening offers a finger-stick blood test with results in less than 10 minutes. Protect your health by finding out your risk of an underactive thyroid by having a TSH screening. Call 1-888-653-6441 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners to schedule your TSH screening for only $45. This package also includes a total lipid panel and a glucose screening. Ask about our other stroke and heart tests. Taking control of your health doesn’t have to be hard.

Attention all Men! Do you know your risk for Prostate Cancer?
• A Prostate Cancer PSA test is the most accurate method for the detection of prostate cancer
• 1 in 6 men will get Prostate Cancer
• PSA tests have been used for over 25 years
A simple PSA blood test could save your life. Protect your health by finding out your risk of Prostate Cancer. Call 1-888-653-6441 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners to schedule the PSA, test for only $45. This package also includes a total lipid panel and a glucose screening for diabetes. Ask about our other stoke and heart tests.

Reserve your seats early with any Mission Committee member.

Dates:  January 13th & 14th, 2012

The Family Fellowship Committee invites you to walk with them on Friday, Nov 18th in the Wheeling Fantasy In Lights Parade.  Contact the McCulloughs to sign up and learn more about where to meet.

Last year was such a blast!  We hope you will join us this year!

Our invitation to you is a journey to discipleship.  It is full of excitement, joy, and blessings, with Jesus Christ as or guide.  We welcome you to come and be disciples with us on a journey to belong to God, to be filled by God, and to Serve God!

• To proclaim Jesus Christ as Lord and the Bible as God’s word for our time;
• To invite you and your family to share in the Good News and to love and worship with us;
• And to be servants of God and witnesses to His goodness.

This is a journey of a lifetime.  Don’t miss any of the destinations God has in mind for us.  Come and worship with us, as we take this journey together…with God as our guide.