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Happy Sabbath!
***COVID-19 Update***
For the safety of our church family, the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists is requesting the cancellation of all church services tomorrow, March 14th.
The Annual Hunger Walk scheduled on Sunday, March 15th is also cancelled.
Our Pathfinder spring camping scheduled March 27th – 29th is also cancelled.
Please adhere to all health advisories and take necessary precautions to keep yourself and your families safe and healthy during this national emergency.
We will reach out as we obtain more information.
May God continue to bless you and keep you!
Congratulations to all 2019 Graduates
KINDERGARTEN Myia Channer Shadrack Myrthil Karissa Dowdie Peter McLean Elyse Legall |
8th GRADE Zafar Antoine Ah’ Yana Davis Shaniel Richards Aaron Townsend Makayla Nooks |
COLLEGE Melissa Campbell Kelvin Grant Valens Plummer II Karen Anderson Tamara Smith Nathaniel Forrester Julianne Plummer Devon Stoll Daniel Ennis Cicily Stone Chloe Bowen Omari Christie |
5th GRADE
Aliyah Charles |
12th GRADE
McAndrew Dufanal |
Pastor Stone’s last official day as Pastor of the New Hope Church: Sabbath, April 22, 2017
New Hope Seventh-day Adventist Church will greatly miss you Pastor and Doctor Stone. Although you have been called to lead another church, the dedication, leadership, and love that you’ve extended to our church family, our friends, and the community at large will forever be in our hearts.
Thank you for exemplifying true discipleship.
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The old adage, “Use it or lose it” is true even in dementia prevention. Studies have shown a lower risk of dementia in people with the highest “cognitive reserve,” defined as those with more education, literacy and those involved in more stimulating mental activities like reading, playing games and those attending classes. The Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging followed 239 people for eight years; average age 57 years old, with normal cognitive functions at the beginning of the study.
At the study’s end those persons with the highest cognitive reserve had the lowest risk of Alzheimer’s symptoms, regardless of their beta amyloid levels. Other factors that are important in dementia prevention include: optimal sleep, eating 11 servings of fruit and vegetables (berries were reported to be especially good), 4 servings of grains, 2 servings of beans and nuts, and limiting fats and sugars. So for better health, stay mentally and spiritually engaged! (Source: Nutrition Action Health Letter – Jan/Feb 2014)
How does exercise affect Alzheimer’s? In 1999, Arthur Kramer who was then at the University of Illinois, reported that healthy sedentary people aged 60 – 75 years old, did better on cognitive test requiring executive function if they were assigned to six months of daily walking than if they were assigned to 6 months of stretching. Further studies verified that cognitive functions are preserved in those who participate in aerobic activities. In 2010, 33 people aged 55-85 with mild cognitive impairment, early dementia, were assigned to either high-intensity exercising or stretching. After six months the women in the high-intensity exercise group did better on multiple tests of executive function than those in the stretching group. (Executive function is the ability to plan or make decisions, correct errors, or react to new situations).
In the men, there was improvement in only one of the test. Other studies have shown a reduced risk of dementia over time for people who exercise versus non-exercisers. Exercise appears to protect the brain by preserving the blood flow in the small vessels of the brain that are responsible for executive functions that usually decrease with aging. Exercise may also expand brain volume and protect the lining of blood vessels throughout the body. (Source: Nutrition Action Health Letter – Jan/Feb 2014) So for better health, GET MOVING and participate in the Adventists InStep for Life Initiative at www.adventistsinstepforlife.org.
Hypertension is a disease of lifestyle which affects the arteries of the brain causing a lack of oxygen later in life leading to dementia. Brain scans (MRI’s) have revealed what are called brain infarcts or small stokes which destroys small areas of the brain which can lead to decreased brain function. It appears that persons with the most small strokes have the highest rate of Alzheimer’s and other dementia’s.
The same damage to blood vessels are seen in people with elevated blood sugars and those with diabetes; in fact there is such a close association between diabetes and Alzheimer’s that some people call Alzheimer’s disease type 3 diabetes. It appears that as a result high blood sugars insulin levels in the blood are elevated causing reduced levels in the brain. And because insulin clears beta-amyloid from the brain, this lack of insulin increases the the risk of Alzheimer’s. So for better health, reduce your blood sugar and blood pressure with exercise, weight loss, proper diet, and medications if needed! (Source: Nutrition Action Health Letter – Jan/Feb 2014)
Alzheimer’s and other dementia’s are the sixth leading cause of death in the United States which strikes 1 out of 3 persons over the age of 85 years old. As baby boomers age, the cost of caring for people with Alzheimer and other dementia’s is expected to double by 2040 to $215 billion a year. But is there anything that can help prevent this devastating condition. Research reports that protein fragments called beta-amyloid causes plaques which are a hallmark in Alzheimer’s. The other common problem seen in this condition is damaged blood vessels.
Recent studies identify 5 factors which increase the risk of Alzheimer. They include: 1) high blood pressure, 2) elevated blood sugars, 3) lack of physical activity, 4) excessive weight, and 5) mental and social inactivity. Over the next 3 weeks we will investigate these factors closer. May God help us to make healthful choices now, that we may always maintain “a sound mind.” 2 Tim. 1:7 (Source: Nutrition Action Health Letter – Jan/Feb 2014)