How would your church like to be handed a ministry? This is what happened to the Warren Seventh-day Adventist Church.

The FREE Community Health Fair began in 2021 when the Warren Church was approached by the Judson Center to see if they would be willing to participate with them in a Community Health Fair. In the past, the Judson Center has used the playground of the church school for recess for the autistic children that they care for at the Judson Center.

The Health Fair was an ideal arrangement because the Judson Center has many contacts with other businesses and agencies that provide health benefits to the community and the Warren Church has the property just West of the Judson Center Building that is ideal for the Health Fair experience.

In 2022, the Judson Center was unable to sponsor the Health Fair but suggested that there was an opportunity for the church to sponsor the event. The Warren Church accepted this offer and hosted the Health Fair in 2022. The fair went well in 2022 and is being sponsored again by the church in partnership with the Judson Center.

The Fair has expanded in 2023 to include fifteen health related vendors.

There will be a plant-based cooking school with three demonstrations at 12, 1 and 2 pm. with celebrity “Chef Miguel.” The “Delectabowl” food truck will be available for those wanting to try a vegetarian entrée, as well as a food tent with a seating area to meet and greet others at the Fair.

The Warren Church Adventist Community Services Ministries will be present to greet and share about their services which include: the Blanket Ministry, Diaper Pantry, Food Pick Up Ministry, Grief Sessions, Single Mom’s Oil Change, Home Handy Man, and Veteran’s Ministry.

There will be the “8 Laws of Health Game” where people can win a small stuffed animal by spinning a wheel and answering a question about one of the 8 Laws of Health. (Everyone is helped to be a winner in this game). They will have a children’s play area with two bounce houses, a climbing dome, pony rides and a small petting zoo.

These are topped off with FREE Chair Massages and Haircuts for attendees as desired. And for those with a heavy heart in need of encouragement they have the Grief Sessions tent and a special Prayer Tent nearby.

There is literature freely available at each of the areas of interest with respect to health and spirituality for any of the attendees. All in all, the 2023 Health Fair is intended to help guide the community to a new and better future with respect to their health and spirituality.