My Love/Hate Relationship...with spring!

I believe I remember saying something here a few weeks ago about "bring on spring."

Springtime has always been my absolute favorite time of the year...sunshine, flip flops, tulips, watching my son play baseball, worshiping a Risen Savior, the end of school and celebrating everyone in my family's birthday.

Well, I take it all back!!! ;) Ever since we moved to East TN, I suffer tremendously this time of year despite the year-round allergy shots and other treatments I am on! 

Okay, it's still my favorite time of year, BUT this week has been rough I will admit. In fact, I had to postpone my weekly seminar with the City of Greeneville as a result, which means I have nothing to report as far as that goes.

But I do have a few other exciting things to report!

Two of my awesome coaches helped me put up this lovely Creation Health display which sits right inside the entrance to the Takoma Cafe. It is our hope that people will learn and memorize what each letter in the CREATION acronym stands for and then we can have a fun little contest to see who knows their letters!

I also had the privilege of working with the kiddos out at Tusculum View two times again this month. As usual, I used fun activities and demonstrations to discuss letters C-R-E-A the first time I came to see them and then did the same for letters T-I-O-N during my second visit. And now that we are having such nice weather, we were able to go outside at the end of our time together both times I was there!

Hope you are enjoying this beautiful spring weather, maybe next week will not be so rough for all of us who suffer from allergies! :)

About the Author: Erin Franklin is the Creation Health Coordinator for Greene County, the Head Volleyball Coach at Greeneville High School and the Founder/Director at Worthy of the Prize Sports Ministries. Erin has a BBA in Marketing and Management from TCU and a Masters of Christian Education in Church Recreation from Southwestern Seminary. She is a published, award-winning author and poet. Purchase her book Worthy of the Prize Sports Camps: A Church's Guide to Implementing an Effective, Community-Reaching Christian Sports Camp to be used as an outreach tool for your church or mission organization, and her ebook find joy in the journey: how 12 women could face tomorrow just because He lives for inspiring stories of women who found overwhelming joy despite their circumstances. Erin is the wife of Aaron, the Minister of Music & Senior Adults at FBC Greeneville, and the momma of 2 sons, Anderson and EJ. Click here for full bio.

Do You Trust Him?

This week in the City of Greeneville employee's seminar we talked about T - Trust, and how a trusting relationship with our Creator on this crazy journey we call life, is in fact vital to our health and well-being.

One way we can begin to know and understand who God is, so that we can put our trust in Him, is by reading His word. It is there in the pages of scripture that we discover a God who never gives up on us, despite our constant failings and attempts to go our own way. On the contrary, He offers love and forgiveness, to the point of sending His own Son to take our place on the cross, and all we have to do is "confess with our mouth that Jesus is Lord, and believe in our heart that God raised Him from the dead, and we will be saved." (Romans 10:9-10)

And though I must admit that the smooth journey of the top photo IS enticing, it is only in the midst of the obstacles of the second journey that we find God and are able to enjoy the blessings of an abundant, eternal life with Him, no matter our circumstances.

What about you? Have you put your trust in Him?

About the Author: Erin Franklin is the Creation Health Coordinator for Greene County, the Head Volleyball Coach at Greeneville High School and the Founder/Director at Worthy of the Prize Sports Ministries. Erin has a BBA in Marketing and Management from TCU and a Masters of Christian Education in Church Recreation from Southwestern Seminary. She is a published, award-winning author and poet. Purchase her book Worthy of the Prize Sports Camps: A Church's Guide to Implementing an Effective, Community-Reaching Christian Sports Camp to be used as an outreach tool for your church or mission organization, and her ebook find joy in the journey: how 12 women could face tomorrow just because He lives for inspiring stories of women who found overwhelming joy despite their circumstances. Erin is the wife of Aaron, the Minister of Music & Senior Adults at FBC Greeneville, and the momma of 2 sons, Anderson and EJ. Click here for full bio.

Bring On Spring!

I was thrilled last week while making rounds @ Laughlin, to see that one of the Creation Health displays had been given a makeover!

And I was even more thrilled about the reminder that spring is just around the corner, woohoo!

So creative!

As usual, I also led the City of Greeneville seminar this week @ Public Works and am happy to report that we are halfway through the 8-week seminar and are still going strong with 35-ish participants. This week we talked about how mental and physical activity directly impact our overall health and wellness, encouraging one another to make an effort to add more "active mintutes" to our daily routines.

Hope y'all had a great week too, sure was nice to see the sunshine again! :)

About the Author: Erin Franklin is the Creation Health Coordinator for Greene County, the Head Volleyball Coach at Greeneville High School and the Founder/Director at Worthy of the Prize Sports Ministries. Erin has a BBA in Marketing and Management from TCU and a Masters of Christian Education in Church Recreation from Southwestern Seminary. She is a published, award-winning author and poet. Purchase her book Worthy of the Prize Sports Camps: A Church's Guide to Implementing an Effective, Community-Reaching Christian Sports Camp to be used as an outreach tool for your church or mission organization, and her ebook find joy in the journey: how 12 women could face tomorrow just because He lives for inspiring stories of women who found overwhelming joy despite their circumstances. Erin is the wife of Aaron, the Minister of Music & Senior Adults at FBC Greeneville, and the momma of 2 sons, Anderson and EJ. Click here for full bio.

Environment Seminar

I do not have much to report from this past week as far as events go. My family and I escaped to sunny Florida for a few days, where we were able to get more than Creation Health's (E - Environment) recommended 10-20 minutes of fresh air and sunshine a day.

I did, however, get back into town in time to lead the City of Greeneville weekly lunch seminar for employees and wouldn't you know it, but this week we talked about E - Environment. It was great to finally be able to meet again, after cancelling 2 weeks in a row due to weather.

We talked about the importance of getting those 10-20 minutes of fresh air and sunshine a day, de-cluttering, bringing nature indoors, as well as other environmental factors that affect our health. I finished by showing them Takoma's new, environmentally friendly water fountain that I talked about here, followed by a giveaway of 2 Creation Health tumblers to encourage getting the recommended daily amount of water intake without wasting plastic bottles.

Have a great weekend, friends! Bring on spring!!

About the Author: Erin Franklin is the Creation Health Coordinator for Greene County, the Head Volleyball Coach at Greeneville High School and the Founder/Director at Worthy of the Prize Sports Ministries. Erin has a BBA in Marketing and Management from TCU and a Masters of Christian Education in Church Recreation from Southwestern Seminary. She is a published, award-winning author and poet. Purchase her book Worthy of the Prize Sports Camps: A Church's Guide to Implementing an Effective, Community-Reaching Christian Sports Camp to be used as an outreach tool for your church or mission organization, and her ebook find joy in the journey: how 12 women could face tomorrow just because He lives for inspiring stories of women who found overwhelming joy despite their circumstances. Erin is the wife of Aaron, the Minister of Music & Senior Adults at FBC Greeneville, and the momma of 2 sons, Anderson and EJ. Click here for full bio.