These wellness-related tools have been developed or adapted by Portico Benefit Services. They are designed to help you and those you care about — family, friends, colleagues, congregation members — grow your well-being together. They can be used by anyone in our community, whether or not you have ELCA health benefits.
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Building a Culture of Wellness in Your Community
These activities can help create momentum and excitement as your community tries them together.
#Minus1
In this six-week activity, Deacon Tammy Devine invites you to discover the peace and well-being that can result from subtracting one thing from your life.
Create a Gratitude Jar
Take some time out of each day to truly appreciate your abundant blessings. By writing down and celebrating the good things in your life, you can gain joy, peace, and a new perspective.
Creation Care
Answer God’s call to be a good steward of earth by completing one or all of the actions in our Creation Care activity.
Let Go With Grace
Identify what’s holding you back — a worry, a memory, an anxiety — and start to let it go. This simple unbinding devotion can come to life in a variety of faith settings.
Be Still
Choose from three daily practices and learn to take a step back, de-clutter your mind, and live from abundance and strength over the next 28 days.
Slow Down
Improve your emotional well-being through 5-10 minutes of daily prayer practice exploring gratitude, strength & vulnerability, and self-awareness.
More Ways to Live Well
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Communal Discernment: A Prayerful Practice for Decision-Making
Pastor Myron Herzberg describes the communal discernment process his congregation uses to make space for the Spirit when key decisions need to be made. Acquaint yourself with the process; share it with your congregation.
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Feel the Spirit Move You
Practice Luther’s description of faith as a “busy, living, active, mighty thing” by using these six prayer poses to speak to God in body language.
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Get Centered in Seconds
Set aside anxiety and frustration, and pause to center yourself in God’s loving presence.
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Living Well: The Haloms’ Story
What does it mean to be financially well? See how caring for their finances helps Pastors Martin and Melinda Halom live out God’s mission in their congregations and community.
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When Life Changes, How Do You Live Well?
Walk with Pastor Greg and Deacon Diane Kaufmann, two rostered ministers who've discovered new ways to exercise and eat well while adapting to chronic health conditions.
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Working Hard to Live Well? Perhaps Too Hard.
Learn how spiritual practice helps us live as whole people of God. This video invites you to try centering prayer using Pastor Jay Hilbinger’s technique of holding an image in mind to rest in God's presence.
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This information should not be considered or used as a substitute for professional health care advice. By providing this information, Portico Benefit Services is not providing any medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Each individual is responsible for his or her own health and medical treatment decisions. You should talk with your doctor to determine the lifestyle changes and health care treatment options appropriate for you.