Leadership Tips & Training Let’s Have a Change Your Life Event

Sunday February 1st, 2009

During 2008, we had six opportunities to connect and train hundreds of First Place 4 Health members at Change Your Life Events. We went from one end of the country to the other, north, south, east and west. I had the best honey crisp apple I have ever eaten while at the event in Wisconsin. I experienced the first snowfall of the year at our Toledo event.

What is a Change Your life Event?
It is usually a six-hour event held in one day featuring our First Place 4 Health staff, Carole Lewis; Erin DuBroc; Vicki Heath; seminars; inspiring testimonies; wonderful praise music, and a delicious First Place 4 Health lunch. Instructional sessions include topics such as: the history of First Place 4 Health, training and instruction on getting started, how to use the materials, and FP4H leadership guidelines and principles.

How can we host a Change Your Life Event?
You will need a facility that accommodates a group of at least 100 people, lots of volunteers to help plan and prepare, staff support from your church, and a willingness to put in longs hours with a great return on your investment!

Are there different kinds of Change Your Life Events?
Yes, there are actually three options available, depending upon the size of your church and how much you want to invest.

  1. Option One: CYLE – Full schedule with lunch served and a recommended registration fee of $40. Possible event speakers include FP4H staff, networking leader and/or guest speaker.
  2. Option Two: CYLE – Just the Basics. Shorter schedule with the option to simplify by omitting the music, fewer testimonies, and no meal served. This event will be led by one of our trained networking leaders.
  3. Option Three - CYLE – Focus on Fitness. Shorter schedule with event led by networking leader and a Certified Body & Soul Instructor. In addition to Just the Basics program, this event has seminars on the importance of exercise, including two full-body workouts for all fitness levels. Focus on Fitness can also be added to the full schedule.


Now, doesn’t that sound like fun? We would love to talk with you and your First Place 4 Health group about hosting a First Place 4 Health Change Your Life Event for 2009. If you will contact me, I will be happy to send you the complete guidelines and sample schedules. God has used First Place 4 Health to literally change hundreds of lives, but only to the extent that churches are equipped to implement First Place 4 Health classes. We invite you to be a part of a ministry team whose single purpose is leading others to seek Christ first in all of life! Won’t you consider being a part of an event like this?

Call me. Let’s talk.,

Vicki Heath


Vicki is our First Place 4 Health Director of Leadership Development.
She also is a Body & Soul Instructor and is on our two First Place 4 Health Aerobic DVD's. She is one of our First Place 4 Health conference speakers and leads Aerobics and speaks at our F.O.C.U.S Wellness Weeks each year.