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Blessed are

those who moum,

for they will

be confronted.

Blessed are

those who hunger

and thirst for

righteousness,

for they will

be filled.

Blessed are the

pure in heart,

for they shall

see God.

Blessed are the

peacemakers, for

they shall be called

the children

of God.

Blessed are

the merciful,

for they shall

be shown

mercy.

Blessed are

the gentle,

for they will

inherit the

earth.

Blessed are the

poor in Spirit, for

theirs is the

kingdom of

heaven.

Parse's Theory

Of Human

Becoming

Christ-Centered

Covenant

CONGREGATIONAL HEALTH MODEL

Cocreating Health in a Parish Community

Parishioner

and

Parish Community

Health Cabinet

Pastor

Community

Parish

Nurse

Blessed are those

who are persecuted

for righteousness

sake, for theirs

is the kingdom

of heaven.

First Presbyterian Church

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

"Love one another as I have loved you." John 13:34

"Health is a personal commitment to a lived value system; cocreating quality of life with the

human-universe process." R.R. Parse, 1992

"Go ye into the world..." Matthew 25:31–46

"Qualtiy of life is whatever the person living the life says it is." R.R. Parse, 1994

© Bunkers, S. & Putnam, V., 1995

FIGURE 14–1 Congregational health model.Reprinted with permission from the First Presbyterian Church, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.