Great of all things. Thank you. Thank you for moments of wisdom. Thank you for moments to connect with other pastoral leaders who are wrestling with very difficult questions in the midst of this health and racial pandemic. God asked you to allow our time to give us some keys and some steps forward. Give us some wisdom about how to move forward together. Give us some wisdom of how to be patient with ourselves and to constantly be open to where our world is collectively moving. These things we ask in your son's name. Wanted to begin with just some thoughts about my own philosophy and where we are moving as a conference. One of the last pieces of guidance you may have received is that our conference office, the physical spaces, would remain closed through the month of March. What I want to say is though the offices are physically closed, the work of the conference has not ended, similar to the work that each and every one of you are doing in your places of pastoral ministry. Though the buildings may have physically been closed, our churches and the heart of who we are in the Southern New England Conference has been very, very much so open. I am today in thinking about the accessibility of a vaccine that many of the people who are in our congregations have begun the process of accessing. Then I think about this reopening that I think continues to be a part of all of our wonderings, this question about what does that mean in life of the physical spaces that the conference is stirring. The invitation I have is that right now my newest guidance is that the conference offices will remain closed through annual meeting, which will be the second week in May. My thought around that is not only will the physical spaces remain closed, but I am not at a place of saying will reopen then, but at that point will be another marker in the life of the conference where we will revisit where are we in terms of even having that conversation. My invitation to you in the local church might be to follow that guidance from the conference perspective, that maybe after annual meeting to convene the conversation about where you are to take the temperature of what is happening in our region, in our states and in our world to then discern where we might be. In the meantime, we will continue to give update and guidance, but it is really not a place that we will open after annual meeting, but we will be in a place of having deeper conversation. I want to get to the health professionals, so I will offer three pieces of how I am thinking about my own guidance as conference minister. The first one is science. What is science telling us about our way forward so that we can be faithful to the guidance from the CDC and many things that you will hear about today. The second one is a lens of safety. Can we truly be in a place or even a posture of thinking about reopening from a safe with a lens of safety as our guidance? Not only the cost of what it would really cost us to create worship spaces that truly would be following all of the guidance from the CDC, but are we also thinking about the types of folks who would be a part of who we serve? My last one is a spiritual guidance from Scripture, which is that church, as we think about it, really should be the organism in this world that is posturing itself to those who are the most vulnerable. And because of many complications with accessibility to the vaccine, education about it, its access for the most vulnerable of our populations, still issues and concerns about accessibility, the ability for people to gain access to the vaccine irrespective of things like race and socioeconomic status and location, all of those things continue to be something that we're wrestling with nationally as well as locally. So those are three places that my heart leans towards. Where is science telling us? Are we practicing a spirit of safety? And are we being led by, I think, a spiritual ethos of being thoughtful about those who are most vulnerable? That's led me to say that conference offices will not be physically open, even the consideration of them being open until after annual meeting. So thank you for listening to my few words, but I want to ground us in the voices of our health professionals. And so I want to yield the space to our health and wellness team leaders. Thank you. Good afternoon. I'm Peggy Madison. And I wanted to start off with just a simple slide. The next slide, please. Do you have it, Peggy? Don't we have it running? Should. I don't know. The open one. Is anyone else seeing types of COVID-19 tests? I can talk while we find it and it comes up. Okay. There are many questions around testing as many as around vaccinations. So I wanted to put together a slide that would just give a simple layout as to how they are different, because there's three different types of tests that you hear about in the media and in the paper. In the chart, this chart, the two on the left, the green column is a diagnostic test. And the one in the reddish color is an antibody test. And it's done by taking a, either a prick of blood from your finger or actually a tube of blood if other blood's being drawn. Now both of the green tests, the diagnostic tests are available both in drive up testing facilities as well as at home kits that you can buy. If you want it free, you really have to go to one of the state testing sites or other sites that have been set up by the state so you can get it done free. The antigen tests, you can get it right away. The results, 13 to 15 to 30 minutes. The others can take a day or a week because it's sent out to a lab. That's true of whether it's a drive up testing site that you're going to or something you're doing in your own home. The least accurate is the antigen test because false negatives can occur more often than that. The better one that you hear most often about is the PCR test. And that one is highly accurate. Few false negatives, which it doesn't tell you don't have it when you do, so that that is the preferred one. But you can also buy that to do at home if you want. The problem is at home tests are very expensive, ranging from 25 to 75 and up depending on people who have bought them to resell on the internet. So be careful of what you buy, but they are available. Even the blood test, sometimes you need a second test just to have accurate results. But the blood tests tell you if you've had it in the past, the green tests tell you if you might have it now.  The one thing I keep having to remind people of is that the date of the test is the date that tells you is reported. So if you have a test on Monday, you'll get the report back maybe Wednesday or Thursday. Tuesday you could actually contract the infection, but it wouldn't show up for another five days. So when people say, I'm tested, I'm fine. No, if you were tested this morning, and this afternoon you've gone out to lunch, you aren't considered fine. So I just have to remind people that it's testing as of the time of the test that you're getting results on, not after that test. And it's a simple concept, it's just people tend to forget it. So I'll turn it back to Debbie and she's going to start with the vaccination information. Okay, the slide's not advancing for some reason. Here we go. So in Connecticut, as of today, we're enrolling people who are 65 and older as eligible to get the vaccine. That doesn't mean it's been smooth sailing for the 75 plus category. There's still a lot of difficulties with the system getting registered and finding a site where vaccine is available. But that is increasing. Healthcare personnel, long-term care facility residents and medical first responders are still being vaccinated within that group. We're also finding that there is difficulty getting the second vaccine within the appropriate window if it's the Pfizer you're supposed to get the second dose three weeks after the first and the Moderna is four weeks. We're seeing six to eight weeks for a lot of folks, which is still okay. You're still going to get a good immune reaction from that, but we are finding that very difficult. So there are several systems where you can get registered for a vaccine and those are all listed on the Connecticut website, which is very helpful. This is the actual address. We do have a PDF that will be distributed to attendees and posted on the website that lists all of the resources and websites for registering for a vaccine and determining eligibility in each state. So don't worry about copying all of these things down. The main one for Connecticut is the second one here, the vaccination scheduling options.  It doesn't mean there is vaccine available there, but it will tell you the sites. And even as of this week, Walgreens and CVS are getting some of the vaccine in our area. And I explored those websites this morning and you can actually see which clinic sites are near you and whether they have vaccine available at the moment or not. Some other smaller pharmacies are allowing people to register on their website and making a waiting list. And then when they have vaccine available, they're calling appropriate people to get those injections. You can call 211 in Connecticut or the vaccine appointment assistance line, which is<PHONE_NUMBER>. That is also a lengthy process, although they've added people to man those lines 12 hours a day now every day. So it's getting a little easier. There's also a deaf and hard of hearing line 711 access to vaccine appointment scheduling. And we really need to remember that the variants of the coronavirus are showing up in our area. As of the 8th of February, there were I think it was 20 in Connecticut of the UK variant identified and nine in Massachusetts. And these are only the ones that are identified. So we have to be careful. We have to be vigilant and get vaccinated. We're still believing the vaccines will be effective against the variants in preventing severe illness. I think that I have covered what I wanted to there. So I will turn it over now to Kathleen. Okay. Okay, I'm unmuted. So this is probably if you live in Massachusetts, this is probably one of the outlines that you're you've seen around. It's one of the popular ways in which we're trying to display who is who's eligible and when will people be eligible. And right now we have all of people in phase one able to be able to get a vaccine and they include both the clinical and nonclinical staff that work in home health care. It also relates to both workers and residents in the nursing homes and assisted living centers. All first responders and those who reside in residential care and workers and shelters. In the phase two, we have those who we have phase two level one. And that refers to people who are 75 years old. And if you've heard any of the of heard Baker this last governor Baker this last week, he has now said that the person who was accompanying that individual who's 75, they also can receive or schedule an appointment. And that now is one of the listed categories. What he had in mind, and this comes out of what we know from the from the various centers, Council on Aging, they had suggested that we could get better compliance with this age group if they could have someone go with them. And if there was the added incentive that the person that they come that they come with could also get a vaccine. It also makes great sense. From the point of view that one 90 year old person who's in my congregation has a homemaker who takes him to his appointments. And so if that person who he's with all the time could also be safeguarded, it makes a lot of sense. And that's what they had in mind. Family members, people that work in terms of the home health care. Those are the individuals that they were hoping that would take advantage of this. This morning, first thing I had heard on one of the updates or alerts was that people again were taking advantage of this, taking advantage of calling older people to really with scams. And so this is one of the things I think we as health providers and as clergy need to be aware of and to be sure that we're communicating about the importance of making sure that our elders, our over 75 age group, have a way of getting to the vaccination center and that it is with somebody who they know or if it's going to be someone that may volunteer from the church that they had that had a quarry check that they know how to transport someone safely in their auto to to the site. So these are just small things, but they're things that when on the ground that I find myself dealing with this particular week. But back to the schedule. So those are the people who can come and on our resource sheet, I have listed a number of different numbers of different websites that you can check. I find many of the private hospitals, such as Leahy, such as MGH, Brigham, they're doing their contact with their population that they serve through invitation. And that allows them to manage their supply, to set up their deliveries in the most over a number of different sites, and it allows them to be able to connect with their clients and know and and automatically get in touch with those who need to be alerted that it's now time to get your shot, you're you're the next in line. The VA is also actively doing that. And each of the hospitals have a on their website, have a site and have have either a phone number or a way in which you can use the site to to register. And again, I think the mass.gov site is most helpful. And they now have their 211 phone number and that that you can call and that is both in English and Spanish. So that's a little bit of an update about who we have. We are waiting to hear that the 65 age group and those with two or more co co medical conditions might be available. They'll be the next group, but they're staying the course right now with with the two groups that they've identified. So on to our next Rhode Island, I think I need the Rhode Island slide. Is there somebody controlling the slide? Yeah, it's up. Okay, that's linked and there it is. Okay, as you can see, people are probably very confused because Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, we do cross boundaries a lot and people can share what's going on to their friends across boundaries and all three states are doing it differently. Rhode Island is not doing a phase 123. This is the chart for Rhode Island. It's based on age. And it also is based on geography included the city that has the worst number of cases per population is getting focused on for getting the vaccinations. So that is not based so much on age but where they live and then what that city it'll change over time. And the states also said as people move through things and as the vaccine continues to come, they won't finish one group before they start another group. If they're able to, they will start another group in a certain location. So we have state run vaccinations. We have pharmacies that are offering vaccinations and we also have the town setting up their own vaccination centers. So even within Rhode Island, things can get a little confusing. There on the resource sheet, I put the two different areas that you can go to either find more information about texting and where you can get tested, one more information about vaccinations and who can get them in what areas in what day. Every week, Rhode Island puts out a list of who's getting vaccinated that week. And that's available on the website. And then the following weekend, it puts out the list of who's getting vaccinated next week. So that it's really helpful but it's not anticipatory help so much as this is what's going on now. It was things change because we only get 16,000 doses a week. As things change, we'll let you know. But the website is really helpful to find out what's going on. And now I think it goes back to Debbie. Kathleen will be next. Sorry, Kathleen. All right. So we've come from a surge into staying a course that was set for us about physical distancing and about wearing masks. And we all have become, that's become part of our daily life. And we're now moving into what may be a more of a recovery phase. But there'll be a back and a forth for a while between these two because we are all learning. And there is a steep learning curve that we're experiencing. And we can trust the science. But in many cases, the science hasn't yet been able to, you know, vaccinations. We've only been doing it two months. So there's no long-term studies in terms of its impact in all of the cases. We don't know. So what we have to rely on is the staying in the course techniques that we have been using. So number one, we need to have patience. And know that things are developing as quickly as possible. I think as we look at that either in the vaccination rollout or in terms of what we know from the science, the understanding of this, people are really attempting to move forward and to really do their best. But we don't know everything. So we need our patience. We need to continue wearing the mask, physically distancing, avoiding the large groups, practicing good hand hygiene. And in this case, as there's a question about the variance increasing and there being more virulent, then I think there's that whole idea of wearing a double masking or making sure that you're wearing one of the better quality masks. Important in all of this is staying informed, but not being overloaded. And that is, I hope again by this point, you kind of have identified two or three resources that you know, this is where I can go to get the latest information. Again, in Massachusetts, mass.gov, the CDC, there's a few other resources that over time I've come to really appreciate. And so I hope that's true for you. And just to avoid all of the sensationalism that we get it's not helpful. It just really does deplete us. The realities COVID-19 is having some variance. So in the words of Dr. Fauci, it's, you know, the more we are not a resource, because we're we have some protection against the virus by getting a by being vaccinated, the less of a host that we will be to future variants. The vaccination distribution schedule is challenging, but each week you see the kinks getting worked out. That's where the patients comes in and the belief that people are really working to make these systems work. And then there's the vaccination that you know, the vaccinations now protect us from the severe illnesses, but we are not aware of all of the sciences yet to know about its spread. And if you're vaccinated, what will be the the spread? Because again, this is some of the research we're just beginning. And one of the groups that people come to are those in the church setting. And again, clergy are trusted people. And so it's important that you know the facts and you know some of the latest information and you know where to get it and to send people. For example, one of the things that we had recently learned since we had started to put this presentation together is an important medical alert that came out about if people we know that there will can be side effects, such as sore arms and some some fatigue and some flu like symptoms that some people not all people experience. And so some people have premedicated for with some pain relievers. And what we really want to encourage is people not to do that. The science isn't totally in but the recommendation based on on other experiences with other vaccinations has really indicated that this that this isn't helpful. Let's see. Okay. So let me just see if there's anything else. If you are on pain relief medications for ongoing conditions, that is something you need to talk with your doctor about. And that's a different situation. But it's more if you're taking it just prior to to a vaccination to anticipate. Oh, what if I receive this? Let me get it. Let me get a jump on it. Well, the problem is that that's an anti inflammatory substance. And it could interfere with with the body's reaction in a positive way to the vaccine. Okay, I think that's it. Now we're on to the decision making. Yeah, thank you, Kathleen. So when we're thinking about getting the vaccine, there's a lot of concerns, a lot of fear. Some people are afraid that the vaccine was created too quickly and might not be safe. They want to wait and let others get it first and see what's happening. And I really want to reinforce that while this these vaccines came out very quickly, some of the science that was used to develop them has been worked on over the last 10 years with other types of coronaviruses. So it's not entirely new technology or process. It's just finding the right vaccine for this particular virus.  It is not a live virus. It is something that teaches our immune system how to recognize and fight the virus. It doesn't make you sick. And the side effects are really not medication side effects. They're your body's immune response to identifying this threat and building up resistance to it.  These are symptoms that your body is working against that threat, and you're building up an immune response. So it's really a good thing. There are there's a lot of talk out there about how sometimes the second dose is worse in terms of immune response than the first, your body's just building up a stronger and stronger response. So give yourself a few days after your vaccination and you will feel better after that. We've heard some reports of people and feeling, well, others should get it first. I shouldn't, you know, health care providers who are younger, some would say, well, the older people should get it first. But the truth is that if we are following the criteria that have been developed by the CDC, the scientists and our local community decision makers, we all need to get vaccinated. And if we're in the group that is currently eligible, I encourage everyone to step up and get your vaccination. We protect ourselves and we protect others around us as well. And while it's been, it's not clear yet how much someone who is vaccinated, let me rephrase that, someone who has had the vaccine may still have the virus in their nasal passages and be able to spread it to others. So even once vaccinated, we need to continue to wear our masks and follow all of the guidelines until we reach that level of herd immunity, where most people are protected from getting the severe forms of the illness by the vaccine. So we protect ourselves and we protect others when we're vaccinated. If you've had COVID-19, you have built some immunity to the virus, but it is not yet known how long that lasts. It's also not known what level of immunity you may have in your own body because there are so many variables when we become ill with a virus. There are a lot of variables about how strong an immune response, how many antibodies we build up. So it is not as reliable as getting the vaccine. So you still need to get the vaccination. Most of us have gotten childhood vaccinations to protect against diseases like measles, mumps and polio. And this is another one and the annual flu shots. This is another vaccine that is just as important, if not more so right now for us all to get. Don't worry about whether you get the Pfizer vaccine, the Moderna vaccine or the Johnson and Johnson vaccine when it gets its emergency authorization or another one that may get the emergency authorization. Whatever vaccine is available to you will provide protection and the levels of protection, while they may vary, do not vary that greatly. I heard a report recently that the annual flu vaccine has a 40 to 60 percent effectiveness and the vaccines we're hearing about now are going from 70 to 95 percent. So it's a good level of immune response. And as Kathleen mentioned, Dr. Anthony Fauci had said, if there's no viral replication, there can be no viral mutation. So the more we protect ourselves from becoming ill and protect others from becoming ill and circulating the virus, the more effectively we will be able to stop this spread. Also, as a side note, in terms of worrying about a severe reaction from the vaccine, as of January 21st, it's been reported that Pfizer only experienced 11 severe reactions and that's anaphylaxis, difficulty breathing, requiring an emergency room visit or emergency treatment, 11 out of every million vaccine doses given. And the Moderna has reported 10 severe reactions out of 4 million and none of them were fatal. So there's, you know, a lot of people have already received the vaccines in the testing phases and now in the early distribution phases. So we can be pretty comfortable that it's safe for us to take the vaccine. So now, along with all of this, it's a lot of stress, it's a lot of anxiety, it's a lot of uncertainty, and it's a lot of fatigue in wishing we can get back to the quote unquote normal. So we have Sarah Maria here who is a chaplain and she's going to talk with us a little bit about our mental health response. Good afternoon. Everybody, take a big deep breath. You've just taken in all kinds of information. I'm going to read a few documents to you. One is emergency stress relief. As far as I know, these are available up on the site. I will also just speak to being vaccinated because the hospital vaccinated me and the second vaccination just made me feel a little punky. It wasn't really that bad at all. Honestly, I felt just a little flu-ish in the afternoon of the second day and I went to bed and I was fine the third day. So one of the things we can do to be in these bodies and to remind ourselves to settle down and coming back to earth is to take a giant deep breath in your belly. One of the things I'm reading to you speaks to emergency stress relief and it says literally if you're having a moment where you're lost and you're anxious, just stop and breathe when you feel like you're about to pop. Don't solve the problem. Don't even think. Don't do anything. Just breathe. 90 seconds of slow, deliberate belly breathing will calm your nervous system and bring back your higher brain functions. And it helps to put your hand on your heart and focus your attention there because we're mammals. We respond to touch, especially on our heart, right? So focusing your attention and breathing. And when your brain re-engages, it'll need a partner. That's your heart if it's going to generate any useful ideas. But for now, everything else can wait. Honestly, just breathing in these bellies when you fill the belly like a balloon and expand on the inhale and then exhale, gently pull in belly to spine. It's because your vagus nerve runs along your abdomen here. Another way to be in these bodies is to honestly hug yourself. If you hug right under the lower part of your rib cage gently and hold yourself, it calms your body down. So these are great responses to your own body when you're finding a moment of, you know, of having anxiety or worry or what ifs. The next thing I'm reading is something that says how to ride the waves of change. I adapted it, but it's mindfulness practices, tips for going with the flow rather than losing ourselves in the undertow. So how to ride the waves of change. Change comes whether we want it or not. We can stay open and curious. You know, Reverend Goodwin was talking about how the church is open, our hearts are open, right? The buildings might be closed, but if we can walk through this world with open hearts, we can be curious to the ever-changing landscape of life's possibilities. Change leads to resilience. So the sea and change is choosing to stay open as you make a conscious choice to stay open, raw and vulnerable. We can be brave and tender and present to the technicolor experiences that reveals life's texture and richness. The age of change says have awareness of what is unfolding moment by moment. That's just present moment awareness. It's a key to mindfulness training and it's practice. All this stuff is practice, so it comes with patience also, right? Notice your thoughts. Which emotions are here? Just sitting with the emotion. What sensations? Knowing that it will change. Stop trying to resist what's coming your way. You can become a scientist of your own experience and have wonder at what comes next. The age of change is to adapt. It's crucial to a personal and species survival. Considering that adaptation is at the heart of survival, it's surprising how afraid we are of letting things evolve. If we learn to adapt, allowing new information and challenges to expand our perspective rather than retreating into ourselves, our unique brilliance can move along with life's flow. The end of change says notice how it feels to say stay close to your experience, so that's some of this allowing language that I like to use. At the end of the day, most of us just want to feel better. When we allow ourselves to be gently present, we may notice an increase in energy, joy, and resilience. Resilience is just bounce, right? As we dare to explore the vividness of this life, the G is generate wisdom by remaining curious about the ever-changing adventure. As we investigate our assumptions, our judgments, and other narrow ways of thinking, we open opportunities to develop insights that expand and recharge our views. A statistic is that we have 68,000 thoughts a day, and 98% of them are the same thoughts we had yesterday. That alone just makes me want to take a nap. So noticing that you're not your thoughts, right? Just being curious and noticing that there's always change. And then the E of change is to enjoy life's fresh offerings. It's important, important to be open to change, but it doesn't mean we should be constantly striving for change or forcing it on ourselves. Riding the waves of change means being here for what arises naturally, not moving at breakneck speed toward the next thing and the next thing and the next thing. Life can slip past us so easily and go unnoticed. Remember to pause, take a breath, and appreciate the electric circus called life. The last document I'm going to read to you from has a little bit of science in it. Ten ways to build stress resilience based on science. This is adapted from an article actually for teachers based on the teleomere effect. Ten ways to bolster your fortitude for getting back into the groove and meeting challenges throughout your year. The first thing to practice is wake up with joy. When you open your eyes in the morning, do not immediately reach for your phone. Don't anticipate your looming list of things to do with dread. Instead, practice thinking about the gift you've been given a chance to start fresh and seize a new day. Choose optimism and set your intention. What are you going to accomplish on this day? I actually just read something the other day that said to get up and look for the faces of the people you love. So going to find the people you live with if you're living with others, right? Take a tip from the 14th Dalai Lama who says, every day think as you wake up. Today I am fortunate to be alive. I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it. The next thing to practice is to eat. You know, choosing whole grains, fruits and veggies, foods that are rich in antioxidants, they're very important for your energy level. It helps your body to stay healthy. Afternoon snacks are really healthy, especially all these zoom meetings we're sitting in all the time. So noticing your body and taking good care of that. Learning about Tai Chi. It talks about taking Tai Chi as a meditative practice. It also increases vitality. It helps your body to move, helps your mind to move into your body, right? It gives you energy and it also helps with balance as you get older. Think about your relationships. Who are the colleagues that can cultivate your personal power of positivity? Avoid negative toxic people. As we know, toxic people are always going to be toxic. People who have positive relationships and support us or groups that support us provide us with better health. Social media, being really careful with that. Does it make you feel socially isolated or are you in a group that you feel confident in? And again, breathing. Here we go with breath yet again, practicing mindfulness strategies, using meditation. There are two fabulous sites, Insight Timer and Headspace, both offer a host of meditation apps, practices. They're both apps that you can tune into.  They're really great sites. Another one I do actually is just on one hand, two hands, sorry, two hands. You can say to yourself, I am here now in this. So it's the six words. I'm here in this seat. I'm in this moment. I'm in this room. I'm in this next breath. Being aware of where you are. And that's the next part that talks about being aware. Just paying attention throughout your day. It's beneficial to retrain your cognitive mind and build new neural pathways as you respond and not react to stress in your day. One of the things I'm doing a lot with all this hand washing we have to do in my hands are so cold as I really enjoy the warm water of hand washing. So I bring my mindful awareness to washing my hands and feeling the warm water and notice the warm water. It's a fabulous mindfulness practice to put me back in my body in that moment. Exercise is essential. Planning for, this says 40 minutes at least three times a week, balancing the exercise that you need to help your body and practicing gratitude. Each day at the end of the day, think about five things that made you happy and write it in a journal. It is really remarkable how little effort it takes to cultivate a happier life and simpler routines. Gratitude provides so much stress resilience. And I put a link up here for a fabulous Ted Talk on gratitude that you can all watch. Create your own sleep ritual. Be sure you go to bed at the same time every single night, getting a full night's sleep if you can because it really helps with the stress resilience in our bodies. And the one thing I will not negotiate on a planet with other human beings is practicing self-compassion. Self-compassion is essential especially now. We often hand compassion out to every single other human being over ourselves, including our pets over ourselves. That is the hand to the heart practice. Loving yourself, being kind to yourself, treating yourself the exact same way you would treat your absolute best friend. Being kind and sending loving kindness to yourself and others really helps with the stress resilience in these bodies. So this is how we restore ourselves in these moments of panic and anxiety. What am I passing it off to? Back to Debbie. I'll say thank you. I really appreciate this team and we're going to have a fun little exercise with Reverend Lee Ireland in just a minute. But just so you're all aware, this is the health and wellness team. Kathleen is a parish nurse in Massachusetts and Peggy is a congregational minister for health in Rhode Island. And so we have all three states covered with faith community nurses and all of this information is really something that faith community nurses, lay health leaders, and clergy can share with everyone in our communities to try to help us all get through this really challenging time. So Lee, I'll give it to you. Okay, thank you. Well, it's good to be with you all. And there are things that I have heard and listened to that have been very helpful. Just to share in the state of Connecticut today, they opened the door for people 65 and older to sign up for the vaccine. And there is absolutely no way that I can access that page.  It's as if the website has crashed because there have been so many people think about how many people are baby boomers in Connecticut, we are not even able to access it. So I will wait a day or two. And fortunately, we are at a point where we are, we've learned how to do the wearing of the masks and the cleaning of the hands and staying safe, fortunately. So one of the things when I was on the previous planning committee meeting, I talked about some of the things of hope. And I have been leading women's retreats on a monthly basis. And one of the last, at the last gathering, I offered an exercise to have the women bring a seed, you know, a package of seeds with the pot and some soil. And I invited them to consider what it was that they would like to plant within that pot. Even though it might have been, you know, marigold seed or whatever, what was it that they wanted to plant for their own spirits, so that this could be the symbolism that even though we're going through this time of the pandemic and we're in the midst of winter, we know that that seed is actually in the soil. And as long as we put some water to it and it has its own timing that is beyond our control, it's part of God's design, that it will germinate on its own schedule and some will germinate faster than others. But our call is that to be the patient one in the waiting, trusting that it will unfold as it plans. And as I was listening to what was being shared here, I have, I'm not quite so formal as far as the rest of you. But I have been, one of the other pieces I shared, I remember was the the gifts that are coming out of this time of the pandemic. I know that I work as a pastor in Groton, Connecticut right now. And the interesting thing is how to be present to people who are feeling the anxiety of, well, when is this going to come to an end? And when will we be able to come back into the worship again? And all of that, having been in so many settings, I have learned how to deal with the unknown. So I can stand with one another and say, how can you do your faith walk and listen to the words of scripture? Where, you know, all of the passages are trying to help us to say, all we have is today. What will you do today? And I had a dear colleague who would look at me at times when I was speaking when we were in clergy groups and he would look to me and he'd say, what's the next right step? You don't know whether that fantasy is going to happen or not. What's the next right step? Take that. And what's the next one after that? And we get so caught up in worrying about whether something's going to happen or not. Just like those seeds, we place them in the ground and we have that seed within us that if we cultivate it for patience and endurance and trust, we can walk through this time of the pandemic and see the blossoming of our love in a very different way if we don't buy into the fear. And that's become my mantra of choosing love and not fear. And one of the fruits that I am seeing is one I have really begun to appreciate Zoom more than other people, mainly because I'm not on it eight hours a day, but I have been able to do programming all over the world with people that just brings me great joy. But I also have learned that my 10 year old granddaughter, who is now 11, is learning how to do, create her own clothing and doing painting by watching YouTube and participating in activities that she would never been able to do if it had not been for the time of the pandemic. And so it's like, how do we stop looking for what we don't have and see the opportunities that are here that cultivate the joy and the hope. And I just happen to be one that gets to enjoy sunrises and sunsets, which are what brings it to me. But again, how do we be the agents in this world to say, I've planted the seed of hope, will you plant it within you? Will you plant the trust? Will you plant? And none of us knows how the pandemic will strike us, but I'm not going to give into the fear at this point. And I have no idea when I'm going to get my vaccines, but, you know, we're walking together through this. And the thing that we don't know most of all is we have no idea what God is at work doing in the midst of this. And that makes me smile. And that makes me laugh, because it's much larger than any of us can grasp at this moment. And so I think because I just preached on the transfiguration and the wonder of all of that before coming into this meeting, I'm filled with that story and the promise and all kinds of things as we go into Lent this next week. Peace. Thank you, Lee. We have a few minutes for some questions before we close with Reverend Goodwin. I did see a question about where clergy fit into these phases. And that is a little bit different in each state. However, clergy who serve as chaplains in a facility or within a healthcare institution were mostly invited to be vaccinated through that organization. I know in Massachusetts that one of the private healthcare organizations decided that they would vaccinate clergy, and you could contact them directly to make that appointment. Other than that, I would say check with your local authorities and really get that clarification. Read the guidelines on your website. There is a lot of variability in how strictly different sites are adhering to the eligibility criteria as well, particularly with individual hospital systems. So I would say look at your age, chronic conditions, where you work, where you practice, maintain all of the guidelines and check with your local authorities. And if you need any more information, you can contact me as well, and I'll look for it for you. Do we have other questions? You can put them in the chat or in the Q&A box, or I don't know. Drew, can you unmute folks? Yep, we do not have the Q&A enabled, so they can just put that in the chat. In the chat, okay. As I mentioned, we will put everything into an email for those who have registered, and we will also be posting it on the website. I'll send it out to the Health Ministry subscribers as well, and we'll be putting it on the Facebook page. There is a lot of information. I'm also working on writing up some reopening guidelines in respect to the current state of the pandemic for 2021. So that'll be coming shortly. Debbie, would you like to mention about the upcoming, the next month's chat? Oh, that makes sense. Where's my calendar? The 25th, I believe. Yes. Yeah. At one, the Health Ministry chats will be on Thursdays at one o'clock on the fourth Thursday of each month. We are planning to do some more webinars potentially, so watch your emails for dates about that. And if you have topics that you would be interested in learning more about coronavirus or health and wellness ministry or otherwise, please let me know. Also, we'll be doing a workshop during Super Saturday on Saturday the 20th, so you can look for that and join us for some more conversation along building resilience and health and wellness ministries. So I'm not seeing any more questions, and thank you, Jocelyn, for your leadership and joining us as well. And Reverend Goodwin, would you like to close us out? Yeah, again, I just want to say I'm so grateful that our conference has a health and wellness team. And so just again, our Minister for Health and Wellness, Debbie, I want to say thank you to you and to Kathleen and Sarah Maria and Lee and Peggy. Thank you so much for just your time and intentionality and what I think you've offered to us today. I would just again remind folks that what I've shared with us is that the conference offices will remain closed through our annual meeting in May. And part of the invitation is then to at that time do some spiritually deliberate practice and thinking about what next steps might be from that point. Again, we're being guided by science. We're thinking about the safety of all of those who are welcoming into our faithful places. And we're also thinking about where our spiritual guidance is to be thoughtful about those who are the most vulnerable amongst us. So join me in a closing prayer. Holy One, we acknowledge that this has been a rough road. We acknowledge that we are missing the intentionality and the connection of being with one another physically in person. But we also know that during this period, you are stretching us. You're stretching our understanding of what it means to be church together. So God, we ask you to let all the wisdom that was shared today become a part of the decision making of how we move forward. We ask you to give us strength and courage for what seems like more months that will come ahead. Give us grace and patience as we try to figure out this new world that we've been welcomed into in the midst of a health and racial pandemic. And God, we trust that though you it's been rough over the past few months, you've been with us every single step of the way. And we trust your spirit will continue to be with us. So as has been so beautifully said, though our buildings might not be open, we are grateful that the church is very much open and alive, doing your work in and upon this world. Amen. Thank you so much for your time, everyone. Thank you. Thank you very much, team. Thank you, Reverend Goodwin.


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The latest weapons, coupled with the fighting skill of the American soldier, stands ready on the alert all over the world to defend this country. View the American people against aggression. This is the Big Picture, an official television report to the nation from the United States Army. Now to show you part of the Big Picture, here is Sergeant Stuart Queen. Americans have traditionally responded to the needs of friends in trouble.  A gesture which started as an informal assist has mushroomed into a big organized program for the rehabilitation of certain areas of Korean life. Armed forces assistance to Korea, or as it's generally known, AFAC, is an American Army project which is destined to become a living monument of friendship between peoples. Just about everybody saw it in the newsreels. General Mark Clark signed for the UN forces and the war in Korea came to a halt. The shooting war, that is, because there was still a big fight going on, a struggle for survival for most of Korea. The grim tragedy of war was plainly written on the face of that nation, and being a soldier with the UN forces, you just couldn't help but be moved by all the suffering, hardship, and poverty. It was pretty obvious that these people needed help, and plenty of it. Koreans still lived by the ancient methods, too poor to take advantage of the great technical achievements of modern man. Food grown by hand, harvested by hand, carried to market on a human bank. A Korean marketplace is something to see if you've grown up in an American city. Health regulations, just a phrase. But under the extreme circumstances, almost understandable. My outfit is the 51st signal battalion. I'm the chaplain. That's me in the marketplace now. I'm proud to say that the men in our outfit just didn't walk away from an unpleasant situation, even before the army took official notice of what we were doing and started up this AFAC program. The men would periodically chip in to get food and supplies for needy projects in our area. Then I'd roam the market at Seoul, get the most for our money, and get on the way to deliver it. First stop on my rounds is the Do-Bang Orphanage. It's located in Weijang-gu. These children are among hundreds of thousands who have been made homeless by the fighting. They're now given shelter in what was once the residence of the royal family of Korea. Mrs. Won Hun Young, wife of the director, helps stack the gifts on the porch of the inner court building. No formalities here. No diplomatic procedures.  Our outfit also contributes to a school run by an American religious order. Among the presents I've brought for these kids are erasers. We've tied them to a string for safekeeping.  Natural entertainers. Whenever they're happy, they play. That's a real field day for a camera enthusiast like myself. My next stop is the Seoul Sanitarium and Hospital. I can hear the kids ringing the bell as my jeep makes its way up the hill. The children here are rather young. Most of them left homeless at very early ages, never knowing the love of a parent. We soldiers feel that whatever we can do for them is little enough. At the hospital, I'm met by an old friend. Mrs. Grace Kim Ahn. Chief supervisor of nurses training. Writing tablets were what they asked for last time I was here and I'm happy to be able to bring them this visit. Soap is another urgent item. The efforts of the chaplain and the men of the 51st Signal Battalion represents spontaneous efforts on the part of our soldiers to aid Koreans. All over the country, they were giving aid and assistance on their own time, especially to the children. Children who had never known kindness. Children who had never had a home. The United States Army took notice of the situation and late in October 1953, these children began to have a future. Their future was officially called the Armed Forces Assistance to Korea. By the time I got to walk into headquarters to find out if our company's project had been approved, AFAC was a lot more than just a little informal philanthropy. Army units throughout Korea were reporting the need of construction in their area. The local Korean communities would organize themselves to provide the labor on a voluntary basis and we'd provide materials and equipment. Big stuff that was hard to get like trucks and bulldozers, plus technical advice. The only stipulation from 8th Army who administered the program was that nothing could interfere with combat readiness. This was a chance to help in a way that wasn't just a handout. Take that building. Looks like a shack, but it happens to be packed full of medical equipment. It's a dispensary. Project of the boys of the 40th Infantry Division. Other outfits were rolling too. This is what Lieutenant Colonel Morris had to say when the 4th Signal Battalion got started on another project. It is with pleasure indeed that the men of the 4th Signal Battalion take on the task of building new facilities to this jade civilian hospital. Not too long ago the 4th Signal Battalion built this hospital so that the Korean citizens of this locality could be given proper medical attention. We are proud that we have been able to help. We are again happy to assist the Korean people once more by adding a new operating room and new wards. This project calls for much material, which is being furnished by the United States government. The men of the 4th Signal Battalion, 10th United States Corps, will do the construction work assisted by Korean civilians. Together we will build a more efficient and useful hospital. Now I'd like to introduce Dr. Kim, head of the jade civilian hospital. Dr. Kim Bong-mo doesn't speak any English, but the translation of his remarks foretell mutual understanding and trust. This hospital for Korean medical patients is a wonderful gift from the people of the United States. I'm very happy to thank Conan Morris, commanding officer of the 4th Signal Battalion, for the fine job his men are doing in building this hospital. I thank the 10th Civil Affairs Office and the people of the United States. AFAC projects mushroomed as requests for assistance poured in from the small communities. These opportunities for self-help were eagerly seized. Children contributed a great portion of the labor, handling hundreds of pieces of tile which would form the roof of their badly needed school. This primary school at Cheonhyun was a good example of the combined operation. Lumber and many kinds of technical assistance were donated by the men of the 48th Field Artillery Battalion. It was the same wherever you looked. Buildings going up all over the place. With the expansion of the program, soldiers were able to devote more time to aiding their projects, as 8th Army allowed them to devote some duty hours to AFAC. This interest was bringing new hope for thousands of kids who just a short time before had been told by the communists that Americans eat children and that the food and candy are poisoned. These were children who had recently lived in caves and shipping crates and whose only food was begged, stolen or found in garbage dumps. Each completed project was helping to raise this nation from the depths of poverty, giving a people strength to resist the nearby communist plague which feeds on adversity. An early challenge to the full resources of the program came when a devastating fire swept across the city of Busan. The blaze raged for three full days. It laid waste to the commercial heart of the city and left more than 30,000 homeless. A special provisional staff section of the Busan Military Post was organized and with almost two million dollars of AFAC funds made available, the work of relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction began. Outfits like the 453rd Engineer Construction Battalion, 84th Engineer Battalion and the 24th Infantry moved right in with heavy equipment and highly specialized construction personnel. Republic of Korea Engineer Troops augmented by infantrymen from ROK divisions did the actual construction and one of the most amazing aspects of the undertaking was the rapid training of nearly 2,000 troops in the fundamentals of western style building methods including prefabrication. At ceremonies which marked the completion of this AFAC sponsored housing project, there was the same enthusiastic display of spirit that the troops demonstrated throughout the days of adversity. A high point of the occasion came when the key to the project was turned over from the ROK army builders to the Busan Military Post. The project eventually was turned over to the city housing authority which placed the units out for rent and sale. A monument was unveiled. It commemorated the combined efforts of the American and Korean soldiers which produced these desperately needed homes. Then came the big moment when the ribbon was cut to officially open the 111 house project but that still wasn't the end of AFAC participation. Victims of the Busan catastrophe who were completely wiped out got a new start in the form of a kit which contained utensils for cooking and eating. Vitaly needed equipment from AFAC funds to people who would have to wait and save for months or years before they might again collect the basic implements of daily living. But there were other projects in work around South Korea. Community plans were being completed at the rate of 60 a month. Most of them small local jobs involving a few men and a small amount of money and material. But some like this reconstruction of the city hall of Taegu were of larger proportion. This combination of American planning and material and Korean spirit and labor brought together under the AFAC program was proving to be one of the fastest methods of economical reconstruction and rehabilitation seen in modern times. A little was being made to go a long way. Much attention was given to the basic industries. At Seoul a tile plant came in for a share of assistance. This plant is one of the largest producers of roof tile in the area and through contact with our program their output has been improved and increased. For centuries they have been making the tiles the same way simply mixing the clay and putting it out into the sun to dry. A suggestion by a member of an AFAC technical team resulted in a change of technique. Now the tiles are kept wet as long as possible. This curing process has resulted in a greatly improved product. Less breakage less tiles needed for each job. A long-range project is this pipeline which will tap new water supplies for the city of Seoul. It'll take three years to complete. The development of hydroelectric power and land reclamation have high priority in the program. AFAC funds and equipment help restore one of the major sources of water and power on the peninsula. The hack dam one of the largest in the Chorwon Valley. Its 34 gates control the water supply for 2,000 acres of rice paddies. Men of the 194th engineers receive certificates of appreciation from agriculture minister Yang Seong-pyong. But a project of more immediate concern. Reconstruction of a bridge which carries traffic in and out of the Korean capital. The daily rumblings of military and civilian vehicles have caused the structure to become unsafe. A pontoon bridge is strung across the Han River to drain off some of the traffic load. The M4 span is completed in four days making speedy repairs possible. At the Engineering School of the Army of the Republic of Korea, U.S. Army Senior Advisor Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ellis conducts a briefing on the immediate problems which will be taken care of through the AFAC program. The Colonel illustrates his lecture with photographs of overcrowded conditions in schools and homes. He stresses the necessity of coping with conditions yet staying within the limitations of the amount of money appropriated. He explains the methods the school used to produce an experimental structure which it is hoped will be the answer to increased building activity. Using common native materials it is possible to produce the structure with a minimum outlay of actual cash. At the site of the Kim Hye Project more than 4,000 children who attend the school do their part toward making the experimental structures possible. While the girls operate a handmade pile driver the boys become a human conveyor belt to carry the crushed rock. Old dilapidated shacks will soon be vacated because of joint efforts on the part of the American Army and a small Korean community. The new buildings next to the old school are being constructed by parents who have come in from the rice paddies. These buildings are designed to go up in sections using standard material. Their size is determined by the immediate demand for space. This first building to be erected from the experimental plans contains six sections. It was put up by students of the ROK Army Engineering School under the guidance of their American advisors. More of these will follow all from the same basic plan. Resettlement is another facet of the AFAC program, a very important one. The bombs destroyed thousands of homes and many Korean families are being helped to start afresh this time as pioneers moving to undeveloped land and creating a home of their own on their own frontier. These people have moved many times in the past few years each time hoping it would be permanent but this move promises to be all they expect. Their destination will be to a place they can call home. These families are the first to be settled north of the 38th parallel since 1951. As initially planned 89,000 individuals were to be resettled on 42,000 acres of land. Most of them are farmers and agricultural workers. The plan is that they'll elect a town mayor who will organize a community but they'll share the responsibilities of self-government while working the land to which they have recently acquired title. General Choi, commander of the 5th ROK Corps, talks to the heads of the families and answers their questions. Units of his corps will be responsible for the actual building and construction once the foundations have been put in by American heavy equipment. Responsibility for the entire project rests with the U.S. 9th Corps and their headquarters and the site is visited by General Maxwell Taylor. The 8th Army commander gets a first hand look and briefing concerning the progress. This first town to be resettled north of the 38th parallel will be called Samson-Nee. It will serve as a model for those to be built in the future. The blueprints incorporate most modern features of town planning including separate structures for school, town hall, and dispensary. A complete community germinated and produced through the Armed Forces Assistance Program. It was the 22nd Signal Battalion that first became interested in us. During the early reconstruction days they contributed much of the funds which started Sumiang University back on the road to usefulness. Being a native of nearby Seoul and a student at the school, I watched the college take shape once more. You see it had been looted and dismantled by the Communists. In America you have so many universities. Here you can count our colleges on one hand. That's why the last days of reconstructions were so exciting. We were going back to school again. Once the Carpenters were finished, students filled the campus. There are 900 of us from all parts of the Republic of Korea. We are a private school, self-carving and subject only to the certain laws recognized by all educational institutions in our country. From time to time we get to hear guest speakers from other parts of the world and today the entire student body listens to the reverend Edward L. Junkin of the Presbyterian Mission in Seoul. Although he delivers his talk in English and we hear a translation most of us know quite a bit of the English language, we've heard it spoken so much these last few years. There are 20 classrooms and lectures halls in these buildings. Most of them concerned with the domestic sciences. Cooking, for instance, you can see, however, that we do not expect or experiments in the kitchen to be wasted. The subject in this class is donuts. We are very careful about making them digestible as Korea does not yet have many interesting foods other than those necessary to sustain life. Much of the flour, fat and sugar we need comes from our American friends. Music has always been an important subject for any Korean young lady. The subject in this class is girl singing and our professor of music is Ms. Kim Sun-ae. Music comes very naturally, appeals to our hearts. For cerebral activity we have newly added courses in laboratory subjects such as chemistry. This is a subject which will lead to post-graduate employment for many of the girls. They will later become doctors, nurses and definitions of many kinds. Biology is another modern course which greatly interests us. We get a great deal of fun in using the microscope and learning the nature and structure of things, the secrets of life. There are periodic meetings of the faculty, presided over by Ms. Imcheol Soon, president of our college. At the present time the university offers only one degree, Bachelor of Arts, but soon we will be able to study for other degrees. Athletics in Korean girls school is quite different from anything Americans are used to seeing. In the West the principal function of sports is a muscle builder or a contest. Heal the emphasis is on building dignified posture and proper carriage. Perhaps someday the benefits of these classes will be evident, but somehow it is difficult to think of future benefits when there is so much walking to do. Another part of our athletic program concerns ballroom dancing. Our teacher explains the basic steps then we practice using each other as partners. A lot of our leisure time is spent reading. We have a library not a very big one since the communists were here they took most of the books. These volumes are the keys to travel imaginary voices around the world. The pulse of our institution is the bulletin board. Our grades are posted here along with any information considered useful. About 100 girls live in the dormitory and almost any days after classes you can hear the bounds of the ping-pong ball. This game is becoming one of our most popular sports. For those of us who have returned to our re-build school buildings it is wonderful that after the uncertainty of the war years we have made our final move. Now we can get down to the serious purpose of preparing for the future without fear. We are so happy that in the immense problems of rehabilitation for Korea the happiness of a few young ladies was considered important by the AFAC program. AFAC continues to lend its helping hand to a nation on the rise giving equipment and encouragement wherever it is sought and justified taking into consideration the needs and hopes of the individual no matter what his or her position. American soldiers in Korea have extended their hand in friendship they've risen to the challenge the second challenge peace in Korea. We have seen how the armed forces assistance program to Korea has become an important factor in the rebuilding of that country. How a helping hand rather than a handout is being used to stretch resources and increase productivity. Through AFAC American soldiers are once again demonstrating how willingness and cooperation can overcome obstacles in helping a country make a comeback. Now this is Sergeant Stuart Queen inviting you to be with us next week for another look at the big picture the United States Army in action. The big picture is a weekly television report to the nation on the activities of the army at home and overseas produced by the Signal Corps Pictorial Center presented by the U.S. Army in cooperation with this station. You can be an important part of the big picture you can proudly serve with the best equipped the best trained the best fighting team in the world today the United States Army.


7. Amazing winter and Christmas ESL activities your students will love. When the aroma of gingerbread and eggnog is in the air, you know it's time to translate your love for the most beautiful season of the year into your TEFL classroom with winter ESL activities. While this is the perfect time to embrace winter and TEFL destinations with changing seasons, it's also ideal to educate your students living in places with tropical temperatures and other cultures about the holiday celebrations. Here are seven amazing winter and Christmas ESL activities your students will love. 1. What makes the perfect winter day? 2. Write an article for a local newspaper. 3. Make paper snowflakes. 4. Read something about winter. 5. Play a game of taboo. 6. Holiday extravaganza. 7. If everything else fails, these worksheets do the trick. Winter is the perfect time to tap into the energy and excitement of this beautiful season, and you should bring it into the classroom. With these seven great winter and Christmas ESL activities you will create an amazing time with your students. Thanks so much for watching. We are ITTT, the leading provider for TEFL and TSOL training courses. If you like this video, please subscribe by clicking that button down here and click on any of the videos here on the left for more interesting teaching tips for getting certified to teach English abroad and online.


What's up everyone, Mario here with AutoDS back with another monthly products video. Today we're covering the top 10 dropshipping products for you to start selling in May 2024. Now the best thing about this is the fact that May is actually introducing us to another season. Even though it doesn't start in May, for us dropshippers it's gonna start in May because in a couple of months we have summer coming along and for summer you have tons of different products that are going to be trending. So if you want to find out what products are going to be trending for the month of May and for the rest of summer then make sure you check out this video all the way through. Ready? Let's go ahead and get started. Alright so the first product on today's list is going to be a memory foam cloud pillow. Alexa why can't I sleep? Now everyone needs to sleep right but not everyone is necessarily sleeping comfortably or some people are having problems with their necks when they wake up and that's exactly what this product is going to solve. It's going to help people get to sleep, it's going to help them stay asleep and it's also going to help them get a better sleep. So let's check out the Facebook ad for this. So this is the lowest price but the best quality. Get yours now. Let's see what they're doing. Alright so we'll sleep pillow, they're showing how it's used. I mean it's really not much to show right? How are you going to use it?  It's also showing you how soft it is, how breathable it is and how airflow goes right through it because obviously we all like to sleep on the cool side of the pillow. So it's actually really cool because this ad actually highlights very well all of the different attributes and all of the features of the pillow. They did a really good job with this ad. Now checking out some of the comments it doesn't seem to be absolutely exploding which I find kind of weird but it does have over 12,000 likes and loves and 2.4 thousand comments but it has over 4 million views so they're doing something right. Now as far as the seller's website so this is called posture technology. I like it posture you know kind of just the way you stand, the way you present yourself and sleeping can kind of I mean I guess I could see how they're attributing it to it. So let's check out the website itself. Now the site itself is actually pretty nice. It's pretty straightforward and it's not overly cluttered. I like the fact that it actually has this review right here, Sarah verified buyer. That right there is very nice because it's right off the back giving you social proof. Now they also have some of the different features here, deep, relaxed sleep that leaves you feeling refreshed. Try it risk free for 45 nights that's actually something that I have not seen anybody do. This is different and it's actually catching me by surprise right now because I wasn't expecting this. I don't remember seeing this when I put together the cheat sheet but I like how they did this. They're standing out because they're changing everything compared to what everyone else is doing. They have the reviews up top, they have the features up top. Now let's take a look towards the bottom. So they got information, GIF, information GIF. They just had to do that right? They just had to add that but it's not too bad. I just wish there was a little bit more on the left hand side. Then you have what our customers say so you have all the different reviews. Now this is pretty cool. I like the way that these reviews are set up but this right here, oh you can drag and drop but the actual reviews it's kind of hard to read because everything is just going straight down. So if you can have it in just a more concise paragraph it would look a lot better. It would be easier read. Other than that though it's pretty cool. Like the website itself is it's different. It looks nice. I like it. Now for one pillow they're selling it for $59.99. Now let's check out AutoDS because this is where we're going to find the best price to source it at and here you can find it for $7.07. Now let's check out the engagement score. So apparently right now it's actually very active on social media. So there's a lot of hype around this on social media. As far as the saturation score it's busy. So it's not full market, not an insane amount of people are selling it. A good amount of people are selling it but you still have room to jump in there and make waves. You can still jump in there and get noticed. So let's check out to see how much money we can make from this. So this one is selling for $59.99 with free shipping. So when I went to check out it was totally free shipping. Now the sourcing price is $7.07 and that actually gives us a pretty good profit. Actually a really good profit of $52.92 per pillow. Now as far as our target demographic as always everything is going to be for both males and females single and married unless otherwise stated. Now as far as the age range for this we're going to go for 24 to 65 and the interests are going to include health and wellness, sleep disorders and sleep improvement. Alright next up we have a flea and tick pet repellent collar. Once again it's flea and tick season. Now summer is when we start to get a ton of different mosquitoes but on top of that we also get a lot of fleas and a lot of ticks and the ones that are going to suffer from this for the most part more than anybody is going to be our pets. So that's where this product is going to come in and solve all of those itchy flea issues. Kills ticks, fleas and mosquitoes it's very potent. So here we have pateek. I like that name pateek. It's a pet insect repellent collar and it's running for $19.99. Now this website is offering two different sizes but I think there's a few more. Why they don't offer the other sizes it's beyond me but looking through their website it's actually pretty simple straight to the point and I really like it. I'll tell you why. So once you jump on to here it looks good. The name pateek it's good it has a paw on it it's giving you proof that you know the website is relevant to the product pets paws there's a paw print on there it works everything works together. Now if you scroll down this side right here where the pictures are that kind of stays for a little bit and the right scrolls down within but then once everything starts scrolling down there's no empty space. The only empty space I see is this little square right here which really doesn't matter. Everything else is it looks good it's not overly cluttered it's not too much empty space the information is concise it's not a lot so overall good job pateek pateek pateek I think it is. So like I said here there's something in four $19.99. Now let's check out on AliExpress how much we can get it for and on sale right now it's 99 cents but you know we don't look at that so we're going for $5.56. Now let's see the different sizes that they have you know what they don't they have different colors but they only have size cat and size dog. Now I can actually see why they only offer one size and it's because this is the type of color that you actually cut so that way it is two size. So if you need it to be smaller you're just going to cut off part of the color and that's actually something that's really good that you can advertise that you can talk about that when you're marketing your product. Now let's check out the tiktok ad PSA for all owners that us seresto colors. Okay so they're talking about the type of color and they're actually telling you how it's supposed to fit so this is really good this type of content is really good because it's informative and people love informative content it's pretty much all it is they're just showing you how it fits. Now how much can we make from this product so as we can see it's selling for $19.99 with free shipping our sourcing price is $5.55 and that gives us a pretty good profit of $14.44. Now the good thing about this product is that this is a product that's consistently purchased so when people purchase one a lot of the times they're going to purchase multiples and if they don't purchase multiples at the same time they're going to come back and purchase more because they're going to need more flea colors eventually these stop working they expire. Now as far as our target demographic we're going to look for people that are in between the ages of 20 and 55 with interests in pet wellness dog or cat owners and household pets. All right at number three before we get started with that remember it like always we have a cheat sheet with all of the different links all of the different products and all of the information that i'm providing in today's video so if you want access to that all you have to do is go ahead and comment down below leave the hashtag may 2024 and let me know which one of these products was your favorite once i see that you commented i'll reply back with a link to the sheet. All right let's keep going. All right next up we have an emerald style stone pendant jewelry set try saying that five times fast. So let's check this out really quick on the handpicked product section over at Adodias.com and here we can see that it's actually running for $5.04 but it comes in a few different pieces so in total it's actually coming out to $10.78 for all three different pieces now taking a look at lsl little self love kind of like that we can see that it's running for $45 18 carat gold plated stainless steel jewelry now the website itself is actually very simple i like the fact that it's straight to the point the description is very short it could use a few different reviews like i always say if you don't have any reviews import them from your supplier import them from Aliexpress all you need to do is use an app like judge.me product reviews from Shopify and you can import products from your suppliers it's great but aside from that the website itself is clean i like it it's straight to the point now let's check it out on tiktok let's see what people are saying about it or how it's being marketed so this this kind of reminds me of the the old infomercials or i don't know if you've seen it but qvc how they show the different items but that's really what it looks like it just looks like one of those one of those shopping channels where they just show off products and they highlight all of the different features with different lighting and different movements that's really all it is so let's see how much money we can make from this now for this one it's selling for $49.99 in total with shipping and handling and we can source it for just about $10.78 and our profit for this comes out to about $39.21 now as far as our target demographic we are going to be targeting mostly women for this but we can target men especially for times where there's going to be some sort of gift involved like let's say christmas or valentine's day now i know that those are some time away but it's still relevant right you can drop ship this at any time of the year but if it's during some of these holidays then you do want to target guys as well now as far as the interests we are going to be looking at people that are interested in fashion and style jewelry and luxury lifestyle right up next at number four we have a portable folding baby chair do you have any folding chairs no this is perfect for parents that are on the go especially during the summertime everyone wants to go to the beach everyone wants to go out with their friends everyone wants to go to the park everyone wants to be outdoors and feeding kids when you're outside can be kind of tricky sometimes because they like to run around everywhere so there is where this product can come in and help out parents that just have a wild child so before we start let's check out the tiktok for this so we have the portable booster high chair at kmart kmart that still exists all right so they're pretty much showing everywhere that it could use all that's like i said the beach at your sister's place i don't have a sister rest stops on a road trip on holiday and it's just pretty much the entire video showing kids sitting in this chair and pretty much how it's used very easy it's a high chair now let's take a look at what some of the comments are saying some tags i love this is it safe on top of a dining table we have a similar one that lives on price is good too can't wait to get my hands on one of these so pretty much all of these comments are pretty positive now let's check out the website we have one love baby i like that the only thing is that the black on the stroke over here on the outline is a little too thick but that's beside the point the website itself looks good actually uh not really all right i spoke too soon the images are way too big and it's way too much in your face this is huge this really needs to be optimized it needs to be taken down a notch you need to add a bit more text here and there and just take off all of these different images just too much this looks like an aliexpress page but on Shopify now it's running for 79 dollars and 99 cents let's check out how much we can source it for on the autods handpick product section we can find it for 27 dollars and 56 cents now let's check out the engagement score it's actually not bad it's under moderate so it's not super active you can definitely jump in there and be ahead of a lot of other people and then as far as the saturation score just like the other one it's still pretty busy so people are selling it but it's not overly saturated just yet you can still get in there and you can still make some money from this product now how much money can we make from this so 79 dollars and 95 cents is how much is being sold with shipping and had free shipping and then the sourcing price is 27 and 57 cents so that's actually giving us a profit potential of about 52 dollars and 38 cents which isn't bad it's pretty good now as far as our target audience we're going to be looking at people that are between the ages of 25 and 65 the reason i'm going for 25 is because you have young parents yes but you also have people like aunts and uncles so some of them sometimes buy these kinds of things as well now as far as interests we're going to look at people that have interests in parenting and childcare baby products and traveling right at number five we have a pretty unique product this is one that i have not seen before and that's a diy wooden flower bouquet so beautiful now at the hand-picked product section over at audits.com we can see that it's running for 11 dollars and 99 cents so just about 12 bucks now on their website rocker we can see that it's running for 39 dollars and 99 cents so it's pretty hefty price for a diy bouquet now the website itself isn't bad actually i'm not a huge fan of the theme of the website i think that the name rocker doesn't really have anything to do with the type of product this is but it could be a generic store but even then it's just a strange name i wouldn't see this as a store now let's take a look at the website itself so overall the layout it's not bad this youtube video of their product is interesting i haven't seen this before 55 minutes i mean 55 seconds and it's pretty much just showing you what the product is all right so they i guess they just put their ad on their page now they have a little description a few images showing you what it's about and a couple reviews that's why i like it it's not bad it's very concise it's very straight to the point and you all know that's what i like the only thing that i would change is the name of the website i would make it a bit more relevant to what the product is and if not then i mean for a generic store it's all right now let's check it out on facebook so this is the facebook ad and what they're doing is they're showing you the wooden flower bouquet they show you the finished product and then they show you not how to build it but they show you kind of like the steps step by step just really fast they show you how it's built go forward a little bit and they show you the final product it's actually a really cool product i think this is really cool now let's check out how much money we can make from this $39.99 with five dollar shipping and handling that's going to give us a total selling price of $44.99 now our sourcing price is $11.99 and our profit for this is going to be about $33 now as far as our target audience we're going to be looking for people that are between the ages of 18 to 65 and their interests are going to include crafting, diy and home decor all right number six now this one is definitely going to be one of those that is going to sell during the summer or right before the summer especially with people that work outside so at number six we have a uv protection hoodie so safe and protected and in my print of demand business one product that i sell a ton of is these types of shirts or these types of hoodies it's pretty much just a long sleeve that has uv protection on it and it's breathable so that way people can work outside not get hot and not get burned a lot of people that purchase these are actually people that have their own lawn care businesses since they're outside all of the time now we can find this product on aliexpress for $34.50 now that might seem like a lot of money especially for something like this which pretty much can seem like just a shirt but trust me it's a lot more than that something like this is very valuable especially with people that work outside now let's check it out on lyograft so on this website we can see that it's selling for $63.95 which is actually a very general price to sell us at that price point is right on point you can sell these for about 59.99 to about 75 now the website itself kind of just like most of the other websites that we've been seeing it's organized pretty well i like how everything is evenly spread out the information and the images and then it has the product recommendations under it it's pretty good the only thing i would add to this is like i always say product reviews now let's see how this is being marketed i'm actually very interested on this and they're doing this like that just like i said working outside so it shows the girl working outside she puts on the hoodie she zips it all the way up puts on her glasses and she is fully protected from the sun and all of its dangerous UV rays the good thing about this is like i said even if you're wearing this outside you're not going to get hot because it's breathable and they're showing everything in the same video the rest of the video is pretty much the same thing of them just using it and showing you how it looks but that's pretty much what it is this is perfect for outdoor workers and let's check out the comments this is perfect for those cool days at the beach i want it i need this great for tick protection in the garden that's also another really good one good for fishing under the sun i need this for yard work you see now let's see how much money we can make from something like this and i highly suggest you add this to your store right now so for this our target age range is going to be about 18 to 55 now our interests are going to include outdoor activities sun protection and outdoor workers now as far as our profit potential kind of skip that part it's important right that's what everyone's here for selling price 63.95 about you can probably up it maybe by five dollars or you can drop the price by a little bit just so you can stay competitive sourcing price 34.50 profit potential 29.45 all right next up we have a jakard sofa cover i think that's how you pronounce it jakard not entirely sure but this is a sofa cover that simply just goes on top of your entire sofa or on top of pieces of your sofa and protects it from anything so it's going to protect it from your kids jumping on there and spilling juice and it's also going to protect it from animals jumping on top of it and potentially scratching the sofa itself it looks like such a nice sofa now on the autods handpick product section we can see that here it's running for ten dollars and 45 cents as far as the engagement score right now we can see that it's under moderate so there is engagement on social media but it's not oversaturated saturation score same thing it's at busy so it's not quite full market just yet you still have room to be able to jump in there and start making a couple bucks so i was actually looking at the wrong one for this the cushion covers the one that costs six dollars and five cents which is the one that i was actually originally quoting now each one of these different pieces is a different size but the profit potential is going to be about the same thing now let's take a look over at soothing home the one thing i really like about this website is the fact that it's meant for home goods soothing home right that the one thing you can think about when you hear about that is stuff for the house so it works out perfectly when they start selling a product like sofa hero covers which is what they're calling it now for this the seat cover itself is 1899 that's the one we were just looking at that we just priced so it comes in a few different colors quite a few different colors actually and the website itself is nice i love the fact that the left side stays where it's supposed to be and the right side is what scrolls and it doesn't have a ton of information and it's not overbearing scroll down to the bottom you have my favorite thing of all time reviews with pictures then keep scrolling you have more reviews and that's it straight to the point love it let's check out the facebook ad so holiday sale 50 off if you have pets kids or if you're tired of the wear and tear which i'm sure a lot of us are they show you pretty much all the features of the sofa cover how easy it is to install and how flexible and a few of the different features of it it's pretty simple straight to the point self-explanatory so let's check out our profit potential shall we now our selling price is $18.99 but there is a $5 shipping fee so it comes out to $23.98 now remember this is for one sofa cover specifically for the bottom cushion now our sourcing price $6.05 for that one profit potential about $17.93 now our target demographic is going to be between the ages of 20 and 55 so people that are just starting to move out on their own then our interests are going to include home decor interior design furniture and home furnishings all right next up at number eight whenever you finish at the beach you need to kind of fix your hair right so that's where this is going to come up and this is an electric hairbrush now on aliexpress we can see that it's running for about $14.80 with free shipping now as far as our seller i've actually found this on walmart unfortunately it's no longer available on walmart but it did sell in the past and i can tell you this for sure because here it shows that it has over 115 reviews and it has pretty good reviews 4.8 stars now here they were selling it for $40 or $39.99 whether or not that includes shipping i can't tell you because i couldn't find that information and i can't add it to my cart to be able to you know tell you or not so we're just gonna stick to $40 so let's check out tiktok see how this ad worked out and it did pretty well 30 000 likes not a lot of comments surprisingly but 60 saves so it can't seem to get rid of frizz then you need this it's a brush that uses low heat and prevents damage so all they're showing you is how it works and that you can take it with you anywhere you go and then it's rechargeable it's all there is to it simple straight to the point as like this worked very well because people don't have a big attention span especially on websites or platforms like tiktok now how much money could we potentially make from this or how much money did the seller potentially make from this well the selling price was $39.99 from walmart and the sourcing price was $14.80 giving a potential profit of $25.19 now as far as our target audience for this this time we are going to be targeting women and the age range is going to be between 18 and 45 with interests in hair care self-care and personal grooming okay this next product is a very high ticket item and that is a luxury feather floor lamp sounds luxurious so this product we can find on autods and it's running for $621 but that's not the one that we're looking at the one that we're going to be going for is actually the 35 feather one it's going to be kind of hard to tell i'll show you right now and the item cost for this one is $318.85 so it's significantly lower now i found this same product on amazon and it's selling for $1,099.99 that's a lot of money especially for a floor lamp but people are buying it which is the craziest part now on top of that they're actually charging $116 for shipping i did not see that and i did not take that into consideration so let's see how something so high ticket is getting promoted now on facebook you can see that they're just simply putting it down and showing how it looks on a pretty luxurious living room and honestly this living room is a little bit too much for me it's not my taste at all but there's definitely people that are into this now 3.7 likes 248 comments 312 shares pretty good i have these i love them love the whole room love the room everyone loves the room i do not know why so our sourcing price our sourcing price is $318.85 then our selling price is $1,099.99 but let's go ahead and add to that because we have $1,099.99 plus how much was shipping $1,1603 such a random shipping price so we're actually selling this for a total of $1,216 now let's subtract how much we paid for this 318.85 and that's giving us a profit potential of $897 that is absolutely insane that's a lot of money now as far as our target demographic we're going to be looking at people that are in between the ages of 35 and 65 aside from that the interests are going to include home decor lighting accessories and most importantly luxury lifestyle because that's who we're going to be offering this to people who like luxury people who can afford luxury and last but certainly not least for summer people are going to be going on road trips people are going to be taking their bikes and they're going to be going out on bike rides and if those people are like me then they're very very bad with directions so this product is going to be able to help them out immensely and that's a universal car phone holder into the desert baby now i know a lot of people are selling these but look it's really all about how you're going to market it if you can market it like this like the way i just told you it's a way that you can help yourself not get lost by simply being able to hold your phone up people are going to relate to that because a lot of people are the same way a lot of people are very bad with directions so on our auto deus marketplace or the handpick product section we can see that it's running for $3.61 with $1.99 shipping so it's pretty cheap as far as the seller's website this one is life giver wise it's an interesting name for a website not my favorite i would not go with that at all the rest of the website it just looks like any basic dropshipping website you have this up here the banner i'm not a fan of the banner i don't like that text scroll down like all the other websites you have on the right the information oh look they have they have reviews i like that and most importantly reviews with images this is the best way to do it now let's check out on facebook so all they're doing is showing you how oh that's actually really cool the way that it uh it clips on i like that i didn't notice that so the way it clips on is actually really good because it legitimately is universal you can clip it on to almost any part of your car and they're doing a very good job showing that on top of that they're showing you that it spends 360 degrees and that's pretty much all they're doing they're just doing the same thing over and over now one of these honestly the price can vary typically they're not that expensive but if you can find one that has some pretty good features like this one you could sell it for a couple bucks more now the selling price is $19.99 but there is a shipping fee of $5.99 totaling $26.38 as far as the sourcing price $5.28 and that gives us a potential profit of $14.36 target demographic we're going to be looking at people between the ages of 18 and 65 because let's face it everyone uses a phone and people that are 18 are either going to be driving or they're going to be in bikes same thing goes for the 65 year old for the most part they're going to be driving but either way as far as interests we're going to be looking for people that are into road trips cars overall and this is one that's actually pretty important and that's going to be rideshare drivers now the reason I say this is because a rideshare driver anybody who drives for uber or lift they're always going to have their phone on display it's part of the job so a phone holder is a necessity for them and if you can find one that has good features then they're going to jump on it remember if you want access to the cheat sheet with all of the information I just talked about including all of the different links and all of the different pictures as well as target demographic information make sure you comment down below the hashtag may 2024 and let me know which one of these products was your favorite when I see that you went ahead and did that I'll send you a link to the cheat sheet huge thank you to everyone for watching especially if you made it all the way to the end as always you made it this far you enjoyed the video so smash that like button hit that subscribe button and ring that little bell notification so you don't miss out on any future videos huge thank you to everyone for watching again especially for me and it all the way to the end my name is mario with autods catch you all next time