Judy Walser of Cuyahoga Falls, who is participating in the Trinity United Church of Christ's Trinity Trimmers program, keeps a close eye on the scale as she is weighed in before the worship service by Del Wallace, wife of the church's pastor, Rev. Carl P. Wallace, on Sunday in Akron. The program is part of a health initiative with Summa Western Reserve Hospital that is designed to improve the physical and spiritual health of participants and raise money for the church via their pledges for each pound lost. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal))

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Barbara Porosky of Stow (left), who is participating in the Trinity United Church of Christ's Trinity Trimmers program, is weighed in before the worship service by Del Wallace, wife of the church's pastor, Rev. Carl P. Wallace, on Sunday in Akron. The program is part of a health initiative with Summa Western Reserve Hospital that is designed to improve the physical and spiritual health of participants and raise money for the church via their pledges for each pound lost. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal))

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A table with various health and diet information that is set up in the hallway at the Trinity United Church of Christ for interested church members and participants in the church's Trinity Trimmers program. The program is part of a health initiative with Summa Western Reserve Hospital that is designed to improve the physical and spiritual health of participants and raise money for the church via their pledges for each pound lost. (Ed Suba Jr./Akron Beacon Journal))

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