Hunger
It seems that it's always the season of bounty in America - at least for most of us. But did you know that, simply for lack of food, more than one in 10 people in the United States experience hunger or the risk of hunger? That's 35.5 million people (including 12.6 million children). Here are some ways you as an individual or as part of your congregation help address that need?
Follow the synod’s hunger efforts on Twitter at @ELCADeMdHunger
Volunteer to be your congregation's coordinator for the ELCA World Hunger Appeal.
Plan for your congregation's participation in the synod's annual World Hunger Appeal Sunday. Here are materials for your use.
- Ways your congregation can participate
- Litany for World Hunger Appeal Sunday, legal-sized bulletin insert
- Litany for World Hunger Appeal Sunday, letter-sized bulletin insert
- Litany for World Hunger Appeal Sunday, plain text format
Use the devotional prepared by Deaconess Jean Warren on 1 Kings 17:16. Download it in one of these formats:
- Devotion on hunger, legal-sized bulletin insert
- Devotion on hunger, letter-sized bulletin insert
- Devotion on hunger, plain text format
Plan to take part in the "Walk/Run for Hunger" sponsored by Lutheran Community Services of Wilmington. Check the LCS website for the annual event, held each fall, or contact the LCS office, (302)654-8886.
Take part in the ELCA World Hunger Appeal.
Learn about Stand with Africa.
Commit yourself and your congregation to the ONE Campaign to make poverty history.
Investigate the opportunities available through Bread for the World.
Plan to take part in the next Souper Bowl of Caring Sunday.
Take part in the ELCA World Hunger Appeal.
Learn about Stand with Africa.
Commit yourself and your congregation to the ONE Campaign to make poverty history.
Investigate the opportunities available through Bread for the World.
Plan to take part in the next Souper Bowl of Caring Sunday.
Would you like more information? Contact the DE-MD Synod Hunger Mission Force: Pr. Mark Huffman.