Get Involved:
Gifts to ELCA World Hunger (external link) help support the work of international partners like Lutheran World Relief, The Lutheran World Federation, Church World Service/CROP and global companion churches through ELCA Global Mission.
Great Ideas for Congregations:
Easter chicks at Easter time, what a better time to bless a family in need with the gift of chicks or ducks that can help fight hunger? A chick, starting at just $1, can bring a family with an abundance of protein-rich eggs to eat and sell on the market. At $20, a duck is the best pesticide around–eating insects that harm crops while fertilizing the fields at the same time. Visit God’s Global Barnyard for more information (external link)
Host an ELCA Good Gifts Fair (external link) and invite members to buy chicks and ducks in honor of friends and loved ones. They also make great additions to Easter baskets! Start a buck-a-chick sale during Lent. For $1, allow members to purchase and decorate paper chicks. Hang colorful chicks in a prominent spot and announce the total raised on Easter Sunday. Check out the Lenten resources for congregations at ELCA World Hunger (external link)
ELCA Malaria Campaign (external link)
Teach your congregation about the biological and theological implications of malaria and learn what the ELCA is doing about it. The Malaria Jeopardy PowerPoint and many other games for children, youth, and adults are available online. (external link). More information about the ELCA Malaria Campaign (external link)
Bread for the World 2011 Offering of Letters (external link)
Bread members write to their members of Congress, advocating for policies that help end hunger in the U.S. and around the world.
Remember the Hungry this Lent (external link)
This year your congregation can host Wednesday night Lenten meals and help fight hunger at the same time. Enjoy global cuisine. Learn about different parts of the world. Discover how gifts to ELCA World Hunger are making a difference. Instead of charging for the meal, collect donations to support ELCA World Hunger.
Visit www.elca.org/hunger/lent (external link) for six complete meal plans (including global recipes, table tents, table prayers and discussion starters).
Spring Boxes (external link)
The ELCA added a new project to their Global Gifts Program: Spring Boxes, a cost-effective ways to increase access to potable water in the Central African Republic, our companion synod! Congregations interested in giving money towards the Spring Boxes in the CAR may write/send checks to the EaND Synod; individuals may send their contributions directly to the ELCA.
VBS Idea:
Check out the Taking Root (external link) Vacation Bible School curriculum for children and youth.
ELCA World Hunger Education and Advocacy Grants (external link)
Now available! These grants support work that furthers the education and advocacy objectives and guidelines of ELCA World Hunger. Is your congregation already active in this type of work? Please apply.
Called to Be Bread: Resources on Hunger
A collection of recommended videos, books, and bible studies from the EaND Resource Center that illustrate what it means to be Christ’s body in the world, the bread of life. Read online or download article. (download pdf file)
Resources from ELCA World Hunger:
Congregation Connections Resource (external link)
Congregation Connections is an online magazine designed to help leaders integrate hunger themes throughout worship and congregational life. It follows the church calendar to assist people in integrating hunger awareness and engagement all year.
ELCA World Hunger Toolkit (external link)
A practical, easy-to-use, and intergenerational resource to help you design, host, and lead a learning experience on hunger or hunger-related topics. It is adaptable to your audience, including participant activity level and your time frame.
ELCA World Hunger Video Series (external link)
Short (average 6 mins) videos showing stories of individuals whose lives have been impacted by gifts to ELCA World Hunger. Perfect to show during Sunday morning offerings, temple talks, adult forums and youth group gatherings.
A brief, four-minute video introducing the breadth of work made possible by gifts to ELCA World Hunger is also available.
Reproducible Hunger Stories (external link)
Examples of how ELCA World Hunger donations make a difference in the United States and around the world. Download from the ELCA website (external link) or order through the new ELCA Global Gifts Catalog. (external link)
More Information on Hunger:
- ELCA Global Links e-newsletter (external link)
Stay informed. Be inspired. Get involved. Explore the breadth and depth of our church’s global ministry and of how God is transforming lives through our work together. Get regular updates from around the world! - Hunger Facts (external link)
- Sign up for the ELCA World Hunger e-newsletter (external link)
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