ELCA World Hunger’s 40 Days of Giving
From dust we came, and to dust we will return. But between those two truths is a whole lot of life to be lived and work to be done. Ash Wednesday marks the first day of the season of Lent,...
Forgiveness: A Lifestyle for Renewed Community
This post comes from ELCA World Hunger’s weekly email list, “Sermon Starters.” For this week, Rev. Angela Khabeb of Holy Trinity Church in Minneapolis, shares with us her reflections on forgiveness and how we are called to make this gift...
Walking Together During the Government Shutdown – How to Help
The shutdown causes worry and doubt about when I will be able to return to work. I wonder if this will continue – how will I be able to make ends meet? I think the church can walk with...
Advent Study Series, Session 4: Holy Communion
The guests sit back, satisfied. The plates are scraped clean. The utensils are carefully stowed for the next meal. Where do we go from here? In the first session of this study, Babette’s guests had finished their sumptuous, if strange,...
VBS 2019! Who Is My Neighbor?
Are you daydreaming about summer as much as we are? Around the country, ELCA congregations are already making plans for next year’s Vacation Bible School, and ELCA World Hunger is thrilled to invite you to explore our new VBS...
Advent Study Series, Session 3: A seat at the table
Advent is a season of anticipation, but this anticipation is not passive waiting. Perhaps a better way to describe it is as a season of preparation — we prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of the Christ-child...
Advent Study Series, Session 2: Radical Hospitality
Advent is a season of anticipation, of waiting and of preparation. In faith, we prepare our hearts and minds for the coming of the Christ, joining the sacred journey of the holy family to the manger where the Savior will...
World AIDS Day 2018 – Out of Darkness, Light
December 1 is World AIDS Day, an important occasion to remember those who have died because of this disease, to re-commit ourselves and our church to accompanying people living with HIV or AIDS, and to raise awareness to continue the...
Advent Study Series, Session 1: Just Food
Alppha Banda, Irene Banda, Kristina Stephano, Dorothy Ngamira and Martha Kamphata all have children attending the Chibothel Lutheran Nursery School, operated by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Malawi. This school has 42 students and, with support from ELCA World...
Hunger and Poverty by the Numbers – 2018
With so much information out there, it can be difficult to know the most accurate statistics for measuring hunger and poverty. But knowing the data about what is happening can go a long way to helping us talk about...