ELCA World Hunger

  The following is an excerpt from “‘Big Dreams’ of Ending Homelessness in Virginia,” featured in Living Lutheran.   Last year, 25-year-old Maya (last name withheld), who lives in Virginia, was expecting her first child. Collecting unemployment due to COVID-19,...

  St. Matthew Trinity Lutheran Church’s Lunchtime Ministry offers a warm meal, hospitality and community to neighbors in Hoboken, New Jersey. This important work is supported in part by a Domestic Hunger Grant from ELCA World Hunger. Stanley Enzweiler is...

  We know that ending hunger will take more than food. Addressing climate change is a critical step in this work. That’s why ELCA World Hunger is excited to share a new opportunity from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary’s Center for...

  Action “They are working together, united, to show the country and the world that this is the way to fight for peace.” Thus far this Lent, we have heard stories of God working through this church, our companions and...

Investment “[The vision is] that we get to invest money in our families and in our community.” The first reading for this fourth week of Lent is from the book of Numbers. The people have been on their exodus from...

Justice “The direct service of providing filter pitchers and the organizing work of bringing demands to our alderpersons, health department and mayor all lead us back to the font, where we stand with people at the holy water that makes...

Honesty “For [God] did not despise or abhor the affliction of the afflicted; [God] did not hide [God’s] face from me, but heard when I cried” (Psalm 22:24).   When Kamini Dhurvey was just a child, her mother died and...

  We are excited to introduce the four recipients of ELCA World Hunger Big Dream Grants for 2021! ELCA World Hunger’s Big Dream grants, one-time gifts of $10,000 to $75,000, support ministries in the United States and Caribbean as they...

  A Bigger “We” “Your Father who sees in secret will reward you” (Matthew 6:4).     Almost eight years had passed since Marina set foot inside a church building. A car accident when she was in her late 40s...

  These reflections are a part of ELCA World Hunger’s Sermon Starter series which is published via email every Monday. You can sign up for the weekly email here on the right side of the page if on a computer...