{"id":3028,"date":"2012-08-10T14:51:23","date_gmt":"2012-08-10T19:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/hungerrumblings\/?p=3028"},"modified":"2012-08-10T14:51:23","modified_gmt":"2012-08-10T19:51:23","slug":"before-i-go-theres-one-thing-you-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/worldhunger\/before-i-go-theres-one-thing-you-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Before I Go, There&#8217;s One Thing You Should Know&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">As of next week we will bid farewell to our summer interns. They are a talented group and\u00a0contributed greatly\u00a0to the ELCA World Hunger Team. We wish <strong>Colleen<\/strong>, <strong>Kristyn<\/strong>, and <strong>Louis<\/strong> well and thank them for their partnership and\u00a0work.\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><\/em><em><span style=\"color: #000000\">By Colleen Peterson<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2012\/08\/4colorELCAstack-PMS_jpg1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3035\" title=\"Print\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.elca.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/52\/hungerrumblings\/2012\/08\/4colorELCAstack-PMS_jpg1-300x77.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"77\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">As I reflect on my summer internship with ELCA World Hunger, there are several lessons I will take with me; however, there is one thing I would like to share with all of you before I leave. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Despite being raised and deeply engaged in a Lutheran church in Minnesota, it was only this summer that I learned about the incredible things that the Lutheran Church (in the larger sense) is doing to address poverty and hunger domestically and internationally. Although I attempted to comprehend the approach and methods of ELCA World Hunger before the summer, it has been a remarkable experience to hear staff members describe the accompaniment model (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elca.org\/accompaniment\">www.elca.org\/accompaniment<\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">) as the way we do our work. Instead of going into communities in need and proclaiming what is best for them, accompaniment describes us as building relationships and working <em>with <\/em>people rather than <em>over <\/em>them. While many people may assume the Church works in a way that does things <em>to <\/em>communities or <em>for <\/em>communities (both of these approaches not utilizing or valuing local knowledge and skill), that is not the reality of how we are responding to hunger and poverty. Rather, the Lutheran Church works with congregations and other partner organizations to help communities lift themselves out of poverty. How great is that?!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">For someone who entered this summer feeling annoyed by the drama and gossip that can occur in small town Lutheran churches, I am pleasantly surprised to leave the Churchwide Office of the ELCA with a deeper understanding, appreciation, and excitement for the Church\u2019s work in the world. It\u2019s truly remarkable what we can do when we work together to end hunger and poverty.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">With only a few days left of my internship, I thank you for sharing in my blog experience and wish you well as you continue to follow ELCA World Hunger and work to eliminate hunger in this world. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Colleen Peterson is an ELCA World Hunger intern<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of next week we will bid farewell to our summer interns. 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