This is the time of the year I encourage our rostered ministers to check and make sure their Hunger Action Guide is not languishing on the bottom of their stack of mail.
This year what may be lost in your mail is a letter explaining that for the sake of stewardship, samples have not been mailed but are available online and can be ordered for free.
These Action Guides are an often-overlooked resource, full of great ideas.
What you will find in this year’s guide:
Advent Litany
to use on Sundays or in your newsletters
Advent Calendar
Everyone loves an Advent Calendar. Each day is a reminder of the Christ child for whom we wait and work, with hymns, prayers, Bible verses and information about how ELCA Good Gifts make a difference in the world. You can download them or order your free copies.
Advent Study Guide
“God With Us”
A four week study based on the lectionary texts which includes a reflection, study questions and a prayer for each week.
The Northeastern Iowa Synod staff will be providing a recorded sermon for each week of Advent based on this study.
Advent Tree
ELCA Good Gifts are a creative, meaningful way to support the ministries of the ELCA that mean the most to you and your loved ones.
Put up a tree with ornaments that represent ELCA Good Gifts as well as your congregation’s fundraising goal. Invite families to select ornaments representing the gifts they’d like to give and to take them home as a reminder of their giving. The ELCA Good Gifts Resource page has several options for ordering free ornaments.
Start a Feeding Ministry
There’s a toolkit for that! It provides basic, practical, step by step suggestions for providing a feeding ministry in your community.
Also check out ELCA World Hunger’s Daily Bread Matching Grants
Videos
There are short videos you can share with your congregation during worship, temple talks, youth lessons and Bible studies. Choose from a variety of videos designed to connect your congregation to people and communities in the United States and in 60 countries around the world whose lives have been changed through your gifts to ELCA World Hunger. Videos are available both at Vimeo and YouTube.
Community Assistance Resources by State
These can be found under the Hunger Ed Tab at Hunger Resources
This is only a sampling – Download your Action Guide order your Free Copy today!
