Disciples, Apostles, and Saints!
The question of food insecurity is not new to us. Some of us have or presently experience it in our congregation and all of us have friends living on the edge. We have a blessing box to provide some small resources to strangers in our neighborhood. We support Manna From Seven as sponsors, volunteers, and board members. We advocate in Washington with Bread for the World. This is one of our mission values, hearing Jesus’s call in Matthew 25 as a command: “for I was hungry and you gave me food”—that we, in helping our neighbors, friends, and strangers in need, are helping Jesus himself.
With SNAP benefits delayed and threatened, I want to encourage each of us to contribute now, both locally and nationally, which allows us to have the most potential impact. Helping feed the person in front of you is the most important thing. But when your $50 can help feed 500 people, we have the additional opportunity to maximize our impact. Please consider contributing to No Kid Hungry at: nokidhungry.org.
I encourage us to see our commitment is, as ever, both/and: to think and act locally and globally. Contributing to Manna and other food distribution organizations and filling our blessing box throughout the week put food into the hands of our neighbors immediately. AND contributing to No Kid Hungry will collect resources to help feed millions by funding organizations already feeding the hungry. I just made a donation. Please join me!
With love,
Drew+
