Bread for the world offering of letters
Outreach
Bread for the World is an ecumenical Christian organization that lobbies the Congress to support legislation aimed at ending hunger in the U.S. and abroad. Each year, congregations across the country send handwritten letters to their senators and representatives, urging them to invest in key programs that help improve the lives of people facing hunger and poverty. Learn more about this program at bread.org.
Today, Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church takes part in this important initiative. Please come to the Vestry after the 9:30 or 11 am service today to write your members of Congress. Addresses, paper and ink will be provided!
2024 Offering of Letters
Bread for the World
ESTHER leaders Deb Martin, Nancy Jones, and Connie Kanitz bring the Bread for the World letter writing campaign to each of their faith communities every year. This year’s focus is the Farm Bill, which is the nation's most important national food system legislation. It is critical to the work of ending hunger at home and abroad. The letter (sample attached) features provisions we wish to see included in the bill.
We invite ESTHER friends to join us in writing letters to your US legislators or share info with your church during the month of March. Please watch the short video (under 3 minutes) included in this story to find out more about how you can participate in this important letter-writing campaign. Check contact info in the short video for assistance. Additional information found at https://www.bread.org/offering-letters/.
Click on the image to the left or watch at this YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKUp6_Pqq9o
Mobilize Your Church
“Where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.”
– Matthew 18:20
Offering of Letters to Congress
Each year, Bread’s Offering of Letters campaign engages churches, campuses, and other faith communities in writing personalized letters to Congress on issues related to hunger in the U.S. and around the world.
Churches and community groups collect letters and present them as an offering to God before mailing them to Congress. Hundreds of Offerings of Letters are held each year, resulting in tens of thousands of letters. Over the years, these letters and emails have helped inspire our leaders in Washington, D.C., to pass legislative victories that have impacted millions of people. LEARN MORE
“Where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there among them.”
– Matthew 18:20
Dedicate a Sunday to Ending Hunger
Sunday is an opportunity for your church or community of faith to join with others—in thousands of churches across the country—to live out God’s vision of a world without hunger. Here’s how:
- Select a Sunday of your choosing. Consider a weekend in your annual calendar that may
Faith Joins in Bread for the World Offering of Letters
On Sunday, May 4 — Pastor Charlotte’s final Sunday before sabbatical — we will participate in the Offering of Letters for Bread for the World, joining churches across the country in advocating for policies that help finish hunger.
As Charlotte prepares to interlude and share bread in many places — with friends, family, and fellow travelers — we remember that not everyone has enough at their table. The Offering of Letters is our chance to be part of a faithful witness that calls for just food policies and supports those struggling with starvation in our nation and around the world.
Bread for the Nature is a Christian advocacy group urging U.S. decision makers to do all they can to pursue a world without starvation. Bread’s mission is to instruct and equip people to advocate for policies and programs that can help end hunger in the U.S. and around the world.
Bread believes that advocacy is part of our Christian witness and discipleship. We must be both pastoral and prophetic to end hunger. Bread is also practical and effective. Years of persistent advocacy and voice hold helped triple poverty-focused development assistance to
Social Action – Offering of Letters about Childhood Hunger
Catholic Social Teaching Calls Us to Act to End Hunger.
Hunger remains one of the most pressing moral crises of our time. Every 10 seconds, a child dies from hunger-related causes, and more than 735 million people worldwide face chronic food insecurity. In the United States alone, more than one in five children live in food- insecure households. As Catholics, we cannot ignore this reality. Our faith calls us to act in both charity and justice, addressing the systemic causes of hunger while providing for those in immediate need.
Catholic Social Teaching (CST) emphasizes that food is a basic human right, not a privilege. The principles of CST compel believers to respond to hunger with urgency: The dignity of the human person demands that no child suffer from hunger in a world where there is enough food for all. The option for the poor and vulnerable calls us to prioritize the needs of struggling families. Solidarity reminds us that hunger is not just an issue affecting others; it is a moral responsibility for all of us. The call to community and participation insists that faith demands action. We are called not on