It’s mid-January—time to think about Lent!

What?! But we just turned the calendar to a new year!

Yes, but even with a late Easter this year (maybe the snow will be gone by then!), now is a perfect time to think about and plan for how you and your congregation will incorporate hunger issues into your Lenten practices. And you are not alone. There are some wonderful new resources available to help you:

1. A free 2011 World Hunger Lenten Series, “Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread,” is available online. It was created by members of the Upper Susquehanna Synod and provides comprehensive materials for Bible studies, worship services, drama/dialog sermons, children’s sermons, meal ideas, table prayers, take-home family devotions, and fundraising ideas.



Placemats from ELCA World Hunger

2. The ELCA World Hunger program also has new materials for your use. The placemats are especially appealing—you can download them in two sizes and then have copies made locally for use at your soup suppers or other meals, to send home with children in your Sunday school, or to use for tables/trays in the local senior facility you support. 

Find these and other resources at www.elca.org/hunger/lent.