Hope Church Deacons
Hope Church is a Covenant Church member of the Bread for the World network that works to advocate for government policies to ameliorate and end hunger in our country and in the world. Bread for the World works constantly to analyze hunger and measures to reduce hunger, and helps people exert effective pressure on Congress to legislate wisely to relieve and end hunger.
For many decades, the United States has been a global leader economically, diplomatically, and militarily. The same is true in the humanitarian arena. Our federal government often sends assistance in the form of food aid. It is time to update the government’s 1950s practices to enable it to respond more flexibly and faster in a 21st century, globalized world. Changes to the food-aid programs would allow food aid to benefit 17 million more people each year — at no additional cost to U.S. taxpayers.
Now there is an opportunity to reform the federal government’s food-aid programs so that funds are used more effectively and efficiently. This year’s Offering of Letters will urge our representatives in Congress to enact much needed reforms to our global food aid programs. Look for the Offering of Letters table in the Gathering Area on Sunday, May 4. Together we can change policy and ensure continued, improved assistance to millions of hungry people around the world. Learn about our role in global aid, and why reform is so critical here.
If you would like to personally join Hope Church’s Bread for the World work, please contact Tom Arendshorst at trshorts [at] gmail.com.