ONE UNITED CHURCH on a shared mission for 11 powerful days to feed the hungry and confront food related injustice.

This is Mission: 1.

Mission: 1 is an opportunity to make real Jesus’ prayer for his disciples: “That they may all be one.” It is also an opportunity to live out our faith — in unity — by offering the worship that God most desires from us: loosening the bonds of injustice and sharing our bread with the hungry.

The staggering facts compel us to act with compassion and to be voices for justice:

  • 925 million people still suffer from chronic hunger worldwide, nearly 90 million higher than in 2000.
  • In the United States alone, 50.2 million people (up from 35.5 million in 2006), including 17.2 million children, don’t have the money or assistance to provide food for themselves.

 

Nov. 1-11, 2011. For these 11 days, the United Church of Christ will be on a shared mission to feed the hungry and confront food-related injustice here in the United States and worldwide.

  • In 11 days, the UCC will collect more than 1 million items of healthy food and other household items for local food banks and outreach services.
  • In 11 days, the UCC will make an extra-special push to gather contributions for hunger relief efforts in Africa and the US.
  • In 11 days, the UCC will deliver more than 11,111 letters to Congress, asking our government to reform U.S. foreign assistance in ways that more effectively benefit hungry and poor people worldwide. Our letters will join with thousands of others in the hunger organization Bread for the World’s 2011 “Offering of Letters” campaign.

 

The Missions and Social Action Ministry has set goals for our church:

  • Learn about hunger issues by reading information from Bread for the World and Hunger Relief in the Narthex or the online poverty facts and background paper from Bread for the World.
  • Plan to give to the special offering on November 6. We hope each person will give $11.11 or $111.11. You're welcome to give any gift. We'll be ecstatic if someone would give $111,111. This special offering will be taken 11/6/11. *** Currently $1,837.41 collected
  • Imagine the impact if each person donated 11 items of food or household items for Loaves and Fishes (current needs).Loaves & Fishes. Boxes for collection will be available in thee coat closet next to the sanctuary as well as in the community room on Sundays. *** 669 items collected so far
  • We'll have a letter writing table available during fellowship hour next week for you to write letters or sign form letters on 10/30/11. *** 90 letters written

 

Be sure to share your contributions with the church using the contribution form.

By helping our neighbors near and far through Mission: 1, we all join together to more fully realize our United Church of Christ motto and Jesus’ prayer: “That they may all be one.”