New Module from JustFaith Ministries to Focus on Hunger

For years, JustFaith Ministries has offered modules on immigration (Crossing Borders), returning citizens (Church of Second Chances), Christian-Muslim dialogue (The Sultan and the Saint) and other issues through its JustMatters series. The eight-week sessions are are designed to allow small groups to explore critical current issues within the context of the Gospels and the life and example of Jesus.

A JustMatters module focusing on hunger has been in the works for months, and the curriculum, entitled Hunger for Change, will finally be available in January of 2017! This module, created in partnership with Bread for the World and Catholic Relief Services, explores the realities of food insecurity in the United States and throughout the world in a prayerful process that includes study, rich dialogue, and an immersion experience. The module seeks to inspire faith- filled action to end hunger.

Here is how JustFaith is promoting the new module.

“For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink...” – Matthew 25:35

Every day 795 million people experience hunger.

Hunger for Change: A Faithful Response to Food Insecurity is a JustFaith Ministries module, available in January 2017, that explores the realities of food insecurity in the U.S. and around the world. It is an 8-week prayerful process that includes study, dialogue, and an immersion experience. This process was created in partnership with Bread for the World and Catholic Relief Services to inspire participants to take concrete action to end hunger.

“Hunger for Change is a process that gathers people of faith together to explore the realities of hunger so that they can live and act in ways that are generous, life-giving, and Gospel-inspired. I’m encouraged by the growing, faith-vased movement to end hunger.”-Revered Ron Sider, author of Rich Christians in an Age of Hunger

Hunger for Change consists of eight 2 1/2-hour sessions. Registration fee: $175 Additional resources, $13 per participant All other materials are web-based

This module is designed to be facilitated by one or two volunteers

Participants will:

• Listen to the stories of people all over the world who struggle to feed themselves and their children.
• Encounter people who live in marginalized and under - resourced communities and learn how they respond to food insecurity.
• Explore the biblical promise of abundance to God’s people.
• Engage in spiritual practices and actions that illu- minate the realities of food insecurity, and work toward positive change to end hunger.
• Take action to reshape our lives, communities, and systems to address the root causes of hunger in our home communities and around the world. 
  

Learn More about Hunger for Change.  Download the flyer.  Register for the module. Program materials will be available January 6, 2017. The first 50 groups to register receive a $50 discount!