Bread for the World
Every year Bread for the World, an organization which lobbies congress on behalf of domestic and world hunger, sponsors an offering of hand-written letters to our congressional representatives. Beginning in January, and on through the year, letters may be sent. This may be done in several waves, beginning in January or February and again in March or April, and so on. The link here will provide you with access to a sample letter, which you are encouraged to reformulate in your own words. We are sending this out early in order to give you time to think about it. This is a project of the Shalom Committee which was first suggested by Sharon Warner before she left Lexington. Members of Congress and the House of Representatives tend to read hand-written letters more readily than typed ones, so we’ve been told. Letters will be placed in an offering plate and prayed over before being sent. Letters may be sent by individuals, or by a particular group within the church, such as a Sunday school class. We encourage your participation if you are at all inclined toward this kind of project.
