ELCA World Hunger Leadership Gathering

The ELCA World Hunger Leadership Gathering takes place every 18 months and gathers the national network of ELCA World Hunger leaders, congregations and ministry partners for a time of networking, idea sharing and planning for our shared ministry and service.

This signature event, sponsored in part by the Mary Wennes Endowment, gathers ELCA World Hunger’s leaders for a time of networking, idea sharing, learning, and planning for our shared ministry to address hunger and its root causes in our local and global communities.

This year’s event, September 18-21, will center on Micah 6:8, “[God] has told you, O mortal, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” The theme is Do. Love. Move: Toward a World without Hunger!

More about our Service-Learning Opportunity:

Mid-Ohio Food Collective, Columbus, Ohio

During the gathering hunger leaders will participate in a service learning opportunity for the day.  This year we will visit the Mid-Ohio Food Collective.  Tackling hunger takes a strong, sustainable food system that’s rooted in our communities. That’s why—through our Mid-Ohio Farm program—Mid-Ohio Food Collective is boosting access to fresh, locally grown produce and turning unused urban lots into spaces for agricultural education, public gatherings, and more.  

Beginning as a concept in 2013, Mid-Ohio Farm has grown into a research, farming, and educational outreach program for our community and neighbors. MOFC currently operates two community farms in addition to gardens at the Mid-Ohio Foodbank. Click here for more information!

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