At Southwestern this year, we’ve had a focus on the topic of
Hunger. We’ve had service projects,
educational opportunities, and even a class dedicated to thinking about the
causes of and springing to action in addressing the issue of hunger. This year during Lent, we have distributed
some devotion books from the Society of St. Andrew (SoSA), an organization
dedicated to: “Food for the body, God’s
word for the spirit, community of love for the heart, and opportunity for those
who desire action.”
Society of St. Andrew has produced a devotional booklet and
issued a challenge: read the devotion
and scripture daily, and make a gift to help provide food for the hungry here
in America. If we were to give $1/day during
Lent ($40 total), we could provide the costs to cover 2000. Yes, that’s TWO THOUSAND! Jesus fed 5,000…I want to see how many
thousand we can feed from donations collected by Southwestern College.
Would you consider reading the devotion and praying through
this book this season? And would you
consider if you would make a financial donation to the ministry of SoSA? We’ll take up a collection on March 27 and
see how many people we can feed.
If you’re on campus, you can get a devotional booklet from
Ashlee Alley’s office (Mossman 116). If
you would like to follow along but you’re not on campus, you can learn more
about SoSA’s Lenten opportunities here: http://www.endhunger.org/lent.htm.
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