Greetings, Bethel-Bethany family! Here’s an update on our Food is Free project from the steering team. Can you play a part? Or a larger part? This community service project, which is currently our most visible mission outreach, has grown over the past year as word has spread (and/or needs have grown?) and the “cupboard” is regularly…
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Who Experiences Hunger? (adapted from Bread for the World) Anybody can experience hunger at any time. But certain groups and people living under certain conditions are more at risk of hunger. Here are some groups that most experience hunger—they are broad brush strokes, and not everyone in these categories experience hunger, or experience it to…
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Where Does Hunger Exist? (adapted from Bread for the World) 822 million people experience hunger every day. Hunger exists in the U.S. just as it does in other countries. In developing countries, hunger is related to poverty and to under-developed agriculture. Where there is bad health, weather changes, and natural disasters, hunger can also be…
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What Causes Hunger? (adapted from Bread for the World) Worldwide, the number of hungry people has dropped significantly over the past two decades, but 821 million people continue to struggle with hunger every day. Many factors contribute to the state of hunger both in the United States and abroad. The reasons are complex and varied,…
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What Is Hunger? (adapted from Bread for the World) Everyone feels hungry on a daily basis. Most people are able to satisfy this craving and need. Even if not immediately, they can count on having a meal or snack within hours. This is not the only type of hunger. People who suffer chronic hunger don’t…
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Life brings its challenges to all of us, and we all look to different resources for strength and resilience. Different people experience and express spirituality differently–there are very few one-size-fits-all answers. We try to incorporate different types of spirituality into our collective worship and study because we know that different approaches to the Sacred are…
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Prayer is both talking to God and listening for God. This guide offers suggestions to help with both directions of prayer. Part one invites you into a more traditional understanding of prayer where you reflect on and share with God prayers for many parts of your life. Part two invites you into a prayerful reading…
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Our church cares a lot about food. We like to cook, bake and share food with each other, and we work to make sure our neighbors have enough to eat. One of our monthly acts of service includes making sandwiches that are given out by the Guest House of Milwaukee. During the 2020 pandemic, we…
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Education is a major part of what we do at B-B. Whether we’re teaching children and youth about God, love, or justice, or we’re gathering as a group of adults to discuss a book, we think our faith invites us to be lifelong learners. Interested in volunteering within our faith formation offerings? More on the…
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Prayer is both talking to God and listening for God. When we pray together, we connect to the divine, to each other, and within ourselves. We meet together for Prayer on Zoom every Thursday morning at 9:30 a.m. We spend this time hearing a Scripture reading for the day, sharing prayer requests, and spending a…
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