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Bread for the World Sunday is an opportunity for your church or community of faith to join with others—in thousands of churches across the country—to live out God's vision of a world without hunger.

Through prayers for an end to hunger, letters, and phone calls to our nation's leaders, and financial support to Bread of the World, your church can give bold witness to God's justice and mercy in the world.

I hope you will participate in Bread for the World Sunday on Oct. 21, or another weekend this fall and join others in our commitment to ending hunger. Your celebration can be as simple as including prayers for people struggling with hunger during a worship service.

Or you may wish to devote your sermon, children’s message, and other activities to ending hunger in God’s world.

Free resources — including Rev. Amy Reumann’s Gospel commentary, Rev. John Crossin’s litany, a Bread for the World Sunday poster, and bulletin inserts in English, Spanish-language, and those for African-American/Pan-African traditions are all available — order or download online now.

This year, Bread for the World Sunday will take place as the midterm elections approach. The outcome of those elections could have huge implications for people struggling with hunger and poverty all over the world. This is a moment when we can come together to pray for those who struggle with hunger—and rededicate ourselves to advocate for legislation that will help achieve the international goal of ending hunger by 2030.

In the Gospel of Mark, Jesus tells his disciples that, “with God all things are possible” (Mark 10: 27). In this spirit of God-given possibility, we invite your prayers and your actions for an end to hunger.

The strength of Bread for the World is found in our shared commitment to address the root cause of hunger: poverty, discrimination based on race and gender, unemployment, immigration, mass incarceration, and economic inequality.

On Bread for the World Sunday, we recognize and give thanks for the work churches, community groups, and denominations are all doing to remove the obstacles that keep people from sharing in God's abundance.

We celebrate the diversity of faith traditions across race, ethnicity, and culture that are working together to end hunger. Moved by God's love in Jesus Christ, we reach out in love to our neighbors—and we help create a better future for all.