{"id":8803,"date":"2025-11-25T09:39:22","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/?p=8803"},"modified":"2025-12-12T09:40:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T15:40:03","slug":"advent-series-helping-the-hungry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/advent-series-helping-the-hungry\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent series: Helping the hungry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Advent resources support special focus on helping the hungry.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As people of faith, our hearts and our values call us to feed the hungry. Our commitment to justice, mercy and love in action drives us to come together toward a future where families and children no longer fear whether they&#8217;ll eat tomorrow.<br><br>This Advent season, the Health Fund has partnered with the Great Plains Conference to offer resources to help raise awareness of the profound impacts of food insecurity and to illustrate how each of us can help.<br><br>These resources will include lectionary scripture, worship liturgy, a church bulletin and additional facts about food insecurity in Kansas and Nebraska. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We encourage you to use these resources throughout Advent to help shine a light of hope, joy and love this Christmas season.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 1<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Church bulletin<\/strong>: To be printed on an 8.5&#215;11 and then cut in half<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-bulletin-NE-FINAL.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" data-id=\"8830\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-bulletin-NE-FINAL_Page_1-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-bulletin-NE-FINAL_Page_1-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-bulletin-NE-FINAL_Page_1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-bulletin-NE-FINAL_Page_1-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-bulletin-NE-FINAL_Page_1-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-bulletin-NE-FINAL_Page_1-2048x1583.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nebraska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-bulletin-KS-FINAL.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" data-id=\"8828\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-bulletin-KS-FINAL_Page_1-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8828\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-bulletin-KS-FINAL_Page_1-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-bulletin-KS-FINAL_Page_1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-bulletin-KS-FINAL_Page_1-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-bulletin-KS-FINAL_Page_1-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-bulletin-KS-FINAL_Page_1-2048x1583.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kansas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lectionary scripture and worship liturgy<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent-Worship-resources-FINAL.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent_Page_1-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8804\" style=\"width:291px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent_Page_1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent_Page_1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent_Page_1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent_Page_1-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent_Page_1-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-First-sunday-of-advent_Page_1.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 2<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Church bulletin<\/strong>: To be printed on an 8.5&#215;11 and then cut in half<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-Food-bank-items-needed-FINAL.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-Food-bank-items-needed-FINAL_Page_1-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8838\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2945729864112778;width:435px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-Food-bank-items-needed-FINAL_Page_1-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-Food-bank-items-needed-FINAL_Page_1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-Food-bank-items-needed-FINAL_Page_1-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-Food-bank-items-needed-FINAL_Page_1-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-Food-bank-items-needed-FINAL_Page_1-2048x1583.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lectionary scripture and worship liturgy<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-Second-sunday-of-advent-Devotional.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-Second-sunday-of-advent-Devotional_Page_1-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8839\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7724621556926604;width:293px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-Second-sunday-of-advent-Devotional_Page_1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-Second-sunday-of-advent-Devotional_Page_1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-Second-sunday-of-advent-Devotional_Page_1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-Second-sunday-of-advent-Devotional_Page_1-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-Second-sunday-of-advent-Devotional_Page_1-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/1-Second-sunday-of-advent-Devotional_Page_1.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Church bulletin<\/strong>: To be printed on an 8.5&#215;11 and then cut in half<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-3-Advent-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-3-Advent-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins_Page_1-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8849\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.2945729864112778;width:435px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-3-Advent-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins_Page_1-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-3-Advent-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins_Page_1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-3-Advent-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins_Page_1-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-3-Advent-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins_Page_1-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-3-Advent-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins_Page_1-2048x1583.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lectionary scripture and worship liturgy<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Third-Sunday-of-advent.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Third-Sunday-of-advent_Page_1-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8851\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7724621556926604;width:293px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Third-Sunday-of-advent_Page_1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Third-Sunday-of-advent_Page_1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Third-Sunday-of-advent_Page_1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Third-Sunday-of-advent_Page_1-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Third-Sunday-of-advent_Page_1-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Third-Sunday-of-advent_Page_1.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Week 4<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Church bulletin<\/strong>: To be printed on an 8.5&#215;11 and then cut in half<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-4-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-NE.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" data-id=\"8863\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-4-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-NE_Page_1-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-4-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-NE_Page_1-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-4-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-NE_Page_1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-4-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-NE_Page_1-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-4-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-NE_Page_1-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-4-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-NE_Page_1-2048x1583.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Nebraska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-4-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-KS.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"791\" data-id=\"8861\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-4-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-KS_Page_1-1024x791.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-4-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-KS_Page_1-1024x791.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-4-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-KS_Page_1-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-4-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-KS_Page_1-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-4-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-KS_Page_1-1536x1187.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Week-4-HC-Food-Insecurity-bulletins-KS_Page_1-2048x1583.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kansas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Lectionary scripture and worship liturgy<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fourth-Sunday-of-advent.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fourth-Sunday-of-advent_Page_1-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8860\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7724621556926604;width:293px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fourth-Sunday-of-advent_Page_1-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fourth-Sunday-of-advent_Page_1-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fourth-Sunday-of-advent_Page_1-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fourth-Sunday-of-advent_Page_1-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fourth-Sunday-of-advent_Page_1-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-content\/uploads\/Fourth-Sunday-of-advent_Page_1.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advent resources support special focus on helping the hungry. As people of faith, our hearts and our values call us to feed the hungry. Our commitment to justice, mercy and love in action drives us to come together toward a future where families and children no longer fear whether they&#8217;ll eat tomorrow. This Advent season, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":156,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8803"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8803\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8864,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8803\/revisions\/8864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthfund.org\/a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}