In case you've been waiting with bated breath for the next Service @ Campbell post, you're in luck!
Despite the small student population on campus over the summer, we remain as busy as ever. Updating the Campus Ministry web page, creating a Campus Ministry publication, the President's Interfaith Service Campus Challenge, and the normal day-to-day projects are keeping everyone on their toes. Not to mention mission trips and getting ready for fall events!
This weekend AmeriCorps VISTA Sara Acosta is attending the Bread for the World National Gathering at American University in Washington, D.C. on behalf of Campus Ministry. Bread for the World works hunger relief from a different angle by focusing on the legislative process instead of direct services.
Check out Sara's notes from the first day of the conference, and check back over the weekend to see what more she'll learn!
Session 1: God calls us to speak
Dr. Frank Thomas, pastor of Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis, TN
- Text is Matthew 6:11 "Give us today our daily bread," part of the Lord's Prayer
- Faith should not be in economics but in God's provision
- Talents, gifts, abilities come from God
- God is the context that allows you to earn a living and eat
- "Daily" is important because it represents the precarious economy of the time when workers were paid daily and the urgency of pay; some people today live the same way.
- Bread is not a luxury food, it was/is the poor man's food
- God gives-- you don't have to buy (no distribution problem)
- Me/my vs. us-- OUR daily bread
- capitalism doesnt have the ability to eradicate poverty. People of faith must humanize capitalism.
- The budget does need to be balanced but we can't balance it on the backs of the poor.
A YouTube recording of the Clifton Park Baptist Church choir, who opened the weekend with powerful worship. Music Minister Victor Simonson will lead worship for the remainder of the weekend.
Session 2: Building Momentum for Change
Holly Hight, California field organizer and social media extraordinaire
- Great stories are a result of day-to-day management
- Support roles make a cause successful
- Videos of Bread interns: US policy impacts the international community; thinking of ourselves first when it comes to policy doesn't mean we have to forget about others; big picture (policy) and little pictures (direct services) must go hand in hand.
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| Awesome swag and information to bring back to the Creek! |
David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World
- Releasing book entitled "Exodus from Hunger"
- son suffered from addiction, hunger as a result
- God is moving through history
- Christians can't change politics along
- Sara indirectly held hands with Mr. Beckmann today during a group/circle prayer (big honor in her opinion)!
What would you like to know about hunger, poverty, and/or policy related to those issues? Send a tweet to Sara or send her a Facebook message!
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