Pray until all are fed
Prayer expresses faith and hope and moves us to further action.
It reminds us that we are not alone, we depend on God, our earth, and all of humanity to work together to provide daily bread.
As a Christian faith community, will you stand up?
World Food Day events are organized in over 150 countries across the world, promoting awareness and action on hunger and strengthening the link between agriculture and food security.
Worship Resources for your family and community of faith
The collection of worship resources includes prayers, litanies, sermon and meditation starters, and a children’s feature that all focus on addressing the conflict and hunger and Setting the Table for Peace.
As well, it offers additional ways your church community can take action, including:
- Information, activities, and educational resources to help your
congregation learn more about why global hunger numbers are on the rise, and the realities of those living in situations of conflict. - Ideas on how to add your voice and be an advocate for ending global hunger and promoting peace.
- Opportunities for contributing financially to increase access to food for people around the world who are struggling to feed their families, especially those impacted by conflict and/or forced displacement.
Focus your worship and reflection on hunger
Here are just a few of our many resources
Sermon Starter/Meditation
This resource based on a reflection on 1 Kings 17:1-24 can be used as a sermon starter for preparing a church service or small group discussion or personal reflection.
Prayer: What do you bring?
“…What do you bring to Christ’s table? We bring bread, made by many people’s work from an unjust world where some have plenty and many go hungry. At this table, all are fed and no one turned away…”
Focus your worship and reflection on hunger
Here are just a few of our many resources
World Food Day Worship Guide
The Foodgrains Bank engages Canadians in working together to end global hunger; we inform and inspire actions such as praying, learning, praying, advocating, and giving. This short worship guide provides various resources for churches, communities, and individuals to mark World Food Day on October 16 or any other day of the year, around the theme of Setting the Table for Peace.
Sermon Starter/Meditation 1
This resource based on a reflection on Micah 4:1-5 can be used as a sermon starter for preparing a church service or small group discussion or personal reflection.
Sermon Starter/Meditation 2
This resource based on a reflection on Luke 4: 14-20 can be used as a sermon starter for preparing a church service or small group discussion or personal reflection.
Children’s Feature : Gardening for Peace
This resource can be used in various church contexts as a story time during a service, in Sunday school and more to help children learn and appreciate the connection between working for peace and ensuring that no one goes hungry.
Group Bible Study
A new group bible study resource (contributed by Tearfund Canada) to reflect on the theme of: Setting the Table for Peace: Discovering Abundant Life which leads to Peace, based around John 10: 1-10
Selection of Prayers
This selection of prayers can be incorporated in church services, small groups, or personal prayer.
Children’s Feature : Generosity in Times of Scarcity
This resource can be used in various church contexts as a story time during a service, in Sunday school and more. To help children learn and appreciate the importance of sharing even when they have little.
World Food Day Worship Guide
The Foodgrains Bank engages Canadians in working together to end global hunger; we inform and inspire actions such as giving, learning, praying, and advocating. This short worship guide provides various resources for churches, communities, and individuals to mark World Food Day on October 16 or any other day of the year.
Selection of Prayers
This selection of prayers can be incorporated in church services, small groups, or personal prayer.
Group Bible Study
Coming Soon! A new group bible study resource to reflect on the theme of Nourishing Hope in Times of Scarcity based on 1 Kings 17:7-16.
Let's Pray Together
The Worship Resource for World Food Day
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) created World Food Day on October 16, 1945. The goal of the FAO is to free humanity from hunger and malnutrition, and to effectively manage the global food system. World Food Day events are organized in over 150 countries across the world, making it one of the most celebrated days of the UN calendar. These events promote worldwide awareness and action for those who suffer from hunger and help strengthen the link between agriculture and food security.
Suggested Scripture Readings
For those who are hungry for peace and justice
18 Alas for you who desire the day of the Lord!
Why do you want the day of the Lord?
It is darkness, not light;
19 as if someone fled from a lion,
and was met by a bear;
or went into the house and rested a hand against the wall,
and was bitten by a snake.
20 Is not the day of the Lord darkness, not light,
and gloom with no brightness in it?
21 I hate, I despise your festivals,
and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
22 Even though you offer me your burnt-offerings and grain-offerings,
I will not accept them;
and the offerings of well-being of your fatted animals
I will not look upon.
23 Take away from me the noise of your songs;
I will not listen to the melody of your harps.
24 But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.
When Jesus saw the crowds, he went up the mountain; and after he sat down, his disciples came to him. 2 Then he began to speak, and taught them, saying:
3 ‘Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
4 ‘Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.
5 ‘Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
6 ‘Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.
7 ‘Blessed are the merciful, for they will receive mercy.
8 ‘Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.
9 ‘Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God.
10 ‘Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
11 ‘Blessed are you when people revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely[b] on my account.
12 Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven, for in the same way they persecuted the prophets who were before you.
31 ‘When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on the throne of his glory.
32 All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,
33 and he will put the sheep at his right hand and the goats at the left.
34 Then the king will say to those at his right hand, “Come, you that are blessed by my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
35 for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
36 I was naked and you gave me clothing, I was sick and you took care of me, I was in prison and you visited me.”
37 Then the righteous will answer him, “Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry and gave you food, or thirsty and gave you something to drink?
38 And when was it that we saw you a stranger and welcomed you, or naked and gave you clothing?
39 And when was it that we saw you sick or in prison and visited you?”
40 And the king will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of these who are members of my family, you did it to me.”
41 Then he will say to those at his left hand, “You that are accursed, depart from me into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels;
42 for I was hungry and you gave me no food, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink,
43 I was a stranger and you did not welcome me, naked and you did not give me clothing, sick and in prison and you did not visit me.”
44 Then they also will answer, “Lord, when was it that we saw you hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not take care of you?”
45 Then he will answer them, “Truly I tell you, just as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to me.”
46 And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.’
46 And Mary said, ‘My soul magnifies the Lord,
47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Saviour,
48 for he has looked with favour on the lowliness of his servant. Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed;
49 for the Mighty One has done great things for me,
and holy is his name.
50 His mercy is for those who fear him
from generation to generation.
51 He has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts.
52 He has brought down the powerful from their thrones,
and lifted up the lowly;
53 he has filled the hungry with good things,
and sent the rich away empty.
54 He has helped his servant Israel,
in remembrance of his mercy,
55 according to the promise he made to our ancestors,
to Abraham and to his descendants for ever.’
“Very truly, I tell you, anyone who does not enter the sheepfold by the gate but climbs in by another way is a thief and a bandit.
2 The one who enters by the gate is the shepherd of the sheep.
3 The gatekeeper opens the gate for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.
4 When he has brought out all his own, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they know his voice.
5 They will not follow a stranger, but they will run from him because they do not know the voice of strangers.”
6 Jesus used this figure of speech with them, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
7 So again Jesus said to them, “Very truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
8 All who came before me are thieves and bandits, but the sheep did not listen to them.
9 I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.
10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy. I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.
October 16th people and organizations around the world will stand together to say “no more hunger.”
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