Hunger Missions

CROP Hunger Walk
The Church World Service CROP Hunger Walk is an annual event held every fall and raising funds to fight world hunger. Church members take part in the walk each year, raising $2,568 in 2016.

Get involved: Join the walk each October or sponsor a  walker. 

Give-a-Meal-a-Month
A collection is set up every month for particular needed food items, which are donated to the Central Illinois Foodbank, which furnishes numerous area food pantries with needed food and supplies.
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Get involved: Check in the West Narthex to find this month’s food items, and drop them off at the church building anytime.
 

Meals on Wheels
Westminster volunteers bring meals to seniors for one or two weeks each summer as a part of Springfield Specialty Meals on Wheels, a Senior Services of Central Illinois program supporting independent living by delivering food to people with difficulty preparing their own meals.
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Get involved: Watch for announcements about helping with summer deliveries. 

St. John’s Breadline
Springfield’s St. John’s Breadline provides daily hot, nutritious meals, aiming to give people in times of need some opportunity to spend their time seeking needed jobs and education instead of food. Westminster raised $385 for this ministry in 2016.
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Get involved: Watch for the annual fall bread sale which benefits this ministry.
 

Souper Bowl of Caring
Westminster raises funds each year on Super Bowl Sunday for the Central Illinois Foodbank, contributing $923 in 2017 to help supply food pantries throughout the region.

Get involved: Youth are invited to help collect funds for this event. Look for teens holding big pots on game day!
 

UNICEF Offering
Harvest Fest, DMA, and PW events support the United Nations Children’s Fund, providing humanitarian & development assistance to mothers and children in developing nations. $202 was donated in 2016.
 

Westminster Day Laborers
Members of the church annually donate land and time to this project, planting and harvesting sweet corn which is used to supply local food pantries with much-needed fresh vegetables.

Get involved: Head out to the fields with us in late July to pick some corn! 

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