You are invited to Indiana's Offering of Letters and Spring Gathering on March 9th
The Indiana Bread for the World team is hosting our annual Offering of Letters Workshop and adding a special community event. Please join us at Trinity Episcopal Church on March 9th, 2019 for a day of networking, training and learning. The workshop and gathering are free to attend, but there will be a $10 charge for those who order a box lunch and register by March 4 (cash or check, payable at the door). Please click here to register for the event.
Last year, 53 Central Indiana organizations participated in a Joint Ecumenical Offering of Letters delivering over 4,000 letters to Congress and the major cuts we opposed did not happen! We hope that even more will join us this Spring. Previous attendees are encouraged to invite a new congregation to this event.
In 2019, we plan to offer quarterly community-building events for Bread advocates to connect with one another and discuss common issues. To kick this off we have invited Heather Valentine, Bread for the World's Director of Government Relations, to discuss how the two parties can work together to end hunger. Heather is well-qualified to present this topic. Previously a House Republican Conference staffer, she also served as a press secretary for Speaker John Boehner and the House Education and the Workforce Committee. Heather has served as the Vice President for Government Relations and Communications at the Council for Opportunity in Education and as a Federal Lobbyist for the National Education Association. A graduate of the University of Florida, Heather has been named as a rising star by National Journal and a top lobbyist by the Hill newspaper.
9:00 a.m. – Registration and Gathering
9:30 a.m. - 2019 Offering of Letters Workshop
· What We Accomplished in 2018
· 2019 Offering of Letters: “Better Nutrition, Better Tomorrow”
o Matt Gross - Bread for the World’s Director of Organizing
· Procedure for the Indiana Joint Offering and Delivery of Letters
11:00 a.m. - Bread Indiana Spring Gathering with optional box lunch ($10)
· Scaling Up Our Indiana Advocacy
· “How Red and Blue Can Work Together to End Hunger”
o Heather Valentine - Bread for the World’s Director of Government Relations
1:00 p.m. - Conclusion
We hope that you will be able to join us on the 9th,
Last year, 53 Central Indiana organizations participated in a Joint Ecumenical Offering of Letters delivering over 4,000 letters to Congress and the major cuts we opposed did not happen! We hope that even more will join us this Spring. Previous attendees are encouraged to invite a new congregation to this event.
In 2019, we plan to offer quarterly community-building events for Bread advocates to connect with one another and discuss common issues. To kick this off we have invited Heather Valentine, Bread for the World's Director of Government Relations, to discuss how the two parties can work together to end hunger. Heather is well-qualified to present this topic. Previously a House Republican Conference staffer, she also served as a press secretary for Speaker John Boehner and the House Education and the Workforce Committee. Heather has served as the Vice President for Government Relations and Communications at the Council for Opportunity in Education and as a Federal Lobbyist for the National Education Association. A graduate of the University of Florida, Heather has been named as a rising star by National Journal and a top lobbyist by the Hill newspaper.
9:00 a.m. – Registration and Gathering
9:30 a.m. - 2019 Offering of Letters Workshop
· What We Accomplished in 2018
· 2019 Offering of Letters: “Better Nutrition, Better Tomorrow”
o Matt Gross - Bread for the World’s Director of Organizing
· Procedure for the Indiana Joint Offering and Delivery of Letters
11:00 a.m. - Bread Indiana Spring Gathering with optional box lunch ($10)
· Scaling Up Our Indiana Advocacy
· “How Red and Blue Can Work Together to End Hunger”
o Heather Valentine - Bread for the World’s Director of Government Relations
1:00 p.m. - Conclusion
We hope that you will be able to join us on the 9th,
2018 Joint Offering of Letters
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Representatives from 52 diverse churches and other groups in central Indiana participated in a Bread for the World Joint Ecumenical Offering of Letters.
During visits to local congressional offices in May and June of 2018, they delivered a total of 4,122 handwritten or personalized letters to their senators and representatives in support of federal programs for hungry people in the U.S. and around the world. |
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Indiana Bread for the World
Joint Ecumenical Offering of Letters
Spring, 2018
Joint Ecumenical Offering of Letters
Spring, 2018
During visits to local congressional offices, representatives from these 52 diverse churches and other groups joined together to deliver a total of 4,122 handwritten or personalized letters to their senators and representatives in support of federal programs for hungry people in the U.S. and around the world. (Last year, 42 congregations delivered 3,630 letters.) Churches and groups new to the joint offering are marked with an asterisk.
African Methodist Episcopal
*Caldwell Chapel, Indianapolis
Baptist
First, Cumberland
Catholic
Nativity, Indianapolis
*Our Lady of Lourdes, Indianapolis
St. Bartholomew, Columbus
St. Joseph, Terre Haute
St. Luke, Indianapolis
St. Margaret Mary, Terre Haute
St. Matthew, Indianapolis
*St. Monica, Indianapolis
St. Patrick, Terre Haute
*SS. Peter and Paul, Indianapolis
St. Pius X, Indianapolis
St. Simon, Indianapolis
St. Thomas Aquinas, Indianapolis
Sisters of Providence, St. Mary of the Woods
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
*Allisonville, Indianapolis
Carmel
Central, Indianapolis
Central, Terre Haute
Geist, Indianapolis
Episcopal
Good Shepherd, West Lafayette
*St. Michael, Noblesville
St. Stephen, Terre Haute
Trinity, Indianapolis
Lutheran
*Christ, Terre Haute
Gethsemane, Indianapolis
Resurrection, Indianapolis
Pleasant View, Indianapolis
*St. Thomas, Bloomington
*Trinity, Terre Haute
Mennonite
*First, Indianapolis
Presbyterian
Central, Terre Haute
Fairview, Indianapolis
First, Columbus
Northminster, Indianapolis
*Scottsburg
Second, Indianapolis
United Church of Christ
First Congregational, Indianapolis
Friedens, Indianapolis
United Methodist
Broadway, Indianapolis
Centenary, Terre Haute
*Memorial, Terre Haute
*Temple, Terre Haute
The Garden Church, Indianapolis
Seelyville
Unitarian Universalist
First, Terre Haute
Other
*Agape Christian, Terre Haute
*Changing the World 101 Class, Indianapolis
Robin Run Village, Indianapolis
*Second Christian, Terre Haute
United Campus Ministries, Terre Haute
African Methodist Episcopal
*Caldwell Chapel, Indianapolis
Baptist
First, Cumberland
Catholic
Nativity, Indianapolis
*Our Lady of Lourdes, Indianapolis
St. Bartholomew, Columbus
St. Joseph, Terre Haute
St. Luke, Indianapolis
St. Margaret Mary, Terre Haute
St. Matthew, Indianapolis
*St. Monica, Indianapolis
St. Patrick, Terre Haute
*SS. Peter and Paul, Indianapolis
St. Pius X, Indianapolis
St. Simon, Indianapolis
St. Thomas Aquinas, Indianapolis
Sisters of Providence, St. Mary of the Woods
Christian (Disciples of Christ)
*Allisonville, Indianapolis
Carmel
Central, Indianapolis
Central, Terre Haute
Geist, Indianapolis
Episcopal
Good Shepherd, West Lafayette
*St. Michael, Noblesville
St. Stephen, Terre Haute
Trinity, Indianapolis
Lutheran
*Christ, Terre Haute
Gethsemane, Indianapolis
Resurrection, Indianapolis
Pleasant View, Indianapolis
*St. Thomas, Bloomington
*Trinity, Terre Haute
Mennonite
*First, Indianapolis
Presbyterian
Central, Terre Haute
Fairview, Indianapolis
First, Columbus
Northminster, Indianapolis
*Scottsburg
Second, Indianapolis
United Church of Christ
First Congregational, Indianapolis
Friedens, Indianapolis
United Methodist
Broadway, Indianapolis
Centenary, Terre Haute
*Memorial, Terre Haute
*Temple, Terre Haute
The Garden Church, Indianapolis
Seelyville
Unitarian Universalist
First, Terre Haute
Other
*Agape Christian, Terre Haute
*Changing the World 101 Class, Indianapolis
Robin Run Village, Indianapolis
*Second Christian, Terre Haute
United Campus Ministries, Terre Haute
Representatives from the Terre Haute area gather for a blessing of their letters in the chapel of United Campus Ministries on May 6, 2018.
Representatives from central and southern Indiana deliver their letters during a visit to Senator Donnelly’s Indianapolis office on June 4, 2018. They met with Brandon Herget, Donnelly’s Deputy State Director (second from left). Letters were also delivered to the local offices of Senator Young and Representatives Brooks, Bucshon, Carson, Hollingsworth, Messer and Rokita.