1. Recruit one or two people (preferably who are keenly interested in this issue) to chair 2 Cents-A-Meal Program in your congregation. They will be responsibility to inform the congregation about the overall program, promote it through families and church gatherings, and manage moneys collected. They then distribute half to a local hunger project of your choice and half to either your judicatory office for forwarding or send it directly to Hunger Network in Ohio.
2. Ways of informing your congregation about this program include:
a. Presentations during Sunday worship, at youth group, Sunday School, men's or women's groups, and other gatherings.
b. Use of Sunday bulletins, newsletters, bulletin boards, etc. Additional assistance and materials are available through the Hunger Network Office.
c. 2 Cent-a-Meal containers placed on the tables when there is a church function involving food.
3. An alternative to using can wrappers supplied by the Hunger Network, an excellent way to involve the Sunday School is to encourage them to design their own collection cans. A number of containers that may be used for this purpose.
4. Sponsor a 2 Cent-a-Meal "Kickoff Day." If possible use special prayers, a litany and a sermon based on hunger issues. Whether a widely recognized day such as Thanksgiving, the Sunday closest to "World Food Day", or another option, each church is encouraged to make a plan to suit the needs of it's own congregation.
5. Schedule a consistent time to collect the 2 Cent-a-Meal offerings. A set time helps people to become familiar to a new idea. To sure to keep the 2 Cent-a-Meal offering separate from the regular Sunday collection.
REMEMBER: 2 Cents-a~Meal = 6 cents per day = 42 cents per week = $21.84 per year.
This is an easily sustainable program to support our brothers and sisters who are hungry.
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