{"id":17142,"date":"2023-08-19T17:39:20","date_gmt":"2023-08-19T17:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/a-weekend-of-prayer-and-action-against-hunger-2023\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T22:49:59","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T22:49:59","slug":"weekend-prayer-and-action-against-hunger-2023","status":"publish","type":"mwcresource","link":"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/weekend-prayer-and-action-against-hunger-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"A weekend of prayer and action against hunger 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Liturgy: Sharing food with the Hungry \u00d0 Isaiah 58: 6-12<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Conflict; an uneven global economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic; the effects of climate change; high inflation; as well as the rising cost of food, fuel, and fertiliser are driving a polycrisis that is pushing tens of millions of girls, boys, and their families into extreme hunger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The number of people affected by acute food insecurity has nearly doubled over the past three years, from 135 million people across 55 countries and territories in 2019 to a record 258 million in 58 countries in 2022 \u00d0 even more than last year\u2019s mid-year projection that, without urgent action, 222 million across 53 countries and territories could face \u00d4crisis\u2019 (IPC 3) conditions or worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the face of dire statistics, we know that hunger has a name\u00c9<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Seven-month-old Hamdi weighed only 8.8 pounds in June when she arrived at a nurition clinic in Baidoa, Somalia. Health workers found her to have severe acute malnutrition,\u00a0 exacerbated by acute watery diarrhea and measles. Drought in Somalia is not only impacting access to food.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ten year old Peter in Kenya, whose family\u2019s food supply has been impacted by drought and climate change.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1-year old Nadia in Afghanistan, displaced and experiencing severe malnutrition.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Nadia, Hamdi and Peter found help and support&#8230;but the situation globally remains a significant challenge. And hunger is in every neighbourhood and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These realities are true in a world where there is enough to feed everyone&#8230;.and so we pray for justice, for hearts to act and serve and for systems to change to take steps to end hunger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Worship resource<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Opening prayer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hymns &amp; music<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hunger today<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prayer of Confession<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scriptures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reflections<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Examples of action<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prayers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/wopa_liturgy_1.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of wopa_liturgy_1.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-c38be4e8-d725-43f9-987a-8c8d5c4d766a\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/wopa_liturgy_1.pdf\">wopa_liturgy_1<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/wopa_liturgy_1.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-c38be4e8-d725-43f9-987a-8c8d5c4d766a\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/10-commandments-guide_small.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of 10-commandments-guide_small.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-38d79bf9-8124-4a09-91ce-cb51d27ba919\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/10-commandments-guide_small.pdf\">10-commandments-guide_small<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/10-commandments-guide_small.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-38d79bf9-8124-4a09-91ce-cb51d27ba919\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","network":[360,144],"resourcetype":[381],"language":[165,168,167,376],"resourcecategory":[309,1365],"resourcetheme":[374,342,336],"eventcategory":[],"class_list":["post-17142","mwcresource","type-mwcresource","status-publish","hentry","network-commissions","network-deacons-commission","resourcetype-pdf","language-en","language-es","language-fr","language-pt","resourcecategory-resource-document","resourcecategory-worship-resource-2","resourcetheme-hunger","resourcetheme-prayer","resourcetheme-worship"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A weekend of prayer and action against hunger 2023 - Mennonite World Conference<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mwc-cmm.org\/en\/resources\/weekend-prayer-and-action-against-hunger-2023\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A weekend of prayer and action against hunger 2023 - Mennonite World Conference\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liturgy: Sharing food with the Hungry \u00d0 Isaiah 58: 6-12 Conflict; 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