Read our recap of the 2026 Lutheran Day at the Legislature! Includes link to all photos taken. Heartfelt thanks to everyone who, following the example of Jesus, advocated for justice for all God’s people.

For the first time ever, the state changed the overall income guidelines (called categorical eligibility, something established in 1996), effective March 1, 2026. Read blog by Terri Shoemaker of Arizona Food Bank Network.

With your advocacy, a major funding package that included billions of dollars designated for humanitarian aid, food security, nutrition, and global health initiatives passed. We invite you to pause in gratitude for this moment—and then reach out to your members of Congress to thank them for their work.

RTS Action Alerts! Click to read the bills we’re watching related to food insecurity in Arizona. These bills are being heard this week ~ we urge you to activate your faith in love today!

RTS ALERT: HB2206 & SB1333 ~ SNAP Error Rate Forensic Audit. Act before hearing on February 4 at 9:00 am! Click for Lutheran talking points.

Presiding Bishop Yehiel Curry joins the GCS Hunger Leaders Network monthly call on Tuesday, February 24 at 6:00 pm AZ (MST).

Join Bread for the World President and CEO Rev. Eugene Cho and staff, as well as hundreds of advocates across the country for the online launch of the 2026 Offering of Letters on Tuesday, Feb. 10, at 8 p.m. ET.

Join Arizona Food Bank Network (AzFBN), friends and colleagues from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm to learn how food banks and policymakers are working together to fight hunger across Arizona. Register today!

All 5 Synods in Region 2 are challenging one another to raise funds for ELCA World Hunger! Theme: “Lord, When Did We See You?” inspired by Matthew 25:37-40. Toolkit provided for individual and congregational use.

ELCA World Hunger’s Daily Bread Grants are one way our church accompanies communities as they respond to hunger and poverty. Accepting applications Nov. 1 - Nov. 15, priority this year on rural ministries.

ELCA Action Alert includes update from November 3. There are 42 million Americans who depend on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to feed their families who are at risk of seeing delays of their November benefits due to the current government shutdown.

New ELCA Action Alert! As policymakers work to finalize the next farm bill, urge your members of Congress to ensure programs that feed hungry people around the world are protected.

Important info shared by our partners at Arizona Food Bank Network on the impact on federal nutrition programs and the families they assist.

New ELCA Action Alert! The current Farm Bill expired on Sept. 30, 2025. This expiration means that many of the programs, authorities, and policies authorized by the 2018 Farm Bill are no longer in effect, leading to a period of uncertainty for farmers, ranchers, and rural communities.

"Intersections" is a short documentary from ELCA World Hunger that explores stories from three ELCA companion ministries who are responding to the overlapping root causes of hunger in the United States and around the world.

World Food Day is an international day celebrated every year worldwide on October 16 to commemorate the date of the founding of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945. Organizations concerned with hunger and food security participate.

New ELCA Action Alert! Urge annual budget support for critical federal hunger programs such as the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Take action today!

In September, we come together to rally around food banks, support awareness around hunger and instill action among our advocates, legislators, anti-hunger friends, and YOU! Because together, we can end hunger.