Arizona Faith Network is now hiring staff and recruiting volunteers for its 2025 Heat Respite and Relief Program! Paid and volunteer positions open: Heat Respite Site Leads, Heat Respite Site Assistants, Safety Specialists and Heat Respite Volunteer.s

Our public lands and waters are sacred spaces for reflection, recreation, and stewardship. Yet, they are under threat. Join a statewide movement to protect these resources at the Arizona Rally for Public Lands on Thursday, March 27 at the Arizona Capitol. Buses from Tucson & Flagstaff to Phoenix available.

Arizona Food Bank Network invites you to their annual conference for a day of connection, learning, and thought-provoking discussions. Tuesday, March 25, free of charge.

This year’s Offering of Letters is focused on child nutrition and is as critical as ever in the current political climate. Read on to learn more about the importance of nutrition programs in helping children reach their full potential. Then email your members of Congress and ask them to support improving child nutrition.

Action Alert from LSS-SW: This week, Congress may vote on the Federal budget, which at this time includes drastic cuts to Medicaid in the amount of $880 billion over 10 years and $230 billion in cuts to SNAP benefits. We know that existing challenges already leave many people vulnerable—from affordable housing shortages, job losses, to the high cost of everyday necessities—will only be exacerbated if Medicaid is cut.

Monday, March 3. In this special edition of Rick Steves’ weekly travel series, Rev. Eugene Cho of Bread for the World joins Rick for an update on global hunger and how your support helps BFW advocate for U.S. policy that fights against hunger at home and abroad.

Action Alert: Bread for the World asks people of faith to urge Congress to call for an immediate end to the pause on U.S. foreign assistance and to protect domestic nutrition programs.

Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest offer 3 steps you can take today to stand with refugees in Arizona.

Monday, February 3, 2025 is Arizona Food Bank Network’s annual Anti-Hunger Day at the Capitol! This is a great opportunity to learn about the core work and community programming at food banks and how you can support anti-hunger policies like continued funding for school meals in the state budget.

Join advocates for the annual lobby day at the Arizona Capitol. Meet with your legislators, hear from great speakers, and connect with others who are doing advocacy work both inside and outside the Arizona Legislature. RSVP today!

Free devotional from Bread for the World. Each weekly devotional message approaches peace with a different invitation: finding peace in remembering God’s promises; pausing and being still as a way of preparing for Christ’s coming; finding joy as we turn over our burdens to God; and letting the proclamation of God’s justice change us from the inside out.

Join the Arizona Faith Network Annual Gathering on December 9 at the Franciscan Renewal Center in Scottsdale, AZ, or online. Under the theme Building Bridges, Breaking Barriers: Peacemakers in Action, Rev. Eugene Cho, President of Bread for the World, will guide attendees in addressing the root causes of conflict and injustice in today’s world.

Sign the Southwest-specific Nourish Our Future petition urging our senators and representatives to end child hunger in the U.S. and around the world! From Bread for the World.

Guest blogger Christopher Jacobson shares about the Bread for the World-sponsored Offering of Letters at Faith/La Fe Lutheran Church in Phoenix.

The farm bill, our nation’s most important anti-hunger legislation, must be reauthorized every five years. It is unlikely Congress will pass a new farm bill before the current one expires on September 30. Urge your representative to pass a short-term extension of the farm bill by September 30 and a new farm bill before the end of the year.

Hunger Action Month is a 30-day event each year, where people just like you, join together in the mission to end hunger. It’s typically held in September and is fast growing as a national event.

Lord of Life Lutheran Church is granting funds of at least $10,000 to nonprofits doing amazing work. Submit an application for your ministry by 9/9!

The Lutheran Advocacy Ministry of Pennsylvania shared this new curriculum: “Lessons from Dietrich Bonhoeffer in a House Divided and a World On Fire.” Made in partnership with the International Bonhoeffer Society, this study course explores Bonhoeffer’s legacy and teachings.