2025 Advent Resources from ELCA World Hunger
2025 Advent Resources from ELCA World Hunger are here!
Working with and through our congregations in the U.S., Lutheran churches around the world, and other partners, ELCA World Hunger is uniquely positioned to reach communities in need. From health clinics to microloans, community meals to advocacy, your gifts to ELCA World Hunger support sustainable solutions that get at the root causes of hunger and poverty. Learn More.
Ready to get started? From education to fundraising, using calendars, studies, congregational action guides and more — you will find resources for all ages and group sizes.
Seasonal times of the church year like Advent are ideal seasons to raise awareness for issues surrounding hunger and poverty. Use these resources to plan educational and fundraising events at your congregation.
Action Guide for Congregations 2025
This guide is designed to equip you with some of the newest and most popular ELCA resources to activate your congregation as you continue your ministry. Through this work and together as a church, we are achieving things on a scale and scope we could never do otherwise. FREE and free shipping. 16 PG, 65 MB.
ELCA World Hunger's Advent Calendar 2025
Create the feeling of a welcoming hearth with this year’s interactive Advent calendar. The calendar activity includes a 11″x17″ standing nativity scene, ready to be colored throughout the season. Alongside each day’s craft activity is a hymn, Bible verse, learning opportunity or information about how ELCA Good Gifts make a difference in the world. If ordering, this resource includes all 3 pieces. FREE and free shipping.
ELCA World Hunger's Advent Study 2025
This season’s ELCA World Hunger study guide provides reflection questions for engaging the brand-new, ELCA World Hunger-produced short video documentary “Intersections: Justice Ministry With ELCA Partners.” The video and study guide ask viewers to think differently about the root causes of hunger and poverty, making complex issues seem manageable through our collective action as the church.
We prayerfully invite your household and congregation to light your own stable lamp to warm you for your ministry under the starry sky and among the crying stones. Note: If ordering, this resource comes in packs of 10. 1 = 10 studies. FREE and free shipping.
Congregational Resources for the 2025 Advent Season
Helpful resources to get your congregation more involved with the Advent theme for 2025m A Stable Lamp Is Lighted.
ELCA Good Gifts Catalog. The 24-page ELCA Good Gifts catalog offers many ways to honor friends and loved ones with gifts that will make a difference in the world. With more than 60 giving options – from 10 little chicks to help a family escape poverty to a scholarship to help a young leader attend an ELCA seminary – there’s something for everyone on your list. The catalog is also a great resource for your congregation. Sunday school classes, youth groups and adults can use it for special fundraising events. Shop the catalog online at ELCA.org/goodgifts.
“Stocking the Streets” Bags. Use these instructions to participate in ELCA World Hunger’s “Stocking the Streets” activity this Advent. “Stocking the Streets” is an effort by ELCA World Hunger and your community to care for all our neighbors, some of whom lack a roof over their heads. A “Stocking the Streets” bag includes the items most frequently requested by individuals facing homelessness. .149MB. Download here.
Social Media Graphics. Use these social media graphics to invite others to join ELCA World Hunger for Advent, share instructions for the “Stocking the Streets” activity, share the theme verses for each session of the Advent study, and invite people to share photos of their colored Advent nativity scenes. There are sizes suitable for Facebook, Instagram and stories. 29MB. Download here.
Bulletin Inserts. This bulletin insert can be distributed in your congregation to learn more about the new ELCA World Hunger Advent resources and the “Stocking the Streets” activity. .509MB. Download here.
Powerpoint Slides. These PowerPoint slides can be used in your congregation to learn more about the new ELCA World Hunger Advent resources and the “Stocking the Streets” activity. You can also customize the blank slide with information about your congregation’s participation in the ELCA World Hunger Advent activities. 23MB. Download here.