ADVENT CALENDAR FOOD DRIVE 2023
November 26–January 7
Grocery bags with the Advent calendar will be available at church entrances on November 26. Please participate in the 24-day advent journey and return food to the South entrance the first week of January. Parishioners will have the opportunity to learn about food insecurity, pray for the people impacted by hunger, and serve North Dallas Shared Ministries while counting down the days until Christmas.
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PRAYER For the Poor and Neglected in the Book of Common Prayer:
Almighty and most merciful God, we remember before you all poor and neglected persons whom it would be easy for us to forget: the homeless and the destitute, the old and the sick, and all who have none to care for them. Help us to heal those who are broken in body or spirit, and to turn their sorrow into joy. Grant this, Father, for the love of your Son, who for our sake became poor, Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN.
HUNGER FACTS:
Day 3: 29,000 senior citizens in Dallas live below the poverty line.
Day 8: Over 46,000 children will have food on their table in 2023 because of NDSM.
Day 17: 1 in 5 children (nearly 300,000) in North Texas experience hunger.
Day 22: North Texas is the 5th most food-insecure region in the country.
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