On Saturday, October 17, Resurrection welcomed community members and organizations to Resurrection Leawood for Loving One Another in Our Hungry World, a symposium focused on understanding hunger and the work being done to address it.
Hunger is something we often associate with places far from home, but food insecurity in Kansas City affects families in neighborhoods throughout our community. Families are making difficult decisions about how to stretch their grocery budgets, and local food pantries are working every day to help meet those needs. While hunger looks different around the world, the need for reliable access to nutritious food connects us all.
One of the reasons we wanted to host this gathering was to bring together people who care about hunger but may not always have the opportunity to learn from one another. No single organization can address food insecurity alone. It takes food pantries, schools, community groups, churches, businesses, and neighbors working together.
Throughout the morning, guest panelists representing local, regional, and national organizations helped broaden our understanding of food insecurity. The conversation explored hunger here in Kansas City, across our country, and around the world, looking at the challenges communities face and the important work being done to respond.
Alongside the panel discussion, a ministry fair offered an opportunity to connect with groups involved in hunger relief and learn more about their work. It was a reminder of how many people are already committed to making sure our neighbors have food on their tables.
At Resurrection, we see this work every day through our FoodMobile, Overland Park Food Pantry, and partnerships with food pantries across Kansas City. But our hunger ministry is just one part of a much larger community effort.
Our hope for the symposium was that people would leave with a better understanding of hunger, a greater appreciation for those responding to it, and a renewed sense of what it means to love one another. Because addressing hunger begins with recognizing that behind every statistic is a neighbor, a family, and a story worth understanding.
Check out the entire Loving One Another In A Hungry World video here.
Read more about Resurrection Hunger Ministries.
Learn more about Resurrection Local Missions.
Post by Cristen Summers, Local Missions Director
