BURNET COUNTY HUNGER ALLIANCE Trinity Episcopal Church, Marble - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

BURNET COUNTY HUNGER ALLIANCE Trinity Episcopal Church, Marble Falls Presenter, Madeleine Manigold, Active Member of Burnet County Hunger Alliance Former Chair of Ministry and Outreach Commission at Trinity

Called To Transformation • SPIRITUAL CONTEXT: Mark 6: 37-43, Familiar story of Jesus’ feeding the 5,000 with 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish • SPIRITUAL JOURNEY: Came to recognize the power of Holy Spirit working in our midst to help us begin to feed the hungry. 2

MISSION • ALLIANCE : Provide a network (forum) for food providers, community organizations, churches, schools and concerned citizens to build relationships , raise awareness , educate , and communicate to work together to feed the hungry in Burnet County • TRINITY : Be the catalyst to bring food providers, community organizations, churches, schools and concerned citizens together so that these community leaders can develop strategies to end hunger in Burnet County 3

Vision: • End hunger now in Burnet County 4

TIMELINE • INSPIRATION: o Spring 2015: Member of Ministry and Outreach (M&O) Commission attended an Ethics Seminar on Hunger. Presenter Jeremy Everett, Texas Hunger Initiative, Baylor University, inspired her with his call to end to hunger in Texas 5

TIMELINE, CONTINUED • CURRENCY OF RELATIONSHIPS: INTERNAL (CHURCH) RELATIONSHIPS o Summer 2015: M&O Commission decided to present idea of creating a coalition to end hunger in Burnet County to our Rector and Associate Priest o Summer 2015: Rector authorized M&O members to present idea to church members, including Vestry o Summer 2015: Church members supported exploration of Trinity’s becoming the catalyst to build a hunger coalition 6

TIMELINE, CONTINUED CURRENCY OF RELATIONSHIP: EXTERNAL RELATIONSHIPS • o Summer 2015-March 2016: M&O members developed relationships with staff of Texas Hunger Initiative and Episcopal Health Foundation to build knowledge base o These two external relationships led to Currency of Truth and Currency of Gracious Leadership o March-June 2016: M&O members developed relationships with over 40 potential members of a coalition to end hunger o March-June 2016: Our Rector invited clergy from a wide range of denominations and non-denominational churches to participate in the coalition o June 2016: Trinity members identified a facilitator, not a member of Trinity, to lead the group initially. 7

TIMELINE, CONTINUED ACTION: • o July 2016: First meeting of group that named itself “Burnet County Hunger Alliance” o July –November 2016: Alliance facilitator built website, members created social media presence, members decided upon the scope of activities and planned first activity o Last Week of December 2016: Alliance sponsored 2 community meals o January- May 2017: Alliance planned and implemented groceries to go program to provide groceries to home-bound people o March 2017: Trinity leaders and 2 alliance members attended Holy Currencies training o August 2017: Alliance brought 2 school districts together to conduct survey to find out why students did not come for summer meals 8

TIMELINE, CONTINUED • ACTION, CONTINUED o SEPTEMBER 2017 to present: Alliance continues to:  brainstorm ideas to highlight issue of hunger,  solve problems confronting food providers,  develop new strategies to feed the hungry,  support Alliance members in their work. 9