Hunger Team

Background

DuPage County is one of the wealthiest counties in the United States; yet, last year, a not-for-profit organization located about quarter mile south of our church gave food away to 17,000 people in need. These people were eating virtually the same thing each day or only had enough food for two or three days at a time.

We believe that God has called us to be His hands and feet, His presence, in our neighborhoods, DuPage County, and around the world. Therefore, we believe that our church can and should do something about the hungry among us. So, after prayer and exploring options, we’ve decided to start a food ministry as a part of our Local Impact efforts.

Register for Hunger Team Interest Training on May 18,12:30-2:30 pm, Fireside. Contact Katelyn Scott, 630.588.7188, kscott@wheatonbible.org.

How can I get involved?

Hunger Team FAQ

Wheaton Bible Church is partnering with Children’s Hunger Fund to provide food to people in DuPage County . Here are answers to questions you might have. If you have additional questions contact Chris McElwee cmcelwee@wheatonbible.org.

1. Can I join The Hunger Team? When can I join the team?

You must be a believer in Jesus Christ, a regular attendee or member of WBC, and attend one of our quarterly training meetings. After attending a training meeting you can join a team at anytime. We have a training meeting coming up for those interested in joining a new team.

2. In general, how does this ministry work?

The goal of the ministry is to distribute food to people who need it. We also want to build relationships with those in need and deliver hope to them.

Hope restores faith to a life that has been robbed of dignity. Hope replaces a past of hunger, brokenness and despair with a bright future of opportunity.

Each week your team will take at least one box of food to a family or individual in need. We hope to do this for at least 16 weeks. Some families may need more, some less. Some might not want us to deliver food after the initial visit. Relationships are fluid and unpredictable. Relationships may become life-long!

We will provide you with all the food, in boxes and ready to go. It will be up to you to decide what time and day of the week the food is delivered.

3. What are these teams? Who can be on a team? Is this something we can do as a family?

We want people to go out in teams of 2 to 3 people. This is for safety’s sake as well as support. If a married couple or a couple of friends want to work together great! However, teams of mixed individuals will be mixed gender.

Families are encouraged to serve together. It will be up the parents to decide the appropriateness of kids visiting certain households.

4. What is Children’s Hunger Fund?

The best source of information is their website http://www.childrenshungerfund.org

We are partnering with CHF because of their commitment to the poor and providing hope in the name of Jesus. CHF will be supplying us with an unlimited supply of food for as long as we need it. In the future, we will also be supplying families with school supplies all given to us by CHF.

5. Is this ministry for me?

That is for you to decide with the Lord’s help. We can say that this ministry will at times be difficult. We will be encountering people in crisis. Along with crisis comes addiction, abuse and all kinds of despair. We will prepare you as best we can with our training session and ongoing training throughout the year.

6. Is that all?

We will have Hunger Team meetings throughout the year for encouragement as well as ongoing training.

Our Partner

CHF utilizes an extensive network of generous ministries, companies, and individuals who help transform children's lives from hunger to hope. "It has been said that a person can live forty days without food, four days without water, four minutes without air, but only four seconds without hope. Hope restores faith to a life that has been robbed of dignity. Hope replaces a past of hunger, brokenness, and despair with a bright future of opportunity. It is hope that CHF seeks to restore."

This is how CHF works: compassionate individuals and families fill "Food Paks" with nutritional food. These are delivered directly into the homes of families they have never met. Since 1991, CHF has distributed more than $500 million in aid, bringing hope to children in more than 70 countries worldwide. Children's Hunger Fund is a non-profit, 501(c)3 organization. To learn more: http://www.childrenshungerfund.org