Announcement Scripts

I want to share something with you today that I think is going to matter to this congregation.

You know, Jesus taught us to pray for our daily bread. But there are people in this very zip code who don't know where tonight's dinner is coming from. And there are probably people in this room who have more food than they need — leftovers, garden produce, a surplus from a party that never happened.

There's an app called Daily Bread that connects those two realities. You post food you have. Volunteers deliver it to a neighbor who needs it. That's it. No warehouse. No bureaucracy. Just neighbors taking care of neighbors.

We're partnering with Daily Bread as a church, and we need volunteers. If you can spare a few hours a month and you have a heart for your community, scan the QR code in your bulletin. It takes two minutes to sign up.

Because "give us this day our daily bread" was never meant to be just a prayer. It was meant to be a practice.

Did you know that 1 in 8 Americans is food insecure? That means in a congregation our size, statistically, dozens of people sitting in these seats right now aren't sure where their next meal is coming from. And yet — according to the USDA — Americans waste 30 to 40 percent of the food supply every year.

The problem isn't scarcity. The problem is distribution.

Daily Bread is a tech-powered community network that fixes that. It works like this: someone posts surplus food on the app — a restaurant with extra meals, a family after a dinner party, a garden that produced more than they can eat. A trained volunteer picks it up and delivers it to a neighbor in need. The whole exchange takes about an hour, and the volunteer earns credits that can be redeemed for hotel nights — connecting food relief directly to housing stability.

We are proud to be a Daily Bread partner church. Our role is simple: mobilize volunteers, spread the word, and be a hub of compassion in this community.

We need people who can drive. We need people who can post food. We need people who can tell a friend. If that's you, scan the QR code on screen right now or pick up a card from the welcome table on your way out.

The Lord's Prayer says "give us this day our daily bread." Let's be the answer to that prayer for someone in our neighborhood this week.