Reaching out to eliminate Ames school meal debt

Iowa Conference Conversations

Collegiate United Methodist Church/Wesley Foundation is committed to eliminating school meal debt in Ames by raising $47,000 through its Advent-Christmas offerings. This will help some 575 families move toward greater food security. An initiative of the congregation's Sending to Serve cluster, and in collaboration with anonymously-given gifts, the campaign is involving the Collegiate Wesley community, Iowa State students, and others. Rev. Jen Hibben, Associate Pastor for Collegiate UMC and Campus Pastor for the Wesley Center, Lauren Loonsfoot, Director of Children, Youth and Family Ministries for Collegiate UMC and Associate Campus Minister for the Wesley Center, Jodi Smith-Risdal, Sending to Serve Chair, and Amanda Winters, Sending to Serve at Large Member and Assistant in Children, Youth and Family Ministries, join Dr. Art McClanahan in a conversation about reaching out as an act of mercy and justice.