From the ELCA Advocacy
Urge a bold, efficient Farm Bill which supports both hungry families and vital rural communities.

The House Agriculture Committee passed a new Farm Bill on Mar. 5, 2026. The bill includes some welcome provisions, such as restoring farm-to-foodbank programs, offering policy stability to farmers, boosting nutrition incentives that directly support the communities our ministries serve, and reauthorizing key international food aid programs. But it falls short in critical areas that must be addressed before it is sent to the president’s desk.

At a time when houses of worship, food pantries, global partners and ELCA World Hunger affiliates report alarming new rates of food requests in our communities, Congress should not use this moment to codify cuts which advanced during the budget reconciliation process last year. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), for example, is now subject to imposed new work requirements, cost shifting to strapped state budgets, and elimination of benefits for refugees. The advancing Farm Bill also requires that at least 50 percent of Food for Peace aid, an international food assistance program authorized through the Farm Bill, be sourced from the United States and shipped on U.S. vessels. This will negatively impact how much funding is left for food aid programming in countries where it’s needed the most.

After years of temporary extensions, farmers and families need a bold, efficient Farm Bill that reflects our Lutheran commitment to promoting vitality to rural communities and hungry families. Read more on the ELCA Advocacy Blog.

Please contact your members of Congress today and urge them to strengthen hunger provisions in the Farm Bill.
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Please donate wrapped candy and plastic eggs for our Annual Easter Egg Hunt!

Members of GSLC enjoying another "Round Table" meal! We enjoy fellowshipping with each other! #champaignurbana #SavoyIL #elca

We need your help to hand out water to the runners of the Illinois Marathon. We will meet kitty corner to the church on the corner of Prospect & Ayrshire on Saturday, April 25th. Please sign up by April 1st in the Narthex! Contact Michelle if you have any questions! #champaignurbana #SavoyIL #elca

This Sunday at GSLC: The longest recorded conversation Jesus has with one person is with a woman from Samaria - at a well where he offers her living water. What might we learn from this encounter today? Come and see! Worship begins at 9 AM and is followed, if you wish to stay, by coffee and donuts at 10 and Faith Formation for all ages at 10:15. #elca #champaignurbana #savoyillinois

Please join us for a Family Game Night on Friday, February 13th from 5 - 8 pm in the Fellowship Hall! All ages are welcome and we will have food to share! #champaignurbana #SavoyIL #elca

Prayer for the Earth - Living One, you delight in this world. The sun and moon, the wind and the water declare your goodness. Preserve this earth, and protect conservationists, scientists, and all who labor in service to creation. Hear us, O God.
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This Sunday, March 1, at Good Shepherd: We continue the journey through Lent and meet Nicodemus as he approaches Jesus with questions at night. What questions and wonderings will we bring with us to worship this week? Join us at 9 AM on Sundays. All are welcome. #elca #champaignurbana #savoyillinois

Please mark your calendars to join us on Friday, March 6th for Game Night from 5 to 8 in the Fellowship Hall! You are welcome to bring friends! #champaignurbana #SavoyIL #elca

God of all life, bring us to you. We thank you for your free and abounding grace, and for those who, by that same grace, now rest eternally in you, especially this week the Rev. Jesse Jackson. Hear us, O God.
Your mercy is great.
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