Issue brief on water and water fact sheet
Read this file from the ELCA's Advocacy department. |
 Water & Justice Reproducible Stories
Share these justice- and water-related stories throughout the church year to highlight the life-saving efforts made possible by your gifts to the ELCA World Hunger.
DOWNLOAD all stories  (2.0 MB)
ORDER stories online (free) |
Personal Water-Use Calculator
The city of Tampa, Florida, offers a form where you can estimate your daily water use. Try it out--you might be surprised how much water you use every day!
Personal Water-Use Calculator |
Lutheran World Information: special report on water
Lutheran World Information, the information and news service of the Lutheran World Federation, devoted an issue (number nine in 2006, titled “Waters of Life”) of its regular newsletter to water.
Give the gift of water to people in the world who lack access to clean water through the ELCA Good Gifts catalog. |
World Water Day
 "World Water Day is an international day of observance and action to draw attention to the plight of the more than 1 billion people world wide that lack access to clean, safe drinking water..."
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 Water exercise cards
These water exercises provide a great way to get your congregation or group engaged in physical activities that symbolize the importance of water. You might want to wear a bathing suit!
PDF [Copy on thicker paper; have cards at relative stations]
World Hunger Facts
Find facts about access to safe drinking water (1 in 6 people lacks safe drinking water) and about world hunger in general. Go to World Hunger Facts. |
Water Facts and Water-Saving Tips
Use this handy one-page, reproducible sheet in adult forums, temple talks, or cut and paste text straight into your bulletin to help educate others about the need for clean water. This provides a nice supplement to the new "ELCA World Hunger: Life-Giving Water" bulletin. [More facts about hunger]
Water facts sheet Word  | PDF |
"Spring of Living Water" [Lutheran |