'Just Eating’ curriculum

"We can just eat as a mundane activity done without mindfulness, or we can eat justly and explore the relationship between our food and justice. Eating can be a vehicle for practicing our faith."

— Presbyterian Hunger Program staffer Andrew Kang Bartlett.

Just Eating? Practicing Our Faith at the Table

Just Eating? Practicing Our Faith at the Table is designed for high schoolers and adults. The curriculum aims to bring into dialogue daily eating habits, the Christian faith and the "needs of the broader world."

Scripture, prayer and stories from the local and global community are used to explore four key aspects of our relationship with food:

• the health of our bodies
• the health of the earth that provides our food
• the ways we use food to extend hospitality and enrich relationships
• the challenge of hunger

The colorful study guide is peppered with action steps and healthy eating tips. [Order the study guide]

LOUISVILLE - The Presbyterian Hunger Program (PHP), in collaboration with two other organizations, has developed a seven-week curriculum for congregations exploring the relationship between the way we eat and the way we live.

Just Eating? Practicing Our Faith at the Table aims to bring into dialogue daily eating habits, the Christian faith and the “needs of the broader world” through readings, action steps and healthy eating tips.

“Never before has the Presbyterian Church produced a full curriculum on eating,” said Andrew Kang Bartlett, a PHP staffer who oversaw the project’s completion. [Read more]

Just Eating? Practicing Our Faith at the Table

Participants Book and Leader Guide
by Jennifer Halteman Schrock in collaboration with Adovcate Health Care, Church World Service and Presbyterian Hunger Program

Just Eating? Practicing Our Faith at the Table Participants Book is a seven-session curriculum for congregations that explores the relationship between the way we eat and the way we live, published by the Presbyterian Hunger Program. The study uses scripture, prayer and stories from the local and global community to explore five key aspects of our relationship with food.

Order online now or by phone through Presbyterian Distribution Service at (800) 524-2612, referencing the Paricipant Book (PDS #7436505361) or the Leader Guide (PDS #7436505362).

Download an Order Form to place an order by mail. The Leader's Guide is sold out and can be downloaded below.

Participant Book
$4.00
($3.00 for 10 or more copies)
PDS #7436505361

Just Eating? Practicing Our Faith at the Table Leader's Guide
$6.50
Item # 7436505362

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Just Eating? Readings for Reflection and Action (participant's guide)

Just Eating? (leader guide)

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