I’m no fan of Halloween, really. I’m no rigid moralist, mind you. I’ve heard Christians argue why Halloween is acceptable for Jesus’ disciples; likewise I’ve considered the arguments against it.
This year, instead of doing Halloween, I decided to volunteer at Feed My Starving Children with a group of other Messianics from several congregations in the Minnesota and Wisconsin area.
That’s me on the left, and my brother on the right, who’s apparently flashing some sort of creepy gang symbol.
Halloween turns out to be a good night to volunteer; while the whole of the US was handing out candy to well-off American kids, there was a sweetened irony as Messianics engaged in packing meals for starving African kids. +1 all around.
Volunteering at Feed My Starving Children is a great way to help a charitable cause without money. Show up, and they’ll put you to work shoveling rice, plopping dry foods into containers, measuring meal amounts and weights, sealing bags, boxing meals. Something for everyone, even young kids can help. And it’s one of those real, tangible things you can contribute to the Kingdom, bringing honor to Yeshua’s name through it.