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Old 05-25-2014, 07:13 PM
 
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If a hungry homeless person went into a church office to politely ask for food during the day (not during a service or church event), will she or he most likely be given something to eat or a voucher to use at a restaurant/store?

 
Old 05-25-2014, 07:17 PM
 
Location: Southern Oregon
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Funny you should ask. I was recently surprised to find out that most would say "No." On the other hand some of them do direct the homeless to ministries that do so.
 
Old 05-25-2014, 07:22 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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Funny you should ask. I was recently surprised to find out that most would say "No." On the other hand some of them do direct the homeless to ministries that do so.
Where did you get that info?
 
Old 05-25-2014, 08:06 PM
 
Location: Salt Lake City
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If a hungry homeless person went into a church office to politely ask for food during the day (not during a service or church event), will she or he most likely be given something to eat or a voucher to use at a restaurant/store?
In my church, the person would be directed to a facility where he could spend the day working to earn the food he'd be given in return.
 
Old 05-25-2014, 08:14 PM
 
Location: Logan Township, Minnesota
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As for Muslims since we do not tithe there usually is not much of a Mosque budget. Instead each Muslim gives to the needy as best we can. We are obligated to give, to the needy, a minimum of 2.5% of the value of our possessions each year.

If there is a specific person in need, we may be called upon as individuals to see if we can offer some help.

A Muslim has the responsibility to feed the needy. We do this on an individual basis. It is possible, actually probable, that in large Muslim communities there will be some form of Charitable organization to help the local needy. Outside of that we often give to our favorite charities. We do not give to the Mosque. (Yes, some Mosques do ask for help with expenses but that will usually be the larger ones)
 
Old 05-25-2014, 08:22 PM
 
Location: Sierra Nevada Land, CA
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Funny you should ask. I was recently surprised to find out that most would say "No." On the other hand some of them do direct the homeless to ministries that do so.
Can you give some weight to your opinion? Seems Bizarre. In my town most churches have food banks. On an individual level I don't know of any stone hearted Christian who would say no to food.

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Old 05-25-2014, 08:25 PM
 
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As for Muslims since we do not tithe there usually is not much of a Mosque budget. Instead each Muslim gives to the needy as best we can. We are obligated to give, to the needy, a minimum of 2.5% of the value of our possessions each year.

If there is a specific person in need, we may be called upon as individuals to see if we can offer some help.

A Muslim has the responsibility to feed the needy. We do this on an individual basis. It is possible, actually probable, that in large Muslim communities there will be some form of Charitable organization to help the local needy. Outside of that we often give to our favorite charities. We do not give to the Mosque. (Yes, some Mosques do ask for help with expenses but that will usually be the larger ones)
In Paterson, NJ, one of the local food pantries is run by a Muslim community.
 
Old 05-25-2014, 08:29 PM
 
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If a hungry homeless person went into a church office to politely ask for food during the day (not during a service or church event), will she or he most likely be given something to eat or a voucher to use at a restaurant/store?
There is not one answer to this. Outside of larger cities, there often isn't anyone at the "church office" during the day, so it wouldn't even happen. However, our church, a very small parish that's always running at a deficit, does get regular phone calls asking for help. We support a food pantry in a nearby town, but we don't have one of our own. Depending on the situation, the church administrator who takes the call may confer with the priest to see if he can help through the discretionary fund that is set aside for things like this.
 
Old 05-25-2014, 08:34 PM
 
Location: Logan Township, Minnesota
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In Paterson, NJ, one of the local food pantries is run by a Muslim community.
That is getting to be a popular way for us as to reach the needy. The only problem is we are supposed to keep our donations private and not made public. A old saying is we should not even let our left hand know who our right hand gives to.

Even when we give to a specific individual we should not let the person know our identity.

I suppose with a food pantry we do accomplish that. As the recipient will not know the source of the food.
 
Old 05-25-2014, 10:14 PM
 
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Yes. My church rectory keeps emergency bags of food to give to any poor person who has emergency needs at any time. We also run a food pantry once per week and registered families are allowed to come twice per month for allotted food.
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