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What if your only choice for dinner was a cup of rice and beans?

💥 LET'S JOIN IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE WHO HAVE NO CHOICE.

With every simple meal eaten this season, there can be real impact for those in need. You can either take up the challenge or donate to someone who already has. All donations will go towards the ministry of Sacred Streets to continue affirming the immeasurable value of those who have less. Our challenge activates four things: 1) Solidarity with the disenfranchised 2) Prayerful posture 3) Extra funds to give 4) A call for others to give.

It's like a Walkathon, but we're challenging the stomach instead of the legs.

It's like Dressember, but we're eating different instead of dressing different.

"It's going to be really hard for me to love the poor the way Jesus loves the poor if there's not a sacrificial practice by which I'm training myself.” — Tyler Staton

🌱 WAYS TO SUPPORT

Give a donation to anyone taking up the challenge.
Create your own page, choose a funding goal, and share your experience with your contacts. You can give yourself your first donation by calculating how much money you'll save ($10 per person for every simplified meal).

💪 THE CHALLENGE

Eat rice and beans for 6 meals. This can be 1x per week for 6 weeks, or six dinners in a row. You may also choose other types of simple meals. The point is to sacrifice regular comforts for the sake of others. We are believing for $30,000 to be raised this fall as people say yes to the challenge.

Challenge window: October 1 – December 31, 2025. With World Homeless Day on October 9, followed by the holiday's around the table at Thanksgiving and Christmas, it's is an especially meaningful season to advocate for those who eat only what they are given.
Each simplified meal = $10 (per person) to donate it to Sacred Streets. So a family of 4 would free up $240 through this challenge.
Share your journey on social media or email to invite people to give to your fund. If you join, we will supply you with written content to share.
Match X2: Every dollar you raise or give will be DOUBLED up to $25K because of a matching grant. That means $20 = $40

Join the challenge + fuel Sacred Streets

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📖 BACKSTORY: My brother, Ryan, and his wife, Paige (picture), with their 7-year-old son have been doing this for years and it inspires me! They've found a way to walk out their compassion for others. Every week, their family of three radically simplifies their family dinner.

Hear it from the source. Listen to this Rule of Life podcast episode from with John Mark Comer. Here's a snippet from Tyler Staton: “One way that I become like Jesus is I willingly discomfort my body in a way that other people are unwillingly discomforted in their body. [Then] I can grow in empathy, like Jesus.”

Can't eat rice and beans? My brother's family started doing potatoes and beans to better suit their needs. You can simplify in other ways too, like simple soups, simple pastas, or any other cost-effective meal.

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