Inevitably, a student or 2 would challenge each other, eat waaaayyyyy to much and vomit in the church parking lot. This was not the original intent of this activity. It was more for fellowship and inviting friends to an outing.
A few years ago, one of our service oriented students changed the game right before we held our first Fast Food Frenzy by suggesting instead of seeing how much "we" could eat, he challenged the group to buy food for others and too see who can buy the most food for other people.
It has turned into a wonderfully stressful event to plan but the pay off is always worth it. The stories the kids come back with, the opportunity for a naturally "me first" oriented age group to go out and search for situations to serve others, engaging in asking and conversation...priceless!
It was what Jesus was teaching Philip at the feeding of the 5,000....Jesus could have obviously feed all of those people by himself, without the assistance of the disciples but what would that have accomplished? He asked them, "how are we going to feed them" and had the disciples "look" for solutions....it wasn't the feeding that was the point of this moment, even though there was a physical need....these people were hungry! The need was in transitioning a group of followers who were arguing about how famous they were, who was the greatest, etc...into becoming the least of these.
The need was never the point. It was the development of Christian character, Christlikeness!
Maybe, in our world....spending time evaluating what a need is and isn't should be set aside and we become servants to all.
