Brethren, Peace and Good to you in Jesus Christ. A Protestant Christian association is organizing a “Jesus Ween” festivity to provide an alternative to “Halloween”. In their own words:
October 31st is fast approaching and God has inspired us to encourage Christians all over the world to do it differently this year. We introduce to you the JesusWeen Christian gift giving festival which we hope will be an alternative for those who don’t celebrate or believe in Halloween. The dictionary meaning of Ween is to expect, believe or think. We therefore see October 31st as a day to expect a salvation gift or re-think receiving Jesus.
We strongly believe this initiative will be beneficial to all Christians, Churches and Christian Bookstores as well. It will have a positive effect and provide an alternative to millions of people. JesusWeen (October 31st) is expected to become the most effective Christian outreach day ever and that’s why we also call it “World Evangelism Day”. It’s a day to give out Christian gifts, just as God gave us Jesus.
No more hiding on October 31st...You can participate in a positive way. JESUSWEEN is all about spreading the gospel on October 31st. We are not supporting or endorsing the celebration of Halloween but we have chosen to use the only day in most countries that individuals are allowed to solicit, interact and exchange gifts without breaking the law.
Of course, Our Lord must be celebrated every day and setting aside another day to honor him publicly – aside from Sundays and Feast Days – is OK by me, particularly for those Christianities that lack liturgical holidays.
However, I must point out that Halloween is a Christian feast already, the Eve of All Saints, in Protestant parlance, the feast of all those who are saved. That the feast has been hijacked by occultists and others doesn’t make it less of a Christian feast by all those of us who still care about the original meaning of the feast: a day in which the Lord’s salvation actualized in his saints is solemnly celebrated.
Let’s stick to celebrating the original feast and you’ll see how it will be a blessing for all of us.