POSITIVE HALLOWEEN IDEAS

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Positive Halloween Ideas

How can you turn a holiday dominated by scary and deathly themes into a positive experience for your family?

Choose one of these fun ideas that can help you reinforce a Christian perspective on good, evil, life and death. If you don’t have a church home, we would love for you to join us for an upcoming worship service to celebrate God’s goodness with other families in the area.

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Some Fun Ideas

IF SERIOUS, SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP

In this church body, you are surrounded by parents who have raised teenagers; many of whom faced challenges similar to yours.

There’s no reason to be embarrassed by the challenges you have or to strive to keep the veneer of a perfect family. You need the support and wisdom of those who have been where you are. Do you find yourself asking any of these questions?

How can I find out if my teen is using drugs or alcohol?

Is my teen having sex, and if so, what should I do?

Why does my teen seem so depressed?

I think my teen is looking at online pornography. What do I do?

Problems such as alcohol or drug use, pornography addiction, sexual experimentation, severe depression and other challenges may fall beyond your understanding.

Seek the help of counselors and experts who can bring Biblical wisdom along with professional understanding of teens and risky behavior.

PUMPKIN PARABLE

Follow these steps for a great experience…

Conduct a typical pumpkin carving activity, but use each step as part of the overall “pumpkin parable” by adding Bible reading and questions.

First, have the children help with the clean out portion of the carving – reaching their hand into the open pumpkin to pull out seeds and other “gunk” that will feel yucky to their hands.

Pause to read Matthew 23:25-28 and ask the children how the inside “gunk” is like our sin (yucky, smelly, etc.).

Once you have cleaned out the pumpkin, read: 1 John 1:9 and Revelation 3:20 together and explain that confessing our sins enables God to take away the “yuck” of our sinful hearts.

Now draw and carve a happy face (not a scary face) on the pumpkin. Then read 2 Corinthians 5:17 and/or Ephesians 2:10 and explain that Jesus wants to make us into a “new creation” – just as the pumpkin filled with yuck became a jack-o-lantern with a joy-filled face.

Now read Matthew 5:14-16 while lighting and inserting a candle into the jack-o-lantern and turn down the lights to show how God wants to use us to shine His light, even on what is normally a dark and scary night.

Memorize the jingle – “On a dark and scary night, we will shine Jesus’ light!”

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