We have always chosen not to celebrate Halloween and to make it a special family night at home. In the past we have done everything from using it as a time to visit with my parents, get a new movie and watch it on the projector with popcorn and juice boxes in hand, we have even handed out candy with tracts and let the kids know the Jesus Loves them. We have never participated in a church harvest party since we have had children. We didn't want them to be confused why it was okay for them to dress up and go to church to get candy but they couldn't do this around the neighborhood.
Our children are now older, the oldest is 13 with the youngest almost 7. We decided this year to help out with our church's harvest party. We, as a family, are running a carnival booth! Yup! All the kids understand that we are doing it reach out the community in which our church is in and to hopefully have opportunity to minister to others who may not know Christ. What other day of the year will a bunch of non-Christians come to you so willingly? Both, Superman and I felt that we needed to step out of our isolation and do this with our kids as a family.
What is our booth? you may ask. Well....it is called the Toilet Paper Toss. I will be taking some pictures with my phone tomorrow and will post those either on Sunday or on Monday. We are all going to wear our costumes from last year that we made for our Medieval Feast, as an end of unit celebration of our History studies. Superman has been hard at work creating our booth and strumming up the idea of what it will look like. He has done a superior job and I can hardly wait to hear what comments we get.
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