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Last year there were some really good discussions flying around the blog world about halloween and where Christians fit in with it.
As Christians, we spend the entire year trying to bring the Gospel to our communities, but there is one day out of there year where your entire neighborhood is going to come to your house and knock on your door.
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As a church planter I find myself around a lot of driven people, maybe ‘cuz we attract one another. One thing that has been a major part of fast church plant growth has been the events they put on. It makes sense. Church plants don’t usually have a building that people get to drive by and decide if they will one day go to church there. The church generally hasn’t been around very long and therefore hasn’t penetrated the community with buzz. So the solution has always been events.
Big events give you a chance to showcase yourself to the community and provide something for people to do. Sounds like a win win situation.
Last night for Halloween we thought it would be a cool idea to roll by the big ‘Harvest Fest’ being put on by a church in our neighborhood. The event was HUGE! Search lights guided you in from miles away, which was good because we had to park miles away. We got out of the car and started making the trek to the big event off in the distance. On a side note, I’m really glad we had the kids do some trick-or-treating in our neighborhood before we left, the candy gave us some much needed sustenance for the journey.
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Every year for Halloween the peeps at Homestarrunner.com put together the funniest cartoon of the year. Not that the cartoon is that funny…but the costumes are pure genius. Up until this years episode I thought I was the only one in the world who seems to remember the cartoon Danger Mouse, let alone think it’s one of the greatest kids shows ever. The Cheat’s costume is the single greatest moment on Home Star Runner for me.
A close second is the King Of Town’s getup….I fell out of my chair when I learned what it was. There are a couple easy one’s for those of you who weren’t around in the eighties but the time period still holds a place in your heart.
So if you are a fan of dry witty humor you must watch this…wait until the very end and you can discover who everyone is dressed up as.
[tags]homestar runner, danger mouse, penfold, halloween [/tags]
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Great article by Jeff over at D-Train.
I grew up hearing about the evils of Halloween – satan worship, demons, razor blades in apples – not from my parents, but from the Christian culture I lived in. I grew up going to Halloween alternative events, having lots of fun in my bible character costume, knowing that I was safe from all the devil-worshiping psychos that were certain to get me if I dared to risk knocking at the doors of the heathens in my neighbourhood.
More at D-Train.
[tags]halloween, christianity, culture, relevance[/tags]
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