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UPDATED intro: If you only do ONE thing to reach out to people at Halloween and at your alternative events with the Gospel Message—do THIS—make one of these communications to hand out in Goodie bags or as people leave. To make the most of our time and to share the true message of what happens after death, this is a way to do it. First is a preview of the materials you can download, and for more motivation, check out the materials that follow it....
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Some new, some a few years old, but all for you to use as you'd like.
Just click on the link below the title. Please pass on to other churches and friends.
A non-scary way to share your faith at Fall Festivals and Halloween
https://wp.me/pDky9-8h4
How to make the most of Halloween for evangelism and the true Christian view of life after death
https://wp.me/pDky9-9lu
Was Jesus a zombie—NO irreverence intended, but an honestly asked question and an answer
https://wp.me/pDky9-8gP
FREE TEMPLATES for Fall Registration Cards, Invitations, Halloween Evangelism
https://www.effectivechurchcom.com/templates/templates-harvest-festival-and-halloween/
Halloween, a great time for evangelism…..really!!
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This is just the cutest, fun thing for Halloween!
But first the serious reasons behind it:
In the Old Testament, Jewish parents were commanded to teach their children about God's law during all of life.
Write these commandments that I’ve given you today on your hearts. Get them inside of you and then get them inside your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning to when you fall into bed at night. Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder; inscribe them on the doorposts of your homes and on your city gates. Deut. 6:7-9 MSG
In the New Testament, we are all commanded to do a similar thing—
Let the Word of Christ—the Message—have the run of the house. Give it plenty of room in your lives. Instruct and direct one another using good common sense. And sing, sing your hearts out to God! Let every detail in your lives—words, actions, whatever—be done in the name of the Master, Jesus, thanking God the Father every step of the way. Col. 3;7, MSG
Though we are commanded to make God's Word and doing His will part of every area of life, that isn't an easy command to fulfill.
Holidays can help, even ones we wouldn't normally think would help us to grow in our Christian lives.
We don't often think of Halloween as a time to learn about the Christian faith, but with a little imagination and creativity, it can be! Here is a pumpkin carving project that will help kids learn about Jesus. Below is a short video that goes through the project and below the video is a link to a ZIP file that contains a ready-to-print Pumpkin Project sheet, editable MS Publisher files, jpg images, and an MS Word file of the text if you want to create your own version.
Please note: I saw many versions of this before I created my own and was never able to track down an original creator--if that's you or you know who it is, please let me know at yvonprehn@gmail.com.
Click on the following link to download a ZIP file that contains a ready-to-print Pumpkin Project, editable MS Publisher files, jpg images, and an MS Word file of the text if you want to create your own version: Pumpkin Project & Poem
I realize a lot of churches have problems with Halloween and I understand why, but along with the problems it is a fantastic opportunity for evangelism!
Here's why: people are thinking about death, dying, and the afterlife more than any other time of year. Yes, their views are totally wrong and distorted, but at least they are thinking about it. Following are some not very subtle suggestions that people may want to consider Jesus—the one person who conquered death.
These cards have the thought-provoking challenge on the front and then on the back you can either put websites for them to check out in more detail (as I did on one of the cards) or you can link them to other websites or sources at your church. Best of all, consider a time at your church holding some Bible Studies for people to consider the Christian faith.
If you hold a Trunk or Treat or other event, these are great to put into goodie bags. You can do that at home also.
Just like the Apostle Paul used the idols of Athens as a bridge to sharing the true God, we can take an admittedly horrible time of year and use it to tell people about Jesus.
Below are both business cards and half-page size cards or bulletin inserts for your inspiration.
I was challenged with this question twice in one week by people who were quite serious and not affiliated with any church. After I got over my initial shock, I realized it was a question worth an answer, and the question might be something other churches may be asked.
Following is my answer in video format and the script for it follows. Please consider this as an example of how people may be spiritually searching in ways we wouldn't think about and how Halloween can give us an opportunity to share the one Person who truly came back from the dead, not as a zombie, but our incredibly, eternally ALIVE, Lord Jesus.
