Tonight we had a family/sunday school Pumpkin Party. This time of year is quite a trial for Christians, it seems. Trick or Treat: do we or don't we? I grew up 'trick or treating' in the US, but I know that over here in the UK it seems to be a much bigger problem for Christians...maybe it was when I was a kid, but I was unaware of it??!! SO, in order to let our kids have some fun and also bring glory to God at the same time (which is what Christians should always be striving to do), we have developed a 'Pumpkin Party'. Everyone brings their own pumpkin to carve, we have some food, play a few games, carve pumpkins, then listen to a little script that shares the 'Pumpkin Gospel'. We end up talking about how we need to let God's light shine out of us like the candle shines out from the pumpkin. We had a great time tonight, and even had some new kids from the community come. Aleah was our mascot, as she walked around in a little pumpkin outfit that her Nanny picked up at a 'car boot sale'. Dean's dad took the pictures because our camera was out of batteries.
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