Arguments AGAINST Halloween
Game Description
Messy game based upon the common Halloween adage :
“Trick-or-treat, smell my feet, give me something good to eat.”
Game Materials
Coffee Cup
Caution: Hot beverages are hot!
Tesco’s Tiramisu dessert
Do not turn upside down. (printed on bottom of the box)
Package of Dice
Not for human consumption.
Breath Savers
Not for weight control.
Japanese food processor
Not to be used for the other use.
Pack of Peanuts
Open packet and eat contents.
Fruit Roll-ups
Peel fruit from cellophane before …
The nine foot 400 lb Goliath challenged the children of Israel and blasphemed Almighty God. David, a 17 year old fuzzy-checked lad who came to visit his brothers demanded to know why they weren’t accepting the challenge.
The brothers explained that you could easily get hurt by fighting fellows like Goliath. They felt certain Goliath was just too big to …
Perhaps to be able to explain suffering is the clearest indication of never having suffered. Sin, suffering, and sanctification are not problems of the mind, but facts of life-mysteries that awaken all other mysteries until the heart rests in God.
-Oswald Chambers…
Death was walking toward a city one morning and a man asked, “What are you going to do?” “I’m going to take 100 people,” Death replied. “That’s horrible!” the man said. “That’s the way it is,” Death said. “That’s what I do. “The man hurried to warn everyone he could about Death’s plan. As evening fell, he met Death again. …
THE ETERNAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, the largest, oldest, and most reliable fire and life insurance company, offers a policy which is strictly equitable; it operates all over the world (John 3:16), and its management has never changed. It insures a man for more than he is worth.
Materials
Large pumpkin and a carving knife.
Object Lesson on Prayer
{cut off top of pumpkin}
Lord, open my mind so I can learn new things about you.
{remove innards}
Remove the things in my life that don’t please you.
Forgive the wrong things I do and help me to forgive others.
{cut open eyes}
Open my eyes to see …
Theme
When the light of Jesus, shining through us flickers and goes out because of sin in our life, Jesus’ death can restore that light.
Materials
One pumpkin, ready to carve, sharp knife, candle for inside of pumpkin, matches
Procedure
Have children offer their suggestions on how to carve a face in the pumpkin. Proceed to carve a mouth, nose, …
Create a Halloween lantern with stars for eyes, the Christian fish symbol for a mouth, and a cross for its nose. Then pass out the following poem (source unknown)
Jack O’ Lantern
I am a Jack O’ Lantern
My lights will shine so bright
For I’m a Christian pumpkin
My symbols tell what’s right
My nose is like the cross…