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Trick or Treat?

The people of Emersons Green love Halloween! Each year more and more people decorate their houses and gardens and more and more children get dressed up and walk around the streets trick or treating. For many of us, we do just the opposite! We close our curtains, turn the lights off and go to bed early. But why?! There's no need to be afraid of the dark, Jesus is the light of the world! In fact, at this time of year, as people knock on our doors wanting something from us, why not use the opportunity to offer them light and life, hospitality and hope. Jesus says to us in Matthew 5:14-16, 'You are the light of the world. A town built on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in their house. In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.' This year, rather than shying away how about shining out? Here are a few things we can do to let our light shine...


  1. Share. Many of us use social media, and Halloween is a great time to share a video and tag a few friends you'd like to watch it. One of my favourites is Trick or Treat? by Glen Scrivener and Speak Life.


  1. Decorate. If you're creative, or even if you're not, how about decorating your house and garden? Put some fairly lights up, make a window display or carve a pumpkin (even I can carve a heart into a pumpkin!)



  1. Give! A pumpkin outside your house is an invitation to Trick or Treaters to knock on your front door, and when they do why not give them a bag of sweets, a couple of glow sticks, some colouring sheets and a gospel track? The Good Book Company or 10ofthose have a wide selection of Halloween tracks - one of my favourites is The Pumpkin Story by Ed Drew.


As the people of Emersons Green celebrate darkness and death, let's use the opportunity to celebrate and communicate the light and life of Jesus Christ.

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