Elaine K. Stephen says, “Halloween is a wonderful and fun time to help teach children that giving is so very important. After all, neighbors give them candy. They should give too!”
She suggests “a fun way to teach children to give love from their hearts, time from their days, some of their bounty and of course the giving of their faith at Halloween and enjoy it too!”
She suggests that parents help their children buy some apples and 2 or 3 small plain brown craft paper bags and let the children decorate the bags with inspirational Christian sayings with crayons. Fill the bags with the apples and have the children deliver them to a needy family, an elderly couple who can’t get out, or someone who just plain needs God’s love.
This is a wonderful lesson about giving to others in a “give me” world.
Now, a Halloween thought:
Being a Christian is like being a pumpkin.
God lifts you up, takes you in, and washes all the dirt off of you.
He opens you up, touches you deep inside, and scoops out all the yucky stuff – including the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, and other bad seeds.
Then, He carves you a new smiling face, and puts His light inside of you, to shine for all the world to see.
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