Episode 14 - Hallo-What? Halloween Outreach Ideas
Dick Gruber and Jason Rhode discuss the topic, “Hallo-What? Halloween Outreach Ideas.” Why conduct a Halloween outreach? Dick shares these reasons…because children:
Come to your door
Are open to the supernatural
Ready for fun
Everybody is excited except believers
Dick shared these following things to remember when conducting Halloween outreaches:
- Pray for wisdom
- Begin at a level of mutual understanding
- Let the children come
- Effective evangelism is always relational
Dick also shared the Do Not ABC’s of Halloween…do not:
Attack Halloween
Bash Satanic costuming
Catch yourself along with a child
Depict God as a cruel judge
Engage in practical joking
Force a committment
Dick also mentioned his Halloween Booklet and his Trick or Treat Tract.
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Here was my assessment while wrestling through the Halloween issue. Basically, unbelieving kids are coming to my door without me asking. I felt like if Paul was in my situation , he would try to use the opportunity for something good. So that year we bought big roles of Lifesavers and taped on a new label that said, “If you want to know the real life saver go to…” and we put a website that would present the gospel to them. Our kids loved getting involved and didn’t trick or treat so they could be there to pass out the candy. Just thought I would share an idea an average family could use.