Engaging with
Halloween
Halloween is the one time of year that people come knocking on your door wanting something from you.
And yet, most of us close the curtains, switch off the lights and pretend we’re not at home.
Can Christians engage with Halloween and how do we do that well?
Become a House of light this Halloween…
Theme: Spiders/Do not be afraid
My world view of Halloween was turned upside down by Angela MacDonald
Theme: light
Chasing away the darkness by Nay Dawson
Theme: Light on a dark night Escape Room
By Anna Price
Theme: Woodland animals
Are you still hiding from Halloween? | Evangelicals Now by Ruth Evans
Theme: Pumpkins
Lechlade pumpkin trail brings ‘light on a dark night’ – Diocese of Gloucester by Andrew and Kate Cinnamond
Theme: Angels
Be a house of Angels, make cookies, set up a hot chocolate stand and cover your driveway in fairy lights! Inspired by Amy from Southampton.
All Hallows quiz
Sammy Jordan
Resources
Halloween stories to give away
Ruth Evans
Halloween Escape Room
St Marys Magdalene, Gorleston
Stories that raise curiosity about Jesus
Nay Dawson
Equipping your church to be a Light Beacon
Andrew Bates
Catch up.
Be inspired by others that have given this a go. In this webinar you’ll hear from lots of different women about their experience of being a light in the darkness!
What People Are Saying
“Thanks so much for this evening, it was really inspiring to hear other people's stories, I'd lost my purposeful Halloween mojo the last couple of years and had returned to trying to ignore it! But I've just spoken to my husband and older kids are we're all up for the idea of fairy lights and hot chocolate in our driveway this year!”
— How to make the most of Halloween Webinar guest
“Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.”
— Quote Source
“Your home gathers people, rather than just somewhere we pass through.”
— Trick or Treater 2024
“Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.”
— Quote Source
Quote Source
“Thanks so much for this evening, it was really inspiring to hear other people's stories, I'd lost my purposeful Halloween mojo the last couple of years and had returned to trying to ignore it! But I've just spoken to my husband and older kids are we're all up for the idea of fairy lights and hot chocolate in our driveway this year!”
