Since it falls on a Wednesday, will you skip the trick or treating with your kids to attend service, or will you skip service to go trick or treating?
Thank you!
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2007-09-26 16:03:46 · 9 answers · asked by gone 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
EM T: My point is, that MOST Churches DO have a Wednesday night service. Children are at school all day, so the only time they have to trick or treat is in the evening. The Church we used to attend did NOTHING and if your child showed up 'dressed up' in any way, they were looked badly upon by MOST of the people.
We chose to leave that Church for other reasons, but we also choose to skip Church on Oct 31 for our kids.
A lot of Churchs will make you choose. You either attend service (which gets out around 8:30 & too late to go out) or you must skip it. We've now found a Church that offers a "halloween night" with candy and slides, the big inflatables...like a carnival. It's a great outreach that MOST Churchs are missing out on.
That's my point.
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2007-09-26 16:21:06 · update #1
I never did understand the aversion to Halloween. Is it because the Christian calender never found a holiday to off set it? Christians celebrate Christmas, made on the day of the Winter Solstice pagan holiday, and Easter for Ishtar the Babylonian goddess of fertility. So if you celebrate all these other holidays that's origins come from pagan holidays, why not let your children enjoy a day of candy and social interaction? Isn't it a bit hypocritical to pick and choose pagan holidays to celebrate, stating that some are holy while others unholy?
2007-09-26 16:11:55 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
We do have Weds services and no, I never have put Halloween or any other holiday or any other activity before being in church if I could possibly avoid it. One exception was my HS graduation was on a Weds and as much as I hated to, I did attend the graduation. If I had it to do over, I would have gone to the school and picked up my diploma the next day instead. I wasn't very assertive back in those days. I even refused jobs where I could have worked second or third shift and could have made alot of money because worship came first.
As a Christian, I was always taught that God should come first in my life before anything else. Being a Christian means we sacrifice our wants and put God first. Church isn't about going for fun and games and activities, it's about being there to worship and praise God, the Creator of us all. Entertainment should be outside the building and not a part of the services itself.
I Corinthians 11:22 refers to people making a mockery of the Lord's Supper and the Lord's House, which is the church and the building we worship in. Entertainment belongs outside in the homes or other buildings set up for this but even then, that entertainment should never take precendence over worship, regardless of what it is.
2007-09-26 17:16:51 · answer #2 · answered by KittyKat 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all churches have Wednesday meetings. And Halloween is all day, evening and night. Services aren't. So it's not really a concern. So what's your point?
Edit: Excuuuuuse me! I thought you were yet another of a multitude of persons picking on Christians about being hypocrites and skipping church for what some consider a pagan holiday.
2007-09-26 16:08:11 · answer #3 · answered by em T 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having been raised Christian, i can tell that maximum Christians (a minimum of that i've got met) do not do something distinctive or unusual for Halloween. some church homes will somewhat have little dress events on Halloween. additionally, each and every 12 months, i might dress up and pass door-to-door asking for candy. So did maximum of buddies who have been additionally raised Christian. some Christians, for some reason, see Halloween basically as a devil-worshiping trip. even though, in case you have not got self belief that and have no objections to the trip, there is not any reason you are able to't take your toddler door-to-door for candy.
2016-10-20 02:38:07 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our church doesn't have Wednesday services, so I guess I'm not skipping anything for my kids to dress up like cute animals and get lots of treats from friends and neighbors.
2007-09-26 16:15:59 · answer #5 · answered by raegal75 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not all churches have services on "All Hallowed's Eve" (especially protestants) although some churches sponsor Halloween events for the neighborhood and/or community children.
2007-09-26 16:09:58 · answer #6 · answered by No C 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't have young kids any more but my church has Trunk or Treat so the kids go to the church for services then we adults have candy for them in our car trunks so they get to do both.
2007-09-26 16:09:04 · answer #7 · answered by Curtis 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have a trick or treating at our church, the safest place to have this celebration. No scary costumes allowed. FUN!
2007-09-26 16:12:08 · answer #8 · answered by Nina, BaC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are these Christians who celebrate Halloween the same Christians who tell atheists not to celebrate Christmas?
2007-09-26 16:07:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋