Taylor’s school had a “costume parade” this morning. Some fun shots of his principle, a sweet girl’s outhouse costume as well as Taylor in his Roman soldier costume. Got that baby done at about 1 a.m. this morning. Why do I always wait too long to get these costumes figured out??
We are studying The DNA of Relationships by Smalley in our LifeGroup on Sunday nights. It has been a whole lot of fun learning that we are driven by our fears. It is totally freeing to understand that the fight is often not about the thing we are fighting about. It is actually about a “fear button” that was pushed by the other person and we reacted to that button being pushed (Smalley’s concepts). I am really excited about the positive things that we all are learning from this study in our group.
I ran across this post from Mark Batterson about fearlessness. He says that there are only two fears we are born with as a baby…the rest are “learned.” Man there is some freedom to know that we can learn, through Christ, how to be free from those fears!
I know for a fact that this nugget of truth and promise from God’s word can save us from a whole lot of heartache and pain when we allow the enemy to continue to scare us to death with our fears. “For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” (Romans 8:15 ESV)
According to psychologists we’re only born with two fears: the fear of falling and the fear of loud noises. That means that every other fear is learned. Which means that every other fear can be unlearned. Here’s a definition of faith: the process of unlearning ungodly fears.
The enemy is a fear monger. He wants to scare the heaven out of you. But I John 4:18 says: “Perfect love casts out all fear.” In other words, as we grow in a love relationship with God we unlearn our fears until the only fear we have is the only healthy and holy fear: the fear of God. And when you fear God you don’t have to fear anything else! Perfect love results in fearlessness.
What is Trunk or Treat?
Trunk or Treat is Forest Park’s version of a Halloween Party to provide a fun and safe environment for our guest Trick or Treaters! We will park our vehicles in the parking lot in a big circle with the trunks facing inward. Each vehicle opens the backs or trunks, decorates the vehicles, and hands out candy in a really fun way! It is like a huge tailgating party with Trick or Treating thrown in for good measure!
How can I help?
We need EVERYONE in our church family to help in some way for our Trunk or Treat to be a success! Here are a few simple things we really need from you:
· show up early on Oct. 31st to set up (3 p.m.)
· be present the night of the event to help greet our guests.
· bring candy to hand out to the Trick or Treaters.
· decorate and hand out candy out of your vehicle(s) (the more the better).
· dress up and have a blast hanging out with kids!
Give me some examples…
· When it comes to decorating your vehicle there are the obvious choices, like decorating for Halloween, using pumpkins, spider webbing, spiders, brooms, bats, cauldrons, scary stuff…
· The best way to go is PICK A THEME!
· Go with a favorite decade…you know 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, etc. Disco balls, shag carpet!
· or Nursery Rhymes…Mother Goose and the like.
· Sports, NASCAR, animals, TV Shows
· incorporate a game in the trunk
· Whatever you choose…COME AND HAVE FUN!
· Check out the web for ideas! Search Trunk or Treat and you will find a ton of great ideas!
So tell us, what are you dressing like/decorating your car like for Trunk or Treat??
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