Hi everyone. Well, our long-awaited Halloween outreach at the mall has come and gone. Last Saturday was the target day. We began planning the event in April, making contact with the local mall seeking permission to host a childrens' activity center on Halloween day. What delight when they finally gave us a "thumbs up" sign the first of October.
We quickly designed four activity booths, and offered face painting as well. There was also a photo "opp" with our four clowns and candy/toys for every child that completed the activity stations. The event began at 1:00 PM and ran till 5:00 PM. To make this event work we had forty-one of our church members participate in the outreach. You should have seen the delight on the faces of everyone. What fun we all had!Everyone agreed it was a great success! At least two-hundred and forty children completed all four activities to receive their candy and toys. A conservative guess is we made contact with over five-hundred people. We made sure that we placed in the hands of every child a flier about our church.
To enhance the activity we invited a ministry of puppeteers to give various shows throughout the afternoon. They did a wonderful job and each effort complimented the other.
By the end of the day, one-hundred and eight children had their photo taken with our clowns. The parents gave us their address and phone number and we will begin to follow up this week on those contacts by personally delivering a free photo of their child with our clowns.
The next day, Sunday afternoon, I wanted to do nothing but set down and take a nap. I did not get that nap but I did get to see the game between the Green Bay Packers and the Minnesota Vikings.
Blessings.
Johnathan and Mary Reece
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