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and somepeople choose to oppose it.  \nINTHE SAME WAY,LETYoVRLGHTSHINE BEFoRE oTHERS,THATTHEY MAY SEE YoVRGooD DEEDS AND GLORFY YoVR FATHERINHEAVEN.MATTHEW 5:16  \nSome churches host fall festivals,some hold trunk-  \nor-treats,and some don't acknowledge the holiday  \nat all.Whether you choose to celebrate or not is up to your family and  \nchurch.However,if you do choose to participate in the Halloween holiday,here's away to celebrate from a Christian perspective.  \nMaterials needed:pumpkin for carving,carving tools,trash bags,a copy of pumpkinprayer,candle for pumpkin,Bible  \nSome of you may have heard of or even read the pumpkin prayer before.It is a funway to carve a pumpkin with your family or even in your children's church time.Asyou begin to carve your pumpkin,read the poem below.You can look upcorresponding scripture ahead of time to read as you carve your pumpkin.  \n(If you want to leave in a classroom for an extended period of time,you can use asharpie marker to draw the features on the pumpkin,just remember to explain thatnormally we would clean out a pumpkin when carving it and how that correlates toGod cleaning out the sin from our lives).  \nType or write out Matthew 5:16 and attach it to the stem of the pumpkin as areminder to live our lives for God and his glory.  \n# The Pumpkin Prayer\n\nDear Jesus,  \nAs I carve my pumpkin,help me pray this prayer:  \nOpen my mind so that I can learn about You;  \n(cut the top off the pumpkin)  \nTake all my sin and forgive the wrong that I do.  \n(clean out the inside)  \nOpen my eyes so Your love I will see;  \n(cut eyes shaped like hearts)  \nI'm sorry for times I've turned up my nose at what You've given to me.  \n(cut a nose in the shape of a cross)  \nOpen my ears so Your word I will hear;  \n(cut ears shaped like a Bible)  \nOpen my mouth to tell others You're near.  \n(cut the mouth in the shape of a fish)  \nLet Your light shine in all I say and do!  \n(place candle inside and light it)  \n## PUMPKIN 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