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Ep 084: How To Do A Great Trunk-or-Treat At Your Church, with Darrell Stetler
Episode 8429th August 2024 • The Church Lobby • Karl Vaters
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In September and October over 1.2 million people will search online for “Trunk-or-Treat near me.” Here’s how to be one of the churches they find.

Karl Vaters talks with Darrell Stetler about practical steps to help churches of any size put on a high-quality, gospel-centered Trunk-or-Treat event. Darrell is a small-church pastor in Oklahoma City and he has created a free 23-page guide called Trunk-orTreat Planning for Churches: A Step-by-step Guide.

Karl and Darrell talk about:

  • The benefits of having a church Trunk-or-Treat
  • Picking a theme
  • Who it’s designed to reach
  • When to start planning
  • Recruiting volunteers
  • How to gather info from attenders
  • How to follow up

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Yes, Your Church Can Do Trunk-or-Treat without Compromising Your Christian Values, with Darrell Stetler

If you have problems with Halloween, I'm right there with you. Not a fan. In this short video, Darrell Stetler and Karl Vaters talk about:

  • Why our churches do a trunk-or-treat
  • The three attitudes Christians can have toward Halloween
  • The misunderstood non-pagan origins of Halloween
  • Why it’s okay for churches to offer a safe, Bible-based alternative

 

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