Trunk or Treat Calapooia Style

The first big family event since Vaughn was hired went well!  After discovering that no other churches in town did a "trunk or treat" type event, Vaughn decided this would be a great one to try.  The morning of the 31st it rained buckets, so a decision had to be made - risk it outside or move it inside.  Vaughn decided to move it inside, which ended up being a good decision since it rained off and on all evening.  Long tables lined the walls of the fellowship hall for those who were going to "trunk it" to decorate and set out their candy.  Round tables were in the center of the room for people to visit and eat the yummy desserts that were available along with coffee, (a must for Vaughn) and hot chocolate and cider.  "It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown" played continuously in the Sunday school classroom.  We had a great turnout of families from the community, and those from the church who participated had a great time too!

This year Faith chose to be Juliet

Griffin as Spiderman.  There were only two little holes for him to breathe through.  This drove him crazy so he made the holes bigger, thus snagging the mask.

He loved having those muscles!

Pastor Stewart and Matt (one of the worship team members) got into the fun of dressing up.

 Vaughn - "The Punisher"

One of Clyde's foster dogs (soon to be adopted) shaking with Griffin

I ended up being the  greeter as families came in.  The mini candy bars had a tag with church information stapled to them.

What's Halloween without "The Great Pumpkin"?

Got this idea from Patti Edwards many years ago.  She lined the church driveway one year with tealight lit paper bags for Good Friday.  Vaughn tweeked this idea a bit, and he had the kids draw pumpkin faces on the paper bags for Trunk or Treat.

After Trunk or Treat was over we had been invited for pie and to visit with the Leatherwoods.  One of their daughters has become good friends with Faith.  The girls trick or treated together in the neighborhood by the church where the Leatherwoods live and came by the church for more candy and treats.  Although we were really tired, it was nice to get to know Kent and Dana better and meet another couple.  Very nice families and we look forward to getting to know them better.