This is the fifth year that our church has hosted "Trunk-or-Treat." This has always been a fun event, a great community service project, and an outreach opportunity. It's always been a successful event in the sense of drawing people onto our campus and gathering a few propects who might be looking for a church, but tonight knocked it out of the park!
Remembering that we are in a very small community and probably a dozen churches in our community hosted a "Trunk-or-Treat," what I will share next will amaze you. Tonight, we had 2,000 people on our campus. That's right 2,000! That's 25% of Hartsville's population! The line of costumed characters latched onto their mom's and dad's stretched around our building. We began to ration the candy and we even had a volunteer go to Walmart to buy more! I couldn't imagine someone waiting in a line and then being told we were out of candy.
Hats off to our volunteers! Dozens of cars were decorated including a stretch limo. People were preparing concessions, distributing candy, registering guests, staffing the inflatable and carnival games, and more! In a quick perusal of the registration cards, I spotted dozens of people who requested more information about our church. Wouldn't it be great if they came to a "Trunk-or-Treat" and it was the first step in reaching these people for Jesus?! The strength of Emmanuel Baptist Church is that we are a family of people who love God, want others to love God, and will do whatever it takes to make it happen. Thanks again to Justin, our volunteers and to every person who brought your kids to the event.
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