Were you in the tiger suit, the adult Raggedy Ann costume, or the big black cape??
Once again the Horizons community had a blast at its annual Trunk 'r Treat party! Adults and kids fully costumed, with elaborately decked out trunks handed out candy to well over 600 kids. Including accompanying adults, Horizons served over 1,000 of Lincoln, offering a fun, safe, and thrilling evening of fall festivities.
BUT Trunk 'r Treat is not really even about the candy and the costumes or the church giving it out for free.
It's so much more! This is where people who may be largely unfamiliar with church get to be face-to-face with those who LOVE church and Jesus who gave His life to breathe it into existence. It's not about dutifully filling a spot in the parking lot for the success of the event. It's about letting the joy and the gratitude we have for life wrap us together as a church dressed up in the oddest combinations of costumes. And it's about letting that joy and gratitude we have because we have been given real life flow out of us in the shape of love that others can see. It's about showing others that we all can be okay in the arms of Jesus, even when really hard things happen.
It's about sharing our broken but lively-beating hearts with a community of broken hearts yearning to beat with life again.
Trunk 'r Treat is for the name of Jesus! Did you miss this year's event? Don't miss your next opportunity to join in.
More to Come!
Jason <><
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