Trunk or Treat Report



It really shouldn’t surprise us but I do get surprised on how great our God truly is. He is always faithful to do what He says He will do so why am I surprised. The surprised I mention is how God blessed Common Ground Community Church’s “Trunk or Treat” event on Saturday. The Elders decided on doing simple instead of going overboard with the bells and whistles; to be honest we can’t afford the bells or the whistles anyway. The concept is a simple one; have people put candy in their cars’ trunks and when kids come, give them candy. It’s so simple but so great for outreach. The community sees that we care enough to make sure their children are safe while trick or treating.

God blessed our event first of all by giving us great weather. At first I thought it would be raining but that stopped several hours before the event. It was very warm for October; 75 degrees. Our people came out to show the love. We normally run 80 to 90 in a weekly attendance and we had around 30 of our people come to help; most had their car trunks/truck beds full of candy. We had our faithful grilling master, Doug, on the grill making sure the hot dogs were ready for the people. We had 4 types of chili, along with drinks. Thank you Becky Allen for heading the food side of this for us; great work.

We had bought 192 grab bags, and we ran out toward the end. According to our greeter (Teresa Thomasson), some people had their own so we are guessing that we had 300 children come through plus their parents. Our guess on total attendance is 500 people. That is a testament on how great our God is. We followed His lead and reached out to the community and the community came.

It’s not about giving candy out on October 31, it’s about showing the community that we care for them. People don’t care what you know until they know that you care for them. Our desire is for our community to know that Jesus Christ died for them, and that we at Common Ground Community Church love them where they are in the life journey.

Thank you for those who were able to help on Saturday, October 31.