Oh wow... this is interesting. My church is TOTALLY against Halloween, they don't do anything.... no harvest or costumes or anything like that.
However, there is this church some of the youth went to one year. It was called, "The Scream House", I think! It was on the news and in the news papers and stuff.
Anyways, the church was set up like a "haunted" house. The only difference is... when you first walk in, its pitch dark.. then you walk a little further, they have a demon guiding you through the whole thing. It was VEEERRRY creapy! Anyways, while the demon is guiding you, he shows you all the things that can get you into hell. And the scenes where played out, and you would stand there and watch, several scenes as you walk through. You would see, teens partying and drinking, a man beating on his wife, and she ends up committing suicide, etc. Then after all the scenes as you continue to walk. You would see hell.... and it was LITERALLY hot in there. You would see the people from the scenes in hell, and a few demons in there. And you could hear them crying out for God, and see them "burning"... and they would be reaching out to try to grab you for help and stuff.
After that part.. you have to hold onto this rope, and put on some goggles, (still guided by this demon), which makes it impossible for you to see. As you're guided through you can't see, but you can hear the demons telling you to walk and you can hear chains, and people screaming and stuff.
Then you enter into a much cooler place. We no longer had the rope, but still had on the goggles. It seemed like everyone was at ease when we got to that point. Because alot of the youth were literally crying and freaked out. But this place where we now was, was heaven. Still having on the goggles... A man (Jesus) walked by and we were to feel his hand where he had been nailed. Then we took off the goggles and seen this wonderful scenary which was heaven. Um... someone who was in the crowd with "us", stepped out and asked if she was in the "Lambs book of life", and God shook his head no, then the demons came and took her away!
But yeah that was the only time our church has ever done anything for Halloween. I went to something else liek that at another church, but I don't think it compares. That church was also critising the other churchs thing, because of the stuff they heard about it from the news and stuff.
