Should Apostolic Churches Have Easter Egg Hunts?

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by MrsMcD

It's a good thing you don't hide them. We hid them one year and had a melted chocolate mess. It was a lesson learned. lol

That's funny.

[Theresa]

Originally Posted by Steve Epley

Next confessionals-the rosary-holy water-sign of the cross-clerical collar-crucifix-bleeding heart statue-lighting candles-unmarried nun and priests-praying to saints-the habit-ash on the forehead-lent.

you mean, you dont already do this?


HEATHEN!

[Ferd]

It blows my mind that anyone would be worried about what a group of pagans did 3 thousand years ago. who cares?

nobody is worshipping pagan gods by letting a 2 year old find a stinking egg. come on people, lets be real.

[Digging4Truth]

Originally Posted by Ferd

It blows my mind that anyone would be worried about what a group of pagans did 3 thousand years ago. who cares?

nobody is worshipping pagan gods by letting a 2 year old find a stinking egg. come on people, lets be real.

I am being real. I am being true to my convictions. I don't condemn you for not holding the same convictions.

[Ron]

When hunting for Easter Eggs one has to always watch out for the Chocolate Jelly Beans!

[LadyCoonskinner]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

My point exactly...

I can live in a pagan dominated world and yet maintain biblically based worship.

My worship has nothing to do with eggs and bunnies. My worship is of a Saviour who died and rose again and washed away my sins and filled me with His Spirit giving me a wonderful chance at spending eternity with Him.

Having a harmless egg hunt with candy and money is a way of drawing those who don't attend church to our church who preaches the truth so that they can fill the spirit of God moving.

Our focus is not on the egg hunt. It isn't even mentioned until SS is OVER. We don't announce it over the pulpit, we just do it while the Bible Class is having their service.

Then we have the candy rain after service is over.

I am almost offended by the above statement. They got the old ticker to movin'. My worship is not predicated on what day it happens to be. I'm a little more thankful on Easter that He rose again and gave me the chance of salvation, so let the visitors see and feel the thankfulness and the annointing with which I worship. Let them feel the absolute gratitude for the saving power of my God. Maybe then they will realize that it's not all just a bunch of stuff that's being SAID, but that it is REAL and POWERFUL and TRUE!!

[Scott Hutchinson]

There are things I can't be involved in personally,but I try to be kind to others.
My sincere advice is to find out about the origin of things and pray and make informed decisions,having said that some would consider me liberal.
But I do have personal standards,and I sincerly seek after the Holy Ghost.

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by Digging4Truth

I am being real. I am being true to my convictions. I don't condemn you for not holding the same convictions.

if you dont want to hunt easter eggs, that is fine by me. If you have a conviciton about the subject, i respect that, but please dont tell me you bast that on some notion that because a pagan came up with the idea 3 thousand years ago, you cant. that doesnt pass the muster. no logic my brother.

do your deal but dont suggest that "pagan orrigins" is a valid argument against anything...especially when the pagans are so dead they dont even stink anymore.

[Scott Hutchinson]

Perhaps this thread was a bad-idea,but I did think it was a valid question.

[Ferd]

Originally Posted by LadyCoonskinner

My worship has nothing to do with eggs and bunnies. My worship is of a Saviour who died and rose again and washed away my sins and filled me with His Spirit giving me a wonderful chance at spending eternity with Him.

Having a harmless egg hunt with candy and money is a way of drawing those who don't attend church to our church who preaches the truth so that they can fill the spirit of God moving.

Our focus is not on the egg hunt. It isn't even mentioned until SS is OVER. We don't announce it over the pulpit, we just do it while the Bible Class is having their service.

Then we have the candy rain after service is over.

I am almost offended by the above statement. They got the old ticker to movin'. My worship is not predicated on what day it happens to be. I'm a little more thankful on Easter that He rose again and gave me the chance of salvation, so let the visitors see and feel the thankfulness and the annointing with which I worship. Let them feel the absolute gratitude for the saving power of my God. Maybe then they will realize that it's not all just a bunch of stuff that's being SAID, but that it is REAL and POWERFUL and TRUE!!

PREACH! (i think you really are becoming a preacher! hee hee)