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From Becky in Georgia

Carve Old Lutheran Reformation Day Pumpkins! - Get free patterns and carving instructions here.

Strike up the Oom Pah Band and do the Reformation Polka...

Make a "Diet of Worms Cake" and bring it to your office or school - recipe found here.
  
Have a "Baptismal Apple Dunk"
  
Run a "Law and Gospel Shuffle Relay"
  
Create a "Fishers of Men" Fishing Pond 
    
Do a "Defeat the Devil Ball Toss"
  
Play "Pin the 95 Theses on the Wittenberg Door"
  
Run a "Throw Indulgences in the Trash" relay
  
Find a storyteller to tell of the events of Luther’s life!
  
Have a costume party – everyone dress up as their favorite reformation personality.
 
Have a special showing of the Movie "Luther" at church or in your home!  

• Present this skit on Luther that was written by Joan Peery.
  

Hold a "Mightiest Fortress" building contest- build a tower and see whose is
strongest

Participate in the "Diet of Worms" - otherwise known as gummy worm eating contest. - 

Mariesa Robbins
Youth/Parish Coordinator
Our Savior Lutheran Church
Bradley Illinois

Go "Reformation Caroling."  Travel door to door with your hymnals and sing ALL the big Reformation favorites! Of course, some people get us confused with the "Trick-or-drinkers" that wobble around the neighborhood!

Dr. Randel L. Wolfe
Historic Trinity Lutheran Church
of the City of Reading

Speaking of Caroling, here's a Reformation Carol by Anne & Tom Lipe.

A beef barbeque, also known as a Papal Bull Roast.
  
If the weather's good,
1) cook over an open fire (after all, WWMD if roasting his bull? Go thou and do likewise.);
2) serve chilled mugs of your favorite fermented beverage; and
3) have a hymn sing while you take care of that tenderloin.
  
If the weather is not good,  build the fire under a makeshift shelter, offer mulled wine to the frail of flesh  and proceed to step 3).
  
Or, for those who are harmonically challenged (like my husband, whose boyhood pastor always told him, quite kindly, of course --  "Leroy, you can just mouth the words if you want"), just substitute  table talk for the hymn sing-- as long as you don't roast the pastor.
  
Even better, offer the ministry of hospitality to the un-churched neighbors  -- invite them over for a good meal, good conversation, and your  good example of why Grace Alone is the way to go!
  
Peace and joy- 

Cathi and Red Braasch
Braasch Land and Livestock
Capron IL

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