Today our church had a ‘light’ party with a superhero theme. It was certainly a popular theme and adults and children were really able to get into the spirit of dressing up! As well as all of the usual crafts and games, here’s the talk we gave about Jesus as a superhero, linking with what he said about being ‘the light of the world.’  We switched off the lights and did this by candle light because it makes it so much more effective when the children get their own lights to switch on!  The lights we gave the children were finger torches which we found here.

Hold a lit candle as you are speaking.

Today is Halloween and sometimes Halloween can seem a bit frightening.  The nights are getting darker and sometimes the world can seem like a scary place, But if you notice- we’re not dressed like witches or ghosts or vampires tonight.  We’re dressed like superheroes.  I’ll tell you why.

Who is your favourite superhero?  Why?

Superheroes have amazing powers and they do amazing things to defeat evil.  They fight the baddies and in the end, good wins.

There are all sorts of superheroes and they have all sorts of super powers.  There’s a hero we talk about all the time in this church and his name is Jesus. He’s a hero because he does amazing things. He makes blind people see. He turns 5 loaves of bread and two fish into enough food to feed more people than could ever fit into this church. He stops storms and rain just by saying one word.  And when things are scary we know that all we need to do is ask him to help us.  He is like light coming in to dark and scary places to make us feel safe again.  Jesus even said ‘I am the light of the world.’ When things are sad and scary and lonely and everything feels dark, he is the hero who has come to make things better.

Give candles to three other people (adults or children and light them from the candle you are holding)

But Jesus wants us to be superheroes too. He says that we can be the light of the world too.  We can be people who help people who are sad and lonely. We can be people who look after those who feel that the world is a hard place.

So I’m going to give you a little light and if you’d like to try and be a superhero who brings light in the darkness, then light it up.

Give out the finger lights (or alternative!) and let the children have time to light them if they want to.

So when you go home and you have times when you feel sad and scared and worried, put your light on and remember that you have a superhero called Jesus who you can ask to help you. And I challenge you to be superheroes too. Where can you help to bring light in the darkness and make the world seem less scary for other people?

Cheer for superheroes!