This week was a very monumental day. It was the 500th anniversary of the Reformation started by Martin Luther in 1517 on October 31. We decided to host a celebration at our house and invited all of our friends to come party with us!
We have a covered pavilion next to our house where we set everything up in case it rained. Thankfully though, it did not rain! I set up some games for the kids to play, the older kids went to play soccer and the adults got to hang out and chat.
These are the games the kids could play:
Nail the 95 Theses to the door - Just like Luther, they could nail a few of the 95 Theses to the door!
Coin in the Coffer - Toss some coins into the pails. This is one of the complaints Luther had, that church people were required to pay a fee in a coffer to get their family members out of "Purgatory."
Three Legged Race For Your Life - Luther was called a heretic by the church and his arrest was ordered, so he had to flee for his life.
Fishing for Solas - Find the animals in the water marked with the 5 Solas of the Reformation - Solus Christus, Soli Deo Gloria, Sola Fide, Sola Gracia, Sola Scriptura
Diet of Worms Cake Walk - Luther was called to a diet (meeting) in a town called Worms. It makes a funny name for a cake walk though! They had to do the cake walk to get dessert!
Papal Bull Burning - The pope sent Luther a letter telling him to stop preaching and he got mad and ran into the street and threw the paper into a fire! The kids got to throw some scrolls into the fire as well...and they loved it!
Parchment Scroll Writing - The kids could copy the 5 Solas or a Bible verse onto some paper I soaked in tea to make them look older.
The prize at each station was a small bag of candy corn and everyone seemed to like that! For the meal, we had hot dogs, pretzels, lemonade, root beer, popcorn and some other goodies that people brought. We had cupcakes and cookies in the cake walk for dessert! It was a great time and everyone had a lot of fun!
I'm so glad we got to host the first (that I know of) Reformation Celebration here in our area of Panama. It was so nice to have all the neighbors over and teach the kids a little bit about Luther and why the Reformation is important. It was great to see the kids all having fun and playing together. We are blessed to have the friends we do and live in an area where we can have people over to do fun stuff like this! Already looking forward to doing it again next year!
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