Halloween Ideas - Masks

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Halloween
Ideas - Masks
What are the masks
we wear?
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Materials
Variety of masks
Icebreaker Activity
On adhesive name tags or white
printer labels write the names of
famous masked characters. Write a
name on each nametag. As people
enter the room, put the nametag in
the middle of their back (without
showing them what is on it). Their
goal is to figure out who they are by
asking a series of yes/no questions.
Each question must be asked of a
different person

Superheroes
Batgirl Batman
Captain
America
Cyclops Dark man Dash
Donatello
(Ninja
Turtles)
Dread
Pirate
Roberts
Flash
Green
Hornet
Green
Lantern
Iron Man
Jack-Jack Kato
Leonardo
(Ninja
Turtles)

Lone
Ranger
Michelangelo
(Ninja
Turtles)
Mr.
Incredible
Mrs.
Incredible
Phantom of
the Opera
Rafael
(Ninja
Turtles)
Robin Spiderman The Mask
Ultraman Violet Wolverine
Zorro

Others
Catwoman Darth Vader Doctor Doom
Green
Goblin
Jason (Friday
the 13th)
Juggernaut
Riddler Stormtrooper The Joker
The Penguin
The Riddler

Discussion
1. If you could be any
superhero who would you
be?
2. What is it about this
character that attracts you?
3. Why do most of the
superheroes wear masks?
The reason all the
superheroes wear masks is to
hide who they are…

Introduction
Its not just Halloween that people
wear masks. If we are honest with
ourselves, most of us put on masks
from time to time.
We put on a mask any time we are
not honest with others, or worse
yet, we are not honest with God.
Anytime we try to make ourselves
come across as something we are
not, we are putting on a mask. What
masks do you put on? In what
situations do you hide behind a
mask, afraid to reveal who you
really are and what you really feel?

The name for someone like that is
a hypocrite. An actor is the same
word “hypocrite” in the Greek
language. It means ‘the person
who wears a mask’ (or cover on his
face). In the original Greek plays,
actors pretended to be someone
else by putting on a mask.
Jesus used the same word to
describe the Pharisees and in a
parable teaches us an important
lesson about masks…

The Parable of the Pharisee and the
Tax Collector
Luke 18.9-14
Discussion: The Pharisees – Wearers
of Masks
1. Why was the Pharisee called a
hypocrite – one wearing a mask?
2. For what reasons do you think the
Pharisee “acted” this way?
3. Have you met people like the
Pharisee? How did they make you
feel?
4. In what ways have you been like a
Pharisee? What are some of the
masks you wear?

Activity: What Masks do I wear?
1. Give each youth a piece of
paper cut into a mask shape.
2. On one side, ask them to write
or draw characteristics of how
they want people to see them.
3. Then, on the other side, ask
them to write down some
characteristics of who they really
are and some of the things about
their life that they don’t want
other people to see.
4. Is there a difference?
5. What are the risks of revealing
what is hidden behind the mask?

Discussion: Why We Wear Masks
1. What are some of the reasons
people wear masks as Christians?
- Don’t know how to live the Christian
Life so we fake it - Most of us really do
want to reflect Christ but the problem
is, many of us just don’t know how.
We know what we are supposed to do,
but we don’t know how to do it.
- Ashamed -Everyone else seems ok
and seems to have life together. So we
become convinced that we no one
else has the problems as us. We seem
to be the only ones so we hide our
true thoughts and feelings.

- Fear -We hide behind our masks,
because we are afraid of how
people will react if they see our
faults. They might not like the true
us.
- Avoidance - It is often easier to
put up a mask than to face who we
really are. Insecurities and past
hurts make us want to avoid
dealing with the problem so we
hide from ourselves.

Discussion: The Tax Collector –
Removing the Masks
1. What if the tax collector had done the
same exercise you just did and wrote on a
mask how he wanted others to see him
vs. what he wanted to prevent others
from seeing?
2. Why is the Tax-collector unwilling to
even look up to heaven?
3. Have you ever been so ashamed that
you wanted to hide your face from
heaven?
4. How is this similar to wearing a mask?
5. How is it different from the mask of the
Pharisee?
6. When we are honest without a “mask”
on do we lose face or save face?
7. What is Jesus’ main point in this story?

The Opposite of Hypocrisy is
Intimacy – Into me see.
1. what masks are you currently
hiding behind?
2. In what areas of your life do
you need to be honest with God?
3. In what ways are you living the
life of a hypocrite?
4. How would being honest with
yourself and God make a
difference in your life?

Application
Let youth crumple up their
mask and toss it away while
having a time of personal
reflection and confession to
God. They should be honest
with God and ask him to make
them a new person.

“Don’t be trapped
behind a mask, acting
out a life you don’t
really want. Be
honest with God and
let him remove your
mask and replace it
with a new you that
doesn’t need to hide
from the world!”

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