Halloween Party Activity - Masks

Halloween
Party Activity
- 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
Michelangel
o (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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