The Cass Haunted House is another wonderful example of how our church and our Missions Ministry (with invaluable assistance from our Youth Ministry, our college students, and our Singles Ministry) "help people to help themselves." Our volunteers worked arm-and-arm with the members of Cass Community to build the Haunted House. Then the Cass congregation members manned it night after night and raised a significant amount to help homeless children in their neighborhood.

Hundreds of people have frequented the Haunted House, and hundreds of compliments have been received. People came from as far away as Toledo, as nearby as the Wayne State dormitories, and even from a very unlikely source, The Miami Bar. Constituencies that might never have been attracted to come to the church building now not only know where the church is but have met the parishioners and have seen the joy of faith that can be found in a very rough neighborhood. Equally important, the Cass Community congregation proved to themselves that they could marshal a volunteer crew from within their church and truly "make it happen."

After the November 1st evening at the Haunted House, Rev. Fowler sent this note to the Missions Ministry:

You wouldn't have believed it last night. We only had a single break. One woman was so frightened that she ran out of her shoes. Another one, scared to death, tackled our "Lust" character and they both went crashing through a wall.

We got everything picked up and packed away for safe-keeping today.

All told, 500 people paid to go through the dark and grizzly maze. Our profit: $2,500 (not too bad for a first time event in the middle of the Cass Corridor!) Please pass the word on to everyone that the crew at Cass is already planning next year's House. Thank you for everything.

Faith

The following photos show some of the process of building the Haunted House.