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at Crossings Community Church Gran'babies! Making sure the candy is good for public distribution Let us begin! The Candy-Keeper--it's a dirty job, but somebody's gotta do it Welcome! \ Burt with Mary Poppins (Pastor Paul and Brenda) More Gran'babies! Hot Dog! It's time to eat!

I stood near the fountain in Five Points watching the crowd drunkenly sway to the band playing though Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon." Joe and Tim and I were milling around, trying to talk to people who were a little less drunk in order to give them the good news of God's love through the cross. While I had a number of good tracts, Joe had a pocket full of Trick or Treat Million Dollar Bills--I took a few from him and went conversation-hunting. No sooner had I gotten the tracts in my hand, I saw a young lady approach the fountain from one of the side streets, admiring the work of the pumpkin-carvers who left their creations along the fountain wall. I approached, held out the Trick or Treat Million Dollar Bill to her. "Did you get one of these?" I asked as she lit her cigarette. "Oh, cool!" she said, taking it from me. "Happy Halloween!" I wished her, as she admired the bill, folded it and stuck it in her pocket. The bandana around he...