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LINCOLN, NE (November 12, 2008) \u2013 First Covenant Church <\/a>had participated in the Lincoln Children\u2019s Zoo \u201cBoo at the Zoo\u201d Halloween fundraiser for 15 years, but pulled out from the event this year after the park asked them to no longer include the biblical story of Noah\u2019s Ark on the back of coupons they have distributed.
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\nThe coupons were for a local restaurant and fun center, which also declined to participate in the event. Instead, the church and the two businesses held their own \u201cTrunk or Treat\u201d event in First Covenant\u2019s parking lot.<\/p>\n

\"Event\"\u201cMembers of our church family had greeted thousands of kids each year as they walked through the ark to receive candy as well as coupons for a free kids-size pizza from daVinci’s restaurant and free activity at Champions Fun Center on one side and the story of the true adventure of Noah with information about our church on the other side,\u201d says Susie Carlson, the church\u2019s chairperson of Outreach and Evangelism Ministry.<\/p>\n

At the Trunk or Treat, more than 140 kids plus their parents walked through an ark set up in the parking lot \u2013 the ark served as the entrance to the event, says Carlson. Twenty-one car trunks filled with candy and treats awaited them. Costumed children, youth and adults from the church also greeted the \u201ctrunk or treaters.\u201d<\/p>\n

The familiar song \u201cThe Lord told Noah to build Him an Arky, Arky\u201d played in the background. Children were given coupons to the two businesses. Each of the coupons had the story of Noah’s Ark on the back.<\/p>\n

While the event was being held at the church, middle and high school students walked around the neighborhood collecting cans for the People City Mission and Lincoln Food Bank,\u201d Carlson says.<\/p>\n

After filling up the back end of a van, the youth joined teens from other churches around Lincoln at the Lancaster County Event Center for free pizza, pop, games and a concert by the Christian band Vota (formally Casting Pearls).<\/p>\n

According to local news reports, the zoo director said no complaints had ever been lodged against the display, but park officials felt the distribution of the verses violated its emphasis on diversity. He told a local TV station, “We said they could put on the back of the coupon their worship time, and their website and service times and contact information.”<\/p>\n

Church member Sherri Erikson told the station, however, that, “Without the message of the story, it’s just a boat with a bunch of animals in it and we just can’t compromise the message of what we see as faith.”<\/p>\n

Both sides said they understood each other\u2019s position and expressed a desire for the Boo at the Zoo event to be successful.<\/p>\n

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