Community Fall Festival



Save the date! September 26, 2:00-6:00 p.m. The SUMC Community Fall Festival is this month! This is our annual outreach to celebrate with the community.  Invite your neighbors, bring your friends and family. This is an exciting day of freshly grilled food, lots of desserts, snacks and drinks, entertainment, petting zoo, pony rides, games, bounce houses, prizes and fellowship.

Community Fall Festival is always free to everyone who attends and enjoys the day.
However, Community Fall Festival doesn’t just magically happen.  It takes the cooperative efforts of many servants.  There are plenty of opportunities to serve God by serving others    before during and after each annual party.  Planning started months ago, preparing for the day includes donations of desserts, drinks, snacks, school supplies for prizes, door prizes, coolers, etc.  It also includes volunteering to fill many schedules on September 26.  Servants are   needed to set up, tear down, operate games, tents and bounce houses, serve up the food, maintain a clean area, and to greet and be available to share information and prayers with our guests.

See the team at the Next-Steps table to sign up to do whatever you can to make Community Fall Festival a huge success again this year. Be sure to ask how you can serve in additional areas as well. Always be in prayer for God’s blessings to flow freely over those planning, attending and participating in this event.

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