The Family Fall Festival, which happened on October 31st, was a great success. Families from Destiny as well as the surrounding community came to celebrate the light of Jesus Christ on a day that is usually considered dark. The Bible talks about overcoming good with evil and we believe we did just that by giving our children and young people a place to come and have fun. It was neat to see new families coming from the neighborhood with their Halloween costumes on. We welcomed them just the same. Our hope is that seeing Christians having fun and enjoying relationships will draw them back again and again.From Callaghan Road passersby could see the Tiki Torches lit and the inflatable bouncers welcoming them in. The walls of the Family Life Center were lined with games from the fishing hole, where kids pulled out cool prizes, to the football toss, where many tried to imitate the Dallas Cowboys, Tony Romo. Several brave souls gave Pastor Dave some challenging games of Ping-Pong, but he prevailed for the glory of God. The puppet shows, "Bobby the Bully Meets Jesus" and "My Sack Lunch" were a hit for the preschoolers. They gave a strong message of the gospel in a kid friendly way. Pastor Terry also put on quite a Christian magic show. He was turning oranges into apples, putting large coins in a wine bottle, and his Bible even caught on fire while he was reading about the day of Pentecost. I think the adults liked it more than the kids. And of course David Colunga and the drama team gathered a crowd as the music and smoke went up. Several people commented how the dramas really impacted them. Another hot spot for the evening was the coin operated motorcycles, train, and truck that Pastor Rick brought in. The preschoolers couldn't get enough. They thought they were at ChuckECheese's.
David Sharkey, Gary Brown, and their team did a fabulous job with the food. We had hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, sodas, popcorn, cotton candy, and snow cones. It was a festival style feast. We appreciate Mike Fernandez who donated the produce.
One story that caught my attention was how a guest donated a few extra dollars when buying his tickets for the food and then went over to play Bingo. We happened to be giving away 5 tickets to the lucky winner and none other than that generous guest was one of our Bingo winners. Who would of thought God could bless someone through Bingo. How cool is that!
I want to thank every volunteer who made this event a success. Thanks to all of you who donated candy. It was really good candy and we had more than enough. Then to all of you who helped setup, run the event, and clean up. We couldn't have done it without you. It's always a real joy seeing God's people partner together and serve for a common purpose. Our purpose was to glorify God during this Thanksgiving season for his blessings and to communicate a sense of celebration to our children and the community. I believe we did that and it's because of the part that each of you played as the body of Christ. PHOTOS
written by Ted Thevaos (Children's Pastor)
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