The 2008 Fall Festival

It’s finally upon us!  The 2008 Fall Festival is scheduled for November 1st from 3 pm to 6 pm.  Plans are already underway, and sign-up sheets are posted in the foyer.  The event is for the entire congregation, plus friends and family.  In addition, because this is the same weekend as our Friends and Family Day (Nov. 2nd), we hope you can bring your visitors to also enjoy Ashville Road’s Fall Festival.  We always have a big crowd, and many volunteers are needed to help make this happen.  Here are five ways everyone can help prepare:

• Sign-up on the volunteer sheets in the foyer.  We depend upon volunteers to help decorate, to clean-up afterwards, to bring food, to set out and organize the food, to organize and “man” the stations, and also to bring supplies.  Please sign-up, and if you have further questions, ask me or one of the ladies involved.
• Invite friends and family, and get the word out into the community.  You’ll also find invitations in the foyer.  There is no better purpose for this event than to introduce non-members to the church.  Get busy inviting friends and family.
• Remember, encourage your kids to wear a costume.  Although this is the day after Halloween, the kids are still encouraged to wear costumes.  We’ll have our second annual costume contest.
• Plan to enjoy the Fall Festival.  Overall, the event is about one thing:  family.  We’re able to relax and fellowship with our spiritual family.  I’ve never walked away from the Fall Festival regretting the day.  It has always been an uplifting experience.
• Finally, prepare yourself for the Great Pumpkin Man.  He’s scheduled to come.