Connor and I have been partners at Capstone for the last year or so and we've really started to get involved with serving and our community group. I'm a member of the Communications Team where I post to the church's social media accounts, create graphics to share, and help plan events. When Walt asked me last month if I would be interested in decorating for Christmas I jumped at the chance; I love the holidays and any opportunity to set a table! After learning the series for Advent would be called "Center Peace" I started creating a vision board and picking up design pieces here and there. I went with an indigo and green theme with accents of white and gold. I am so proud of how beautiful it all turned out! The Christmas trees and table top make you feel like you're in someone's home, while the wreaths and garland in the lobby tie everything together. I hope you'll join us this Christmas season at Capstone Church!
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Happy Halloween! This year Halloween has been bigger than ever. The weekend before last, our community group joined another group to host a Fall Festival at an apartment complex in town. We like to host small events there every month or so, as a way to put the gospel on display in our community. We set up fun activities all over the commons area for kids to play and win candy. Connor and I were in charge of the Pumpkin Pull. I had never seen one of these before, but it was so fun and easy to make! All I did was drill holes in a pumpkin and stick a Dum Dum sucker in each one. As the cardboard sucker stick begins to absorb the pumpkin juice it swells and makes it more difficult to pull the sucker out, hence the name Pumpkin Pull. Each kid was able to pull two flavors, and it was fun to watch them tug loose their favorite one. Other families set up corn hole, sack races, pumpkin painting, and more. The children in the community had a great time loading up on candy treats, and we were able to start building relationships with them and their families. A week later was Halloween Inn Our Town, a trunk-or-treat of sorts that the city and local churches put on. Main Street was blocked off at Noon, and thousands of residents lined up for candy, balloons, and face painting. Each church set up a tent to hand out candy and provided an activity. At Capstone, we decided to hand out balloons, and I built a Noah's Ark wooden cut-out for kids to take their picture with. We also planned to have a rainbow balloon arch to accompany the ark, but since the weather was poor we decided to cancel it. Even so, our tent was a huge hit! Free balloons and candy are sure winners, but it seemed like everyone was stopping for a photo as well. We were so pleased with how many folks showed up for a family friendly afternoon. Tonight, Connor and I will walk downtown with a bucket of candy to hand out at the hardware store. We've learned from the last few years that we don't get any trick-or-treaters at our house, but there are plenty walking up and down Main Street! I can't wait to see all of the costumes and bump into our family and friends. I just love this small town life.
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