Youth Sunday and Rise Against Hunger

Sunday was every bit as busy as Saturday at church and also amazing!!!! It was Youth Sunday and those who had gone on the mission trip shared their experiences in New Orleans and led in the service. Parker got to do the benediction at the 8am worship service.

Worshipping during the 9Thirty service. 

The holy huddle getting last minute instructions before the 11am service. 

After all three services were over, we met up in the Fellowship Hall to pack 20,000 meals for Rise Against Hunger. This is our 3rd year with this event at Community and it is SO much fun to do. We had a lot of first time volunteers this year which was wonderful. We finished up in less than two hours!

Busy Fun Church Saturday

Folks from Community were spread out all over town on Saturday this week. 

Our little boys ran the Fruitland Park Elementary Trick or Trot 5k with friends from church. 

Meanwhile, Mama and Baba were with a bunch of church leaders at New Covenant UMC for our first ever Super Charge Conference - every church in the district at one time! Here we are listening to former Community members, Joel and Heather Pancoast, share about their ministry at Gator Wesley in Gainesville.

Meanwhile at our new Community garden, Harvest of Hope, a crew of volunteers cleared away trees and a bunch of brush and built 12 of our 50 new garden boxes. It's so exciting to see this start to take shape!

And of course it's October. So the Pumpkin Patch is still going strong.

Special Memories

This ring belonged to Debbie's mom and was one of her favorites. Peridot was her birthstone. 

Last week we got the ring resized so that Debbie could start wearing it now. 

Elementary School PIctures

Look at these cute faces!!!!! 

Third grade - Mrs. Miller's class

Fifth grade - Mrs. Frampton's class 

Family Fun Day at Food and Wine

We spent the night in Seffner on Sunday and after spending some time with Grandmommy in the morning, we headed over to Epcot for the Food and Wine Festival. 

In the Festival Center building, we found these awesome creations - all made out of chocolate! 

Toy Story

Wakened from Black Panther

Heading into the World Showcase for all the wonderful food! 

The Impossible Slider 

Scallops from Coastal Eats 

This boy loved his Teriyaki Chicken Steamed Bun from Japan! 

Kahlua Slider from Hawai'i

Spam Hash! 

Short Rib Tostada from Mexico - the only thing I could eat with my allergies. I had two! 

We managed a couple of rides too - Spaceship Earth, Mission Space and Test Track. The boys love to play the games in the building at the bottom of Spaceship Earth. 

Family Birthdays

Sunday afternoon we drove down to Seffner to spend time with family and to celebrate the three September birthdays of the family. We had a lovely time together with everyone celebrating these special three! 

Uncle Kelly

Grandmommy!

Aunt Barbara

Ministry Fair at Church

Sunday was also our first Bring a Friend to Church Sunday and also our annual Ministry Fair, highlighting our many and varied church ministries. Pastor Loida preached about discipleship and how we are all connected together needing all of our different unique gifts to make up the body of Christ in the world.