By: Jerry Zeilstra
How about carving pumpkins? Do you like it or do you hate it? I never did it as a kid, but I do love carving them now. I love the expressions and the way they come to life. On Saturday, October 8, a number of us learned a new pumpkin carving technique under the direction of Brendan Conaway, and as the carving began so did the mess. However, out of the mess came some really cool Minion creations. The expressions on the pumpkins were fun, and the expressions on people’s faces priceless. It took us a little over two hours to carve the pumpkins, and when I do the traditional style I can carve a pumpkin in less than 10 minutes. Gary and Lynn Zimmer, Sandy Skriba, Sally Shirer and Jodie Skanderson were our judges and helped keep the mess to a minimum. I do have some work to do though to get the yellow stains out of the tables. Our top three winners were Austin Sanders, Jen Balkey and Olivia Miller.
The month of November has lots of opportunities for you to grow in your faith. Worship and Sunday School on Sunday mornings, retreats at Laurelville on a couple of weekends, youth groups on Wednesday nights, serving at Clean-Up Day and packing meals at Amplified Church with Amen to Action.
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