Area Church Hosts Community Gathering for over twenty years
For the past twenty years, the people of the Antioch United Methodist Church have been waking up before dawn on the first Saturday in October. While their neighbors sleep, members of this Antioch area church to put the finishing touches on the event that has become a yearly highlight on Tusculum Rd.
The Antioch UMC Fall Fair, held this year on Saturday, October 4, is part fundraiser, part community outreach, and part fellowship opportunity for folks in the Antioch area. The event features a yard sale, a farmers market (featuring local produce and homemade jams and jellies, and locally produced honey), a bake sale, a crafts store, a live and silent auction, a barbecue luncheon, and special things for kids, including a dress-up area, inflatables, pony rides, and carnival games. The Fall Fair is open from 8 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., and there is no cost for admission.
“This started as a simple fundraiser twenty years ago,” said Mary Jane Hurt, Fall Fair Coordinator for the church, “but it has evolved over time into a real community event and a way that our church can give back to the community.”
The congregation gives to the community in more ways than hosting the event. For the past five years, this church has given well over half of its proceeds to work outside the immediate church. The Fall Fair allows the church to provide financial assistance for such organizations as The Campus for Human Development, Community Care Fellowship, Feed America First, Second Harvest Food Banks, and the Bethlehem Center’s Camp Dogwood project.
“This is a big deal for us,” said Jay Voorhees, pastor of the Antioch United Methodist Church. “Our Fall Fair gives us an opportunity to show love to our neighbors in real and tangible ways. Given our location it is very easy to become insulated from the world around us. Our Fall Fair is a means by which we invite our community neighbors to come sit awhile and talk.”
More information on the Fall Fair can be obtained by visiting www.fallfair.antiochumc.net or calling (615) 832-6248
The Antioch United Methodist Church is located at 41 Tusculum Rd., just off of Blue Hole Rd.
The Antioch UMC Fall Fair, held this year on Saturday, October 4, is part fundraiser, part community outreach, and part fellowship opportunity for folks in the Antioch area. The event features a yard sale, a farmers market (featuring local produce and homemade jams and jellies, and locally produced honey), a bake sale, a crafts store, a live and silent auction, a barbecue luncheon, and special things for kids, including a dress-up area, inflatables, pony rides, and carnival games. The Fall Fair is open from 8 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., and there is no cost for admission.
“This started as a simple fundraiser twenty years ago,” said Mary Jane Hurt, Fall Fair Coordinator for the church, “but it has evolved over time into a real community event and a way that our church can give back to the community.”
The congregation gives to the community in more ways than hosting the event. For the past five years, this church has given well over half of its proceeds to work outside the immediate church. The Fall Fair allows the church to provide financial assistance for such organizations as The Campus for Human Development, Community Care Fellowship, Feed America First, Second Harvest Food Banks, and the Bethlehem Center’s Camp Dogwood project.
“This is a big deal for us,” said Jay Voorhees, pastor of the Antioch United Methodist Church. “Our Fall Fair gives us an opportunity to show love to our neighbors in real and tangible ways. Given our location it is very easy to become insulated from the world around us. Our Fall Fair is a means by which we invite our community neighbors to come sit awhile and talk.”
More information on the Fall Fair can be obtained by visiting www.fallfair.antiochumc.net or calling (615) 832-6248
The Antioch United Methodist Church is located at 41 Tusculum Rd., just off of Blue Hole Rd.
