Harvest Fest Revisited: 9 7 13

What a wonderful day it was for the House of the Lord on the grounds of the Stanley Union Church. Young and Old came out to enjoy the music, participate in the shows, join in on the games, and just have some down home fellowship with the community of the Estancia Valley.

DJ, Dennis Fulfer did an outstanding job of filling the air with the spiritual blessings of music across many genres. Songs such as Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA", Vince Gill "Go Rest High on that Mountain", and Carrie Underwood's "Jesus Take the Wheel" mixed well with the new sound of Toby Mac and Mercy Me. Inside the sanctuary, the crowd could get out of the sun and enjoy "Carl Pennington's Country Boys" as they played their instruments to the group gathered in the sanctuary. As the day drew to a close, everyone joined Larry Graves as he presented a wonderful gospel message through his music.

One of the highlights of the day was the story telling by local Edgewood resident, Wanda King Fishburn. She dressed as the late Mollie "Grandma" King and told stories of the by-gone era in Stanley. Included in her tales were how she and the late Willie Sam King and she had settled in the Stanley area, how they got their first model-T, why they came and why they stayed. She shared that her youngest, Don King, was the only child born in a real hospital. Most New Mexicans are familiar with her middle son, the late Governor Bruce King. Her eldest son, Sam, is still living and is the storyteller's father.

 

Also available for entertainment in the field were puppet skits, face painting, kiddie games, beach volleyball, horseshoes, children's inflated jumpers of two sizes, a prayer tent, cake walk, and free hot dogs from Aunt Yeya's wagon. Set up in the church nursery was a Photo Booth where attendees could get a lovely piece of memorabilia of themselves in a harvest fest setting. The Stanley Fire Department had their trucks out for the community to tour and gave away Dairy Queen ice cream to a grateful crowd.

 

FACE PAINTING

 



 

PUPPET SHOWS

 



 

CAKE WALK

 

 

INFLATED JUMPERS

 



 

The church congregation was so pleased with the response to this event that they have committed to make it a tradition, at least for one more year! So watch for the 2nd annual Harvest Fest next September the weekend after Labor Day in the flatlands of Stanley with our beautiful mountain views and welcoming people.

HARVEST FEST SEPTEMBER 7

 

On Saturday, September 7th, the Stanley Union Church will be hosting a community outreach project whose purpose is to bring the light of Jesus to people who might not otherwise enter the doors of a church on Sunday.

The vision is that the congregation of this church will  put on a mini-festival with music, games, food and activities at no expense to the attendees.

There is no way to predict the success of this venture. Only God plants the seeds through the Holy Spirit. Our place in this event is our obedience in following the command to “go and make disciples of all nations...”

Here is how you can help:
~ pray for God’s will to be done “in Stanley as it is in Heaven”
~ pray for a plentiful harvest of souls
~ attend this event
~ tell others
~ distribute fliers
~ offer verbal support
~ volunteer
~ donate: 16.9 oz bottled water; canned soda; cake for cake-walk; finances

EVENTS OF THE DAY: “RAIN OR SHINE”

11:00 AM - 4:00
DJ music & games, cake-walk, face painting, puppet skits,
horse shoes, volleyball, kids jumping centers, prayer tent

11:30 AM - 1:30 PM free hot dogs, chips, water @ Aunt YeYa's kitchen

1:00 - 3:00 LIVE music in sanctuary by The Country Boys

3:00 - 4:00 LIVE music & witness in the sanctuary by Larry Graves

There will be a “photo booth” in the Nursery
where visitors can have their picture taken and
receive a fun piece of memorabilia to take home.

We will have a prayer tent set up where individuals
can come and gather tracts, fliers, printed materials,
meet the Pastor, pray privately or with someone.

*please bring a canned good to donate to Bethel storehouse

Full Armor of God comes to Stanley Union Church

July 9th through 12th will bring a fun and informative study of the Full Armor of God. The first Vacation Bible School to be held in the new building on the South side of Kinsell Avenue West starts up on Tuesday the 9th. As a way of introducing the activities to the community, the sponsors and children/youth rode their colorful float in the Moriarty 4th of July Parade:

Castles, knights, and dragons... a taste of what is to come

Stanley Union Church, 14 Kinsell Avenue West

2013 VBS July 9 - 12 9am-noon

 

 

 

"Standing Strong in the

Battle for TRUTH!"

 

If you want your children to attend a Bible Teaching, Bible Believing, Christ Centered, Hymn Singing, Worship Filled, and God Centered Church.... It is worth the drive to Stanley!

 

We serve a BIG GOD from a

small spot in the country!!!!