Pumpkin Carving Contest (After)

Contest Pumpkins (Winner on right)

Yesterday we had our first neighborhood get together.  We had nine people attend from the area.  As you can see from the picture we had five pumpkins carved and entered in our contest and a good amount of conversation with those who attended.  The attenders were an older couple who attend a local church and were very hospitable to Reagan and I when we were passing out invitations, an across the street neighbor that works with a para-church organization, the next door couple, their son and his two children, and a single middle aged man, who was kind enough to bring us some pumpkin bread after our invitation to attend the pumpkin carving.  Three of the nine attend church on a regular basis, while two of them have had bad experiences in church and they are currently not attending because of it.  The others do not attend church and are mostly indifferent to the idea of church.  The latter two opinions of the church are the most prevalent here.  It is our prayer that, this year, we can help repair their view of the bride of Christ.