FBC at the Strawberry Fest in Holland, Ohio
The Holland Strawberry Festival is each June during Father's Day weekend. First Baptist Church sponsors the event along with a booth on the carnival midway. This is a great opportunity for outreach at a popular event in our area. More information on the Strawberry Fest can be found at the official Holland Strawberry Fest website (please be aware that this is a site that is not affiliated with First Baptist and we are not responsible for the content container therein).
Strawberry Festival Volunteers Thank You!
Strawberry Festival returned to Holland, Ohio on June 18, 19 and 20, 2010. Due to the help of members of our congregation who helped at the Strawberry Festival and the many helping hands of visitors at our booth, we were able to complete 15 “No-Sew Throws” to donate to the Blanket Toledo for the homeless project. We have 5 blankets yet to complete…they need to have the fringe cut and tied. Please contact Patti Logan if you are willing to finish any of these blankets over the summer. Pictures ahead! Click "Read More" . . .
Strawberry Fest 2009 an Uplifting Experience
2009 marked the first year of full participation in the annual Strawberry Fest in Holland Ohio for First Baptist Church of Greater Toledo. We featured a float in the 2008 event, but this year we took things up a level and became major sponsors. With this new level of commitment, we added a booth on the midway where we had a chance to mingle with the festival guests and share our testimonies and promote our church. Our booth featured a slide show of the last year's events at First Baptist, a "10 Questions" game to lead the conversation toward spirituality, flyers and information about our church, performances by our Praise Band and water for those who were thirsty (both physically and spiritually!).
Sunday featured the annual Strawberry Fest parade and we featured a float in the parade. Our Praise Band played on a red, white and blue decked out trailer. We wish to offer our tremendous gratitude to Thayer Ford (www.thayerford.com) for loaning us the use of their truck and trailer for the event.
Our booth was located on the carnival midway (see circled area) so festival attenders couldn't miss us as they entered the festival midway from the parking lot!
Chances to reach out and witness were in abundance throughout the week!
Some members of our Praise Band entertain the passing crowds.
The Strawberry Festival committee and Outreach Committee would like to give a special “thank you” to Paul Thayer, for the use of his beautiful new truck and trailer for our Strawberry Festival Parade Float. The Thayer dealerships are located on Route 25 in Bowling Green. Thanks again, Paul!
