Churches Host Busy Fall Holiday Events

Churches and community organizations are staging a busy slate of fall and holiday events across several U.S. towns. First Baptist Church in Topeka moved its seventh Trunk or Treat indoors due to weather, welcoming more than 500 children while the local Hot Wheels club donated over 500 cars. Victory Lutheran Church will hold its 22nd Annual Trunk or Treat in Jamestown on Oct. 31 beginning at 5:30 p.m.; the drive-through event has historically welcomed more than 700 children and invites local businesses to participate. Other parish activities include a girls-only youth slumber party at St. Matthias (Oct. 25), a Holiday Bazaar at St. John Bosco (Nov. 8), monthly Donut Sunday at Saint Joseph, and seminars at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs (Nov. 8). Complementing these faith-based events, Colorado Public Radio is celebrating a decade of its year-end variety show at the Mapleton Arts Center with musical and comedic performances (tickets go on sale Oct. 30), and local station KOAA5 is inviting the public to submit story ideas and promoting its streaming app.