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07/27/2010: "Great Music and Exploding Soda Cans"

The Community Bible Church Band performing at Impact Forest Park

On July 24 we assisted in Impact Forest Park, an annual event hosted by Living Faith Tabernacle and held in a softball field behind Starr Park in the City of Forest Park. Our role this year was to provide crafts and activities for children. The Community Bible Church band also participated by performing at the event.

The day was hot, sunny, still and there was no shade available for the band or most of the volunteers. It was scalding hot. The heat kept many of the guests away but for the approximately 300 guests that did brave the heat, it was worth the effort.

The childrern's area stayed busy with the volunteers making beaded cross necklaces for the children, helping them make paper airplanes, make other crafts and instructing them in a few simple games. Further amusement was provided by the soda cans, which placed in direct sunlight, would occasionally explode next to the kids area.

The Community Bible Church band, positioned on a flat bed trailer in the direct sunlight, almost baked as they belted out some of our favorite tunes.. To many they were the highlight of the day!

While attendance was disappointing the efforts of the volunteers of Community Bible Church were without flaw. They have much to be proud of. 

Next year the event will be held in the cool of the spring or fall so that it will be a much more enjoyable day for guests and volunteers alike.