Trinity Festival: not gone, only paused

The annual community festival known as Trinity Fest is unable to happen this year but plans to return in the years to come

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For the past four years, Generations Christian Church put on the event Trinity Fest. The festival included a myriad of carnival rides and games, along with multiple food vendors. This year, however, the church decided not to continue the event.

Located 1.1 miles down Little Road, Trinity Fest was the most accessible carnival in the community. Victoria Redinger ('21), for example, attended last year with a group of friends and decided to make the event an annual tradition.

"I was distraught to find out it was cancelled because I really

had tons of fun last year with my friends and we planned on going again. The Trinity Fest was the closest carnival-like event in our area and it's disappointing that it's been cancelled because now it's a drive to get to a different one," Redinger said.

Although disappointed about the event's cancellation this year, Generations' staff feels the break will be beneficial to the church. When this year's events started piling up, they decided to take a step back from the festival in hopes to improve other events.

"Analysis showed that of 8,000 Trinity Fest visitors, almost half of them also attended our one-night fall festival and Trunk-or-Treat event. This event proved to be one of our best events. Because of this, we have chosen to pause the Trinity Festival of 2019 and focus on working for more effective ways to achieve our primary goal: using our resources for the most positive impact on our local community," Generations Pastor Johnny Scott said.

The church also focuses more time and money on their youth ministry. By hosting a party every month, Generations attracts new faces as well as uplifts active members, including Sophie Gomez ('22).

"At first I wished they would've still done Trinity Fest, but after seeing the other things they have done around the church campus, I'm not mad about it. The parties for youth ministry are really fun and have brought a lot of new people to the church. Although I will miss Trinity Fest, I am still excited to do other fall activities like Trunk-or-Treat with my small [church] group," Gomez said.

"We as a church definitely love the event. We have hopes in the future, maybe even next year, that we will bring it back. We don't know for sure when we will be able to bring Trinity Fest back, but I would say that our heart is in the place where we want to," Youth Pastor Ben Ford said.

Published: https://issuu.com/mustangpress/docs/volume_18__issue_2_the_hoofbeat_oct._2019