{"id":16609,"date":"2023-10-20T14:18:55","date_gmt":"2023-10-20T18:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/?p=16609"},"modified":"2025-11-02T20:54:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T01:54:04","slug":"craft-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/craft-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Craft Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><p><div  style='padding-bottom:10px; ' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3    avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Craft Fest<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h4>Saturday, November 8th, 9am &#8211; 3pm<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-17866 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-17866 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2025CraftFestPoster-2-845x684.jpg\" alt='2025-fall-craft-fest' title='2025 Fall Craft Fest' height=\"684\" width=\"845\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2025CraftFestPoster-2-845x684.jpg 845w, https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2025CraftFestPoster-2-495x400.jpg 495w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 845px) 100vw, 845px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Come, shop, and support local crafters and FCCEJ.<\/h4>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\">Here are the ways that you can help the Craft Fest to be successful.<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_half  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Heavenly Spirit Caf\u00e9:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Help make our Craft Fest delicious! We\u2019re looking for donations of these favorite homemade dishes:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meat and veggie and green chili<\/li>\n<li>Squash soup<\/li>\n<li>Mac and cheese<\/li>\n<li>Apple crisp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are making any of the above items, they can be dropped off in the Kitchen. Please make sure that donations are marked \u2018Craft Fest.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Please contact the church office at <a href=\"mailto:fccej.welcome@gmail.com\">fccej.welcome@gmail.com<\/a> to make a donation.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_half  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Nearly New:<\/h3>\n<p>The following is a quick list of best sellers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Books<\/li>\n<li>Holiday items, especially Christmas<\/li>\n<li>Games &#038; Puzzles<\/li>\n<li>Frames<\/li>\n<li>Dishes<\/li>\n<li>Children&#8217;s toys<\/li>\n<li>Accessories &#8211; scarves, purses and jewelry<\/li>\n<li>Holiday Boxes<\/li>\n<li>Gardening items<\/li>\n<li>Craft items of all kinds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>All &#8220;Nearly New&#8221; items can be dropped off in the second-floor Gym starting Sunday, October 26th until Friday, November 7th. They can be dropped off anytime when the church is open.<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_half  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-9  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_two_fifth  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Silent Auction:<\/h3>\n<p>The Silent Auction will include the following items:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<li>Over 40 Themed Baskets<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate for Ace Hardware<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate AutoZone<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate El Gato Mexican<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Park Street Cuts<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Lexi Nails &#038; Spa<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Mad Taco<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Vespas<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Maliwan Restaurant<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate McGillicuddy\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Martones<\/li>\n<li>McKenzie Box O\u2019Meat<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Mimmo\u2019s Italian<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate On Tap Pub &#038; Restaurant<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Phoenix Bookstore<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Rays Seafood<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Panera Bread<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Village Hardware TrueValue<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate West Meadow Farm Bakery<\/li>\n<li>UVM Women&#8217;s Basketball Tickets<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Heavenly Cents Thrift Store<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Park Place<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Spirt of Ethan Allen<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate for Rocky Ridge<\/li>\n<li>Gift Certificate Chunk &#038; Tuniper pet salon<\/li>\n<li>Rev. Mark will have one of his famous sermons as an auction item<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_two_fifth  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding   avia-builder-el-11  el_after_av_one_half  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>Sweet Shoppe:<\/h3>\n<p>We welcome your contributions of unique items such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gluten-free options<\/li>\n<li>Donuts<\/li>\n<li>Whoopee pies<\/li>\n<li>Peanut brittle<\/li>\n<li>Home-made candy<\/li>\n<li>Fudge<\/li>\n<li>Cookies<\/li>\n<li>Various types of breads<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h6>All &#8220;Sweet Shoppe&#8221; items can be dropped off in the Nursery on Friday, November 7th from 9am &#8211; 6pm.<\/h6>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-13  el_after_av_two_fifth  el_before_av_one_full  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Shoppers &#8211; A List of Crafters<\/h3>\n<p>Terri Livak \u2013 quilted table runners, toppers and placemats, and original watercolors.<\/p>\n<p>Sandy Plant \u2013 hand knitted hats, mittens, and scarves for all sizes and ages in all colors and types of yarn<\/p>\n<p>Ginny Coe \u2013. Knit items, hats, scrubbies, knit dolls, animals, and scarves.<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Kelly \u2013 AKA Maple Street Guitars will be selling and taking orders for hand-made Cigar Box Guitars.<\/p>\n<p>Cathy Lapierre \u2013 American girl doll outfits, miscellaneous fun items for stocking stuffers, gifts for the person who has everything.<\/p>\n<p>Genevieve King \u2013 hand made earrings bracelets and various 3-D printed creations<\/p>\n<p>Mark and Karen Mendes \u2013 women&#8217;s empowerment products hand made in Nepal which helps street kids with a place to call home, get educated and live safely with food, medical care and love. Products include bags, hand felted scarfs, puppets and other as sundry products.<\/p>\n<p>Jen Ellis \u2013 Bernie&#8217;s Mitten Maker, selling handmade mittens from repurposed wool sweaters and copies of her book Bernie&#8217;s Mitten Maker winner of the 2023 Nautilus Silver Metal Award for best memoir.<\/p>\n<p>Blue Spruce Grange \u2013 Christmas ornaments and gift tags, adult clothing protectors, walker bags, gift card holders, embroidered greeting cards, counted cross stitch book marks, napkin holders, wooden deer and turkeys, wall hangings, baby blankets<\/p>\n<p>Jane Sandberg \u2013 cards and original watercolors<\/p>\n<p>Pam Farnham &#8212; fused glass ornaments, jewelry, sun catchers and magnets<\/p>\n<p>Jessa Abbey \u2013 crocheted stuffed animals (turtles, octopi, and jellyfish) and key chains.<\/p>\n<p>Carmella Cyr &#8212; sewers small needle books; granny square hats; garden gnome decor sticks; garden decor sticks &#8211; mushrooms, flowers, creative designs, junk journal pages, needle felted ornaments and magnets.<\/p>\n<p>Paula Wight &#8212; sock gnomes and holiday shelf sitters made from reclaimed wood.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-15  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_one_full  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><h3>TOY DRIVE<\/h3>\n<p>Craft Fest Committee is asking shoppers to make a donation of an unwrapped toy for the church giving tree. The toys will be given to families in the Essex area in December. A donation box will be placed by both doors of the church on Saturday November 8th. Everyone who makes a donation of a toy will get a ticket in a Holiday Give-Away-Basket.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-image-container  av-styling-    avia-builder-el-17  el_after_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-last  avia-align-center '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"  ><div class='avia-image-container-inner'><div class='avia-image-overlay-wrap'><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-17270 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-17270 avia_image' src=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GivingTree-1030x776.jpg\" alt='' title='GivingTree' height=\"776\" width=\"1030\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GivingTree-1030x776.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GivingTree-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GivingTree-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GivingTree-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GivingTree-2048x1542.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GivingTree-1500x1129.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/GivingTree-705x531.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1030px) 100vw, 1030px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p><\/div><div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  avia-builder-el-18  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_fullscreen  avia-builder-el-last  column-top-margin\" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p>If you have any further questions about the Craft Fest, please contact the church administrator at <u><a href=\"mailto:welcome@fccej.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">welcome@fccej.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/u><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- close content main div --><\/div><\/div><div id='fullscreen_slider_1'  class='avia-fullscreen-slider main_color   avia-builder-el-20  el_after_av_one_full  el_before_av_postcontent   slider-not-first container_wrap sidebar_right' style=' '  ><div   data-size='extra_large'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='slide'  data-conditional_play=''  data-ids='16629,16630,16631,16632,16633'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='false'  data-bg_slider='true'  data-slide_height='100'  data-handle='av_fullscreen'  data-interval='5'  data-class=' '  data-el_id=''  data-css_id='fullscreen_slider_1'  data-scroll_down=''  data-control_layout='av-control-default'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption=''  data-autoplay_stopper=''  data-image_attachment=''  data-min_height='0px'  data-lazy_loading='disabled'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='100'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1  av-control-default av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-extra_large av_fullscreen   avia-slide-slider '  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 75%;' ><li style='background-position:center center;' data-img-url='https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/sweet_shoppe_2022.jpg' class=' slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><\/div><\/li><li style='background-position:center center;' data-img-url='https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/cigar_box_guitars_2022.jpg' class=' slide-2 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><\/div><\/li><li style='background-position:center center;' data-img-url='https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/jen_ellis_mittens_2022.jpg' class=' slide-3 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><\/div><\/li><li style='background-position:center center;' data-img-url='https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/nearly_new_2022.jpg' class=' slide-4 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><\/div><\/li><li style='background-position:center center;' data-img-url='https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/silent_auction_2022.jpg' class=' slide-5 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class='avia-slideshow-arrows avia-slideshow-controls'><a href='#prev' class='prev-slide' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue87c' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'>Previous<\/a><a href='#next' class='next-slide' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue87d' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'>Next<\/a><\/div><div class='avia-slideshow-dots avia-slideshow-controls'><a href='#1' class='goto-slide active' >1<\/a><a href='#2' class='goto-slide ' >2<\/a><a href='#3' class='goto-slide ' >3<\/a><a href='#4' class='goto-slide ' >4<\/a><a href='#5' class='goto-slide ' >5<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16609"}],"version-history":[{"count":45,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17933,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16609\/revisions\/17933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fccej.org\/v5\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}