{"id":431323,"date":"2026-10-18T15:54:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-18T15:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/431323\/"},"modified":"2026-10-18T15:54:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T15:54:12","slug":"bay-life-fall-fest-returns-with-games-candy-and-family-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/431323\/","title":{"rendered":"Bay Life Fall Fest Returns With Games, Candy And Family Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Dale Bliss<\/p>\n

With cool crisp mornings and afternoons mixed with warm sunshine and a slight tingling aroma of roasting marshmallows in the air while blanketed with golden shades of fall hues \u2014 crimson reds, bright golds, deep plums and goldens greens \u2014 you know that fall has taken its place for another year. It\u2019s the season of sweet and smooth caramel candied apples, warm piping cider, hot chocolate with peppermint sticks (or cinnamon, whichever you prefer) and those special, freshly baked recipes to welcome friends and family in for a visit.<\/p>\n

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Bay Life Church, located at 1017 Kingsway Rd. in Brandon, will be holding its annual Fall Fest on Sunday, October 25, from 4:30-7:30 p.m. for families throughout Hillsborough County. There will be games, a photo booth, music, candy and snacks. The theme this year will be Bill and Barb\u2019s Building Boot Camp and Family Quest, with a \u2018Playful Building-brick\u2019 look for an evening of family fun.<\/p>\n

Stephen Strough, communications director, said, \u201cAt its heart, Fall Fest is simply a chance for our neighbors to come together and enjoy a great night out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strough continued, \u201cIt takes about 400 volunteers to put on Fall Fest every year. Running games, check-ins, the photo booth, the Family Quest and more. We still have spots to fill, and anyone interested can sign up at baylife.org\/ffvolunteer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cAs communications director, I get to help tell the story of Fall Fest. The best part, though, is watching about 400 people from our church family give up their evening to serve our neighbors. It\u2019s a great picture of what the church is supposed to be: a light and a source of hope in the community,\u201d Strough explained.<\/p>\n

He continued, \u201cI love the look on kids\u2019 faces when they walk onto campus and see everything lit up. The hundreds upon hundreds of pounds of candy, the laughter you hear all throughout the Family Quest, seeing our whole community come together for a great night. I also love the family photo booth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Strough gets to take photos and videos of the major events throughout the year! He loves the family photo booth.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI\u2019ve gotten to watch so many of our families grow up over the years. Every family gets a free photo, and for some of them it\u2019s the only family picture they take all year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Bay Life Church will be accepting candy donations through October 25. Donations may be brought to the donation boxes in the lobby on Sunday morning during services or taken to the church offices during business hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Dale Bliss With cool crisp mornings and afternoons mixed with warm sunshine and a slight tingling aroma…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":431324,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-431323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/431324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}