Bright Spot: Celebration of All Saint Day & Dia de los Muertos at Trinity Fellowship, Rushford

(Submitted by Carrie Schiltz) -- A special new tradition has been created at Trinity Fellowship and First Presbyterian in Rushford. For the past few years, All Saints Day and Day of the Dead (Día de Los Muertos) are celebrated together with a beautifully decorated altar (ofrenda) to honor our ancestors and the newly departed. Congregation members are invited to bring pictures and mementos for the altar and share stories and light candles. Afterwards, we enjoy a delicious feast including ethnic foods. This event creates cultural understanding and allows us to be supportive of one another as we laugh and cry along with each other in the telling of the stories about our departed loved ones.