Strawberry Festival

A Thank You!

From Jen Allen, Laurie LaMonica and Kristen Perkowski, Festival Co-Chairs

The 67th annual Strawberry Festival was an abundance of blessings yet again! The Lord was hard at work throughout the process of organizing and hosting this event. He provided us with perfect weather. He provided a wonderful variety of cakes. He provided volunteers. He even provided extra helpers when we had last minute cancellations! He does amazing things when we put our faith in Him. While it’s a running joke that “it runs itself,” it is amazing to see how the Strawberry Festival all comes together.

We love that we can continue this event as a free will offering, and our members and visitors were generous in their giving. We estimate 2,000 attendees graced our grounds.

We are thankful for an unsolicited donation again this year from Lewis Funeral Home for $300, and donations of iced tea from

Chick Fil-A in Mount Laurel.

We included the Visa Gift Card giveaway again this year to help bring in donations to refill the Blessing Box and Grace Boutique, two of our local benevolence initiatives. Please consider supporting these two ministries with donations throughout the year as there are many in need in our community! Thank you to everyone who visited the Missions Food Tent, with all proceeds going towards our Youth Mission trip to the Appalachian Mountains in West Virginia in July.

We thank our MANY volunteers who are the backbone of our Strawberry Festival. Whether you donated cakes, washed or hulled berries, served cakes, scooped berries, grilled food or washed dishes, we thank you!

We especially love to see new faces volunteering! Special thanks to our property team who work so hard leading up to and during the event to set everything up, keep things clean and break it back down.

We are especially grateful for Cheryl Gaskill, who has been instrumental in ordering supplies for the Strawberry Festival as a volunteer in the office, going above and beyond to look for cost effective ways to obtain what is needed.This was our (new-“ish”) Director of Outreach, Mark Budka’s, first Strawberry Festival and he jumped right in to make sure the Mission Food tent was fully stocked and running smoothly. It was great to see our new Director of Music, Spencer Domer, interact with so many that night to encourage people to join our choirs and highlight some of his upcoming plans for next season!

The goal of the Strawberry Festival always has been and will continue to be community outreach to bring people together and show them the love of God through our congregants at FPC Moorestown. Please help us continue to Grow the Kingdom and plan to volunteer by marking the date of the 2027 Strawberry Festival on your calendar now!

68th Strawberry Festival!

Friday, June 4, 2027, 6 – 9 pm

Save the Date!

The yearly Strawberry Festival is held the first Friday in June from 6:00 to 9:00 pm (dark). The public is cordially invited and a wonderful time is enjoyed by all. It is certainly one of the most anticipated events at FPC Moorestown each year!

Featuring…

Delicious cakes! So many from which to choose
Strawberries freshly cut and sweetened the day before
Ice cream
Burger and hot dog stand (CASH ONLY PLEASE)
Complimentary ice water and lemonade

And More…

Music by the Moorestown Community Band and The Trophy Husbands Band
Tattoos and Face painting
Balloon artists
Games
Inflatables for all ages!
Venmo or cash for suggested donation $10.00 per person.

Venmo will continue to be an option this year! Use @fpcmoorestown.

A few more things to know!

Strawberry Festival T-shirts will again be available. Be sure and purchase yours. Proceeds support our general operating fund for year-round programming.
The Missions Food Tent will be offering dinner options to support our mission ministry. It will be cash only and no Venmo.
If available, whole cakes and containers of strawberries will be sold at the end of the evening.
Tours will be available for the Mustard Seed Cooperative Garden too! Come see this ministry that raises produce to give to our local food pantries

If you won’t be here for the festival, but would like to make a donation to ensure the night is successful, please contact Norman Vandergrift in the church office or you may use Venmo, or our online Giving option.

We can’t wait to see everyone on Friday, June 5!

As always, please reach out to us with questions or concerns and THANK YOU for your support!

Jennifer Allen, Laurie LaMonica, and Kristen Perkowski, Co-Chairs

Volunteer

Our Strawberry Festival is so much fun – for our VOLUNTEERS too! Won’t you consider sharing some time before, during or after the festival?

Cakes, Cakes, More Cakes

Strawberries need cake! We serve over 300 cakes to the community. VOLUNTEER to donate any flavor and size cake (cupcakes too).

Strawberry Hullers

VOLUNTEER on the Thursday before the festival, our volunteers help to get the strawberries ready. It is a great time for fellowship!

We would love you to take part by volunteering!

SIGN UPS TO VOLUNTEER WILL OPEN NEXT SPRING!

Please view our gallery of PAST Strawberry Festivals and see for yourself the fun to be had!

Click on any photo to see in full size.

67th Strawberry Festival!

Friday, June 5, 2026, 6:00 pm

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, HEARTWARMING FELLOWSHIP, GOOD MUSIC, LOTS OF KID FUN AND OH THOSE STRAWBERRIES!
The team of volunteers, led by Jen Allen, Laurie LaMonica and Kristen Perkowski, provided a community evening like no other. Thank you everyone!

66th Strawberry Festival!

Friday, June 6, 2025, 6:00 pm

ONCE AGAIN, A DELIGHTFUL EVENING FULL OF COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP AND FUN!
Thank you to Laurie LaMonica, Jen Allen, Kristen Perkowski, all of the MANY volunteers. You outdid yourselves!

65th Strawberry Festival!

Friday, June 7, 2024, 6:00 pm

BEAUTIFUL WEATHER, DELICIOUS STRAWBERRIES, CAKE AND ICE CREAM, FUN THINGS TO DO, GREAT GRILLING, AWESOME MUSIC – IT WAS ONE TO REMEMBER!
Congratulations and thank you to Laurie LaMonica, Jen Allen, Kristen Perkowski, all of the MANY volunteers, for a very special Strawberry Festival. The crowd was huge and everyone in attendance, young and old, had a wonderful time! It was a blessed night of fellowship for our Church and our community.

Here is just a bit of what you’ll find at the FPC Moorestown Strawberry Festival!