Pastor John Serving with the Pumpkin Patch

2025 SoCo Pumpkin Patch

On Sunday evening, October 12, 2025, we started our pumpkin patch by unloading 275 bulk pumpkins and 22 boxes of smaller pumpkins, and on Tuesday morning, October 28, we sold out of pumpkins. In a little over two weeks, through our Church proceeds from the patch as well as direct donations to Water to Thrive, we teamed up with various volunteers from the community to raise over $3660 for Water to Thrive. To God be the glory!

Thanks for your continued support of the SoCo Pumpkin Patch at Christ Austin 78704, and of Water to Thrive through the pumpkin patch.

https://www.watertothrive.org/

Benefiting Water to Thrive

This cherished tradition of the SoCo Pumpkin Patch not only brought joy to our community but also supported Water to Thrive www.watertothrive.org, to continue getting clean, safe water to rural communities in Ethiopia, Uganda, and Tanzania. For 10 pumpkin patch seasons since 2015, the SoCo Pumpkin Patch intentionally supported the life-changing mission of Water to Thrive.

Water to Thrive

Update Regarding the Future of the Pumpkin Patch

Christ Lutheran Church has decided to "sunset" the pumpkin patch, and that we will not be able to commit to hosting/continuing a pumpkin patch in/for 2026. From 2015-2019, and 2021-2025, the SoCo Pumpkin Patch was truly a unique opportunity for Christ Austin 78704 to serve others and to share the love of Christ.

The SoCo Pumpkin Patch has been a wonderful ministry and community event, but over time it has become increasingly difficult to secure enough volunteers to fully staff the patch. While we would have liked to continue this tradition, the extensive logistics involved during the nearly three-week season each October—including preparing and decorating the patch, meeting the vendor’s daily staffing requirements, and recruiting enough volunteers to staff pumpkin sales throughout the event—ultimately became unsustainable. After prayerful consideration and celebrating ten successful pumpkin patches over the past eleven years at Christ Austin 78704, it was determined that we will not continue the SoCo Pumpkin Patch in 2026.

For more information on volunteer opportunities (including group service outings) in the community, please be sure to go to Serve With Us.