Fall brings with it chilly weather, warm coats, cozy fireplaces and cheerful pumpkins.

St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, at 267 Route 9 in Waretown, is having its first ever pumpkin patch to raise funds for ministries supporting local communities in Ocean County.

Driving down Route 9, the St. Stephen’s campus is aglow with every shade of autumn as nearly a thousand pumpkins and gourds of every size paint pops of orange against a lighthearted Halloween scene, including hay bales, cheerful scarecrows and cider doughnuts.