For the first time, the annual JesusFest will be held on SUNDAY, July 12, 2009 RAIN OR SHINE from 11 am to 6 pm. As always, parking and admission will be FREE.
After six years (2002-2007) as a Country Fair at the Tolland Agricultural Center, in 2008 we began a 3-5 year journey to gradually morph the event into an Urban Block Party in downtown Rockville. We downsized last year's event to help to make the transition, and now we're regrowing it!
Listen to the recent interview with JesusFest Chairman Drew Crandall on Calvin Carter's "For the Record" public affairs show on Family Radio WCTF-AM 1170 in Rockville. Click here.
THE DAY'S SCHEDULE
Community-wide Worship Service
11:00 am to 12:00 noon: weather permitting, this first-ever inter-denominational, ecumenical Christian service will be held outside along our Midway on Park Place and Central Park. If it's raining, we'll hold this service inside the sanctuary of Union Congregational Church.
* Rev. Shelley Copeland, President & CEO of the Conference of Churches in Hartford (www.ConferenceofChurches.org), who will preach a message on "Community Transformation."
* Outdoor displays by various ministries, churches, businesses
* Prayer tent
* Mobile Petting Zoo
* Face-painting for kids
* Food by Cafe Lafayette, Exchange Club Fried Dough trailer, Cool Daddy's Soft-Serve Ice Cream (additional food available across the street at Athens Pizza, Rockville Corner Market, and Pizza Palace plus snacks, soda and bottled water will be sold inside Union Church)
Indoor Activities inside Union Congregational Church
* Displays in Chapel and Bev's Corner Drop-in Center
* Used Book & Music Table - everything is sold for just $1. Proceeds go to cover JesusFest expenses.
Other Venues in Downtown Rockville
* Family Raceway radio control car races (across the street from Central Park) available at discounted rate (www.FamilyRaceway.comcastbiz.net)
* Christian Bowling Session at Rockville Vintage Lanes (across the street from Central Park) available at discounted rate (www.RockvilleVintageLanes.com)
* Trolley Tour #1: Inner Loop
Springville Mill
Florence Mill
Church of the Risen Saviour
Cornerstone Soup Kitchen
Cornerstone Community Center
Cornerstone Shelter
Tri-Town Shelter
St. Bernard's Church & School.
* Trolley Tour #2: Outer Loop
Rockville Church of Nazarene (satellite parking lot)
Rockville United Methodist Church (satellite parking lot)