Jesus Fest '08 will
be
held on May 17th, 2008
Jesus Fest '08 will be held May 17, 2008 (rain date Sundat May 18th) at the Manahawkin Lake Park. This is our 6th year of having Jesus Fest and it will be the biggest event ever! At least 24 area churches are participating, plus at leat 13 other guest ministries!
Jesus Fest is open to the public as always. As always, admission and all activities, pony rides, and prizes are free! Invite your family and friends for a full day of uplifting music, fun and food.
The purpose of Jesus Fest is always:
- To proclaim that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior to our local community.
- To celebrate Jesus' love for us and worship Him publicly.
- To promote unity and fellowship amongst the local Bible-preaching churches of Southern Ocean County according to Psalm 133:1.
Jesus Fest continues to change to better express the theme of Christians working and worshipping together! This year's theme will be "Building The Church" (meaning the Body of Christ) according to Psalm 127:1. As a visual this year, we will actually be building a small church on site throughout the day at Jesus Fest (8ft. x 10ft. with steeple and all). All the men of the local churches are invited to help us build the church (please bring your tools). After Jesus Fest the church will be converted into a storage shed and donated to our local Habitat For Humanity to be used on one of their upcoming home projects.
There are 3 areas of Jesus Fest at the park...
The Praise Court features live praise bands from the local churches (awesome worship & praise!) playing all day on the main stage. All the churches have tables & booths setup around the park's walkway to greet the visitors to the park and fellowship with their brothers and sisters in Christ from all the other denominations. Most of the churches also sell food (great food at very reasonables prices) to raise money for their youth groups or other ministries/missionaries that they suppport. The ever-popular Jesus Fest Unity Choir, made up of members of many local churches, will be singing again..this year with children as well! The Prayer Tent will be well staffed with people who love to pray for any of your needs or introduce people to Christ. Free Bibles are available for any one who does not have one. Chrisitan Radio Station WYRS 90.7 FM will be in the Praise Court to meet the people and broadcast portions of the day's activities.
The Youth Area (teens area) also features a stage with live youth praise bands from our local churches offering some awesome "rock-solid" contemporary worship for the Lord all afternoon! There will also be "Extreme Team Competitions" for all of the teens and plenty of great food as well. Several Christian colleges will be in the Youth Area to greet all who might be interested in attending Christian college. Christian radio station Reach FM 88.3 will be at the Youth Area with their "Happy Van" to meet all the teens.
The Kids Area (grade school & younger) will feature live awesome Christian puppet shows, pony rides, games, and prizes all day, all free! Always lots of fun!
Many guest ministries such as Crown Financial, Royal Rangers (Christ-centered boys program), Compassion International, America's Keswick, Lighthouse Christian Academy, Grace Initiatives, Widows Might and many more will also be at Jesus Fest sharing information and answering your questions. Many foreign children have been sponsored through Compassion International by the visitors to Jesus Fest over the past 6 years!
As always, this year's United For Jesus t-shirts ($10 & $11) will be on sale at the CCSOC booth. Besides food, these shirts are the only things sold at the event to defray all the costs of putting on a free Jesus Fest each year.
So invite your family, neighbors and friends to a great day of uplifting Jesus Christ to the community and sharing His love one with another.
As always, we could use some good strong helpers for setting up (6-9am) and taking down (6-8pm) the day of Jesus Fest. Also, if your church has volunteers to help in the Youth Area or Kids Area, please call us at 609-660-1060 x55. Thanks for volunteering!
If your church is in the Southern Ocean County area and is interested in joining us for Jesus Fest, or any of our other functions, please contact us at 609-660-1060 x55.
See you at Jesus Fest '08!
The CCSOC web site provides a center point of communication for the member churches. Be sure to bookmark this site and check back here often. The will be new information of various area church activities on a continuing basis.
Christian Churches
of Southern Ocean County
PO Box 157
Barnegat, NJ 08005
609-660-1060
Email:
info@ccsoc.com