FILE - Foggy Hollow performs during North Glencoe Baptist Church's fifth annual Freedom Celebration in Glencoe, Alabama Sunday, June 26, 2011. <\/p>\n
North Glencoe Baptist Churchs annual Freedom Celebration takes place from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday in the churchs park, and the community is invited to take part. <\/p>\n
Vision Pastor Adam Ragsdale said this years event is designed to be more community- and veteran-oriented. <\/p>\n
The focus on the community starts well before the celebration does. <\/p>\n
We are having an abbreviated service on Sunday morning, Ragsdale wrote in an email. Our church has partnered with McGuffey Health Care to take gift baskets to residents and employees. Were calling the event The Church Has Left The Building. Well also be asking our people to spread the word about Freedom Celebration that morning as well. Were trying to get our people to stop coming to church and to start being the church. We hope this event will be a great way to do that. <\/p>\n
As time for the celebration nears, church members will return to the building, but Media Minister Brian Goble said he hopes no one has to go in the building. <\/p>\n
As of right now, we are going forward with outdoors, Goble wrote in an email. Our immediate rain plan will more than likely move things inside the main building at North Glencoe. We are closely monitoring the weather and will post more details about the game plan this weekend on Facebook (Facebook.com\/northglencoe) and our website (northglencoe.org). <\/p>\n
As the festivities get started, visitors can enjoy free hot dogs, snacks and bottled water. As in the past, there will be inflatables, dunking booths and face-painting for children, all free of charge. <\/p>\n
We have some really cool things going on that we havent (had) in the past, Ragsdale wrote. <\/p>\n
This includes a salute to those who have served the cause of freedom. <\/p>\n
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