We arrived at 2 am on the 4th to participate (after a little sleep) in the Independence Day Culpeper parade with the Wilkes Team, the Roche family, and Grandpa and Grandma Wilkes! It was an excellent opportunity to reach others with the message of Christ and the vital importance of the biblical family.

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Lots of ribbon, lots of laughterExcitement!

Getting the float decoratedTeam workMini-orchestra atop the float

Passing out family tracts and candy IMG_9455

Special 4th of July evening music presentation put on by the young people for the adults:

IMG_9499Young people's meeting to pull the whole performance together

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We have been blessed with victory and peace; let us as a nation praise the Almighty Power that has preserved us a nation, and humbly implore Him to have mercy on our land. He is our hope, our glory, our rejoicing!

Praise the Lord

“And they that be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.” Isaiah 58:12