Christian Festivals:
Consisting of two annual festivals full of four days of music, baptisms, teachings, camping, fellowship, late night cafes, petting zoos, communion services, fireworks, candlelight services, prayer tents, extreme sports, Youth Pastor VIP tents, and more, Creation Festival Northeast 2011 will be held at the Agape Farm in Mount Union, Pennsylvania from June 29-July 2, 2011, and Creation Festival Northwest 2011 will occur at the Enumclaw Expo Center, in Enumclaw, Washington, outside of Seattle, from July 20-23, 2011.
Theme:
Believing the greatest news the human race has ever received is the love of God demonstrated through Jesus death and resurrection, and the gift of the Holy Spirit, Creation Festival Northwest’s purpose is to present the Gospel through teaching, worship, music, and all other creative means to help draw attendees to salvation in Christ.
Tim Landis:
The Christian Festivals were co-founded by Tim Landis, who in 1975 while a student at Eastern Mennonite College in Harrisonburg, Virginia, scheduled Petra, one of the pioneers of the Christian Rock and Contemporary Christian music fields, to perform on campus, became heavily influenced by their music and its affects on the show goers, and began what he called the “Jesus Music Series” that holds about a dozen concerts a year in the Lancaster, Pennsylvania area each year under the name “Creation Concerts.
Pastor Harry Thomas:
In 1971 Pastor Harry Thomas, the other co-founder of the Creation Festivals, while driving home from New York City, visualized thousands of young people on a hill, and feeling led to reach out to youth through music available from the “Jesus Movement,” began planning “Jesus Rocks” music on a radio program he had, started the Come Alive Ministries that were syndicated on more than fifty radio stations, and attended the Jesus ’73 Music Festival where he felt called to festival music.
Roots:
Pastor Harry Thomas first met Tim Landis in 1978 at a Paul Clark concert at the First United Methodist Church in Haddon Heights, New Jersey, and they were afforded an opportunity to display a weekend of Contemporary music at an undeveloped portion of Muddy Run Recreation Park, and then at the Agape Farm Campground, where the Creation Festival Northeast has been held since.
Main Stage:
Performers scheduled to appear on the Main Stage at Creation Festival Northwest 2011 include Skillet, Third Day, TobyMac, the Newsboys, Red, Chris Tomlin, Owl City, Family Force 5, Switchfoot, Tenth Avenue North, the David Crowder Band, Thousand Foot Crutch, KJ-52, Sharon McDonald, Chris August, Aaron Gillespie, Francesca Battistelli, Carlos Whittaker, Brandon Heath, The Museum, John Mark McMillan, Brenton Brown, Sons and Daughters, Charmaine, Robert Pierre, Shonlock, and Jamie Grace.
Fringe Stage:
Performers scheduled to appear on the Fringe Stage include Hawk Nelson, The Almost, Brian “Head” Welch, Run Kid Run, The Letter Black, I Am Empire, Shine Bright Baby, Hyland, Manafest, Icon For Hire, Rapture Ruckus, Sent By Ravens, Swimming With Dolphins, KJ-52, Disciple, and Emery.
Late Night Stage:
Performers scheduled to play the Late Night Stage during Creation Festival Northwest 2011 include Aaron Gillespie, the Founder of The Almost, the Christian Electronic Dance Band the Transform DJs, and Brad Stine.
Worship Stage:
Performers scheduled to play the Worship Stage include the Sons and Daughters Rock Band, Worship Musician and Pastor Carlos Whittaker, and Christian Singer-Songwriter John Mark McMillan.
Kids Stage:
Performers scheduled to play on the Kids Stage include Children’s Songwriter Rob Evans, better known as The Donut Man, who is best known for his Gold and Platinum sing-along videos, and will be accompanied by his sidekick Duncan the Donut, Slugs & Bugs, Phredd, Angie & Dotto, and the Lets Pretend Circus, billed as “The Cutest Show On Earth,” that features a dozen or more children from the audience who walk tightropes, interact with wild animals, become circus clowns, compete in a Strong Kid Contest, and perform in popular magic acts.
Guest Speakers:
Guest Speakers scheduled to appear at Creation Festival Northwest 2011 include International Speaker, Author of more than forty books, and Editor of the Susie Magazine for teenaged girls Susie Shellenberger, Steve Keaton, Founder and President of Tsunami Ministries, and the Minister of students at Mount Tabor United Methodist Church in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Premiere Motivational Speaker Brad Stine, Jason Ostrander, the Director of Youth Ministries for the Christian and Missionary Alliance, “All For Jesus” Evangelist Reid Saunders, Tony Nolan of TNT Ministries, recognized as one of the most influential Christian communicators in the United States, Author, Senior Pastor of the First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens in Somerset, New Jersey, and pioneer of faith-based community development, Dr. DeForest Blake “Buster” Soaries Junior, Life Promotions National Speaker Bob Lenz, Life Without Limbs Motivational Speaker Nicholas James Vujicic, and Pastor Harry Thomas.
Tickets:
Entire Event tickets including camping and showers, Entire Event tickets with off-site commuting services, Day tickets, and Wednesday Day tickets with family discount activities, with children under five years old admitted free, may be obtained through June 30, 2011, by calling 1-800-327-6921, or at the gates.
Accommodations:
Several motels are located within easy driving distance of Creation Festival Northwest 2011 including the Best Western Plaza by the Green, Comfort Inn Kent, the Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites Seattle-Kent, Crystal Mountain Hotels, Comfort Inn Federal Way, Comfort Inn Auburn, Best Western Peppertree Auburn, and the Holiday Inn Express Suites Sumner, with plenty of camping on the festival site location available on a first-come, first-served, basis for group and individual campers.
Contact:
Creation Festivals
Post Office Box 86
Medford, New Jersey 08055
[email protected]
Sources:
This Article was compiled from several websites that provide much more information about the Creation Festival Northwest 2011 including:
http//:www.creationfest.com
http//:www.creationfest.com/nw/lineup#fringe
http//:www.suite101.com/content/creation-festival-nations-largest-christian-music-celebration-a355990
http//:www.creationfest.com/ne
http//:www.itickets.com/events/247059/Shirleysburg_PA/Creation-Northeast_2011.html
