Wednesday, June 8, 2011

TOWN OF SMITHTOWN MEMORIAL DAY PARADE - May 30, 2011

On May 30th, the children’s ministries were privileged to participate in the Town of Smithtown Memorial Day Parade sponsored by the Knight’s of Columbus. Three months before the parade, Silvina Mastrogiacomo graciously designed and painted our entire float with the help of a few volunteers. What a great job she did! Two days before the parade, many of our church carpenters helped build our float and attach it to a trailer, donated by Panzner Demolition. It was an all day event placing our Life Guard tower on the float along with a beach and ocean scene with dolphins, clown fish, seals and turtles and we must say the float looked awesome. Although it rained in the morning hours, the sun came out just in time before the start of the parade. The rest of Memorial Day was an absolutely beautiful sunny day. It is always a thrill to see our church enthusiastic about the parade. Many Royal Rangers, Missionettes and Rainbows marched proudly behind our float. Our Kids in Missions students handed out pens to children promoting our Vacation Bible Camp. We also had patriotic music playing as well as some fun kids music declaring the name of Jesus with puppets singing along in the windows of the snack shack hut. The Smithtown Christian School Cheerleaders also participated in the parade as well. There are so many people to thank and the list is endless. You all helped make his parade a big hit! Great job, everyone!