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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
RECOGNIZING SPACE COAST CITY FEST
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HON. BILL POSEY
of florida
in the house of representatives
Thursday, March 12, 2020
Mr. POSEY. Madam Speaker, on March 28th and 29th, 2020, Brevard
County families along with 100 business owners and 190 local church
organizations will gather together to celebrate Space Coast City Fest.
This uplifting event will take place at Space Coast Daily Park in
Melbourne, FL, concluding a year and a half long outreach effort to
unite the Christian Community.
Space Coast City Fest was created as a region-wide campaign to serve
churches in the community and promote faith-based works. Over a period
of 18 months, CityFest and CityServe have worked to raise the level of
involvement of Brevard County churches in serving community needs. The
focus of their initiatives include building long term partnerships with
public and non-profit groups to help
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serve our schools, meet the needs of children within the foster care
system, raise awareness & seek solutions for the Opioid crisis, tackle
homelessness, feed the hungry, and revitalize troubled and sometimes
forgotten neighborhoods.
In addition, special events were held to promote unity among church
leaders and spread a message of Christian hope. The ReNew gathering
drew more than 2,000 people for a night of worship & teaching, a
conference for pastors and ministry leaders was attended by several
hundred church leaders, an educational forum on community issues, and
various training sessions were offered to church members. In the ten
days leading up to the final festival event, a Christian message was
shared in several smaller settings including a surf camp with Cliff and
Damian Hobgood, two presentations in area prisons, a luncheon and a
dinner for women, and a business and civic leaders' luncheon.
The final event is a family-oriented festival at the Space Coast
Daily Park next to Viera High School on March 28th and 29th. The
festival will host a children's area and an action sports program that
includes professional BMX, Free-Style Motocross, and skateboard
demonstrations. The event will wrap up with a mainstage program of
contemporary Christian music bands from around the county, and will
also include a message of hope from international evangelist Andrew
Palau. Other featured performers include Adam Agee, Mandisa, Newsboys
United, Blanca, Illusionist Jon Michael Hinton, Danny Gokey, and
Lecrae. Thousands are expected to attend.
I would like to recognize the hard work of the local organizing
committee chaired by Christopher Burton and Dr. Mike Ronsisvalle in
partnership with the Luis Palau Association. Their efforts over the
last 18 months of mobilizing events have greatly impacted our community
and have brought us all together in a very special way. It's notable
that the $800,000 cost of the Space Coast City Fest Celebration was
contributed by local churches, individuals, and businesses so that it
could be free to the public.
I ask my colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives to please
join me in recognizing Space Coast City Fest.
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