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Friday, September 7, 2012

Check Out Bolingbrook Joyfest 2012 Saturday

The seven-hour music festival will take place at the Bolingbrook Performing Arts Center Saturday.

What: Bolingbrook Joyfest  When: Saturday, Sept. 8 from 12 p.m. to 7 p.m.  Where: Bolingbrook Performing Arts Center Inspiration at a premium — that's the goal of this weekend's Joyfest Christian Music Festival, slated for Saturday at the Bolingbrook Performing Arts Center. The seed for this spiritually enriching event, originally called Faith Fest, was planted in the late 1990s by the Rev. Andy Hagen, a former pastor of Joyful Spirit Lutheran Church, who sought to incorporate music into a broader worship experience. What started as small Christian musical experience eventually grew into a village-wide celebration once Deputy Mayor Leroy Brown was recruited and assumed the organizational reins. "When we first started out in 1998, the idea …

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Christian Celebrants to Converge on Bolingbrook for Joyfest

The annual Joyfest Christian Music Festival is expected to draw more than 5,000 churchgoers to Bolingbrook this weekend.

Inspiration at a premium — that's the goal of this weekend's Joyfest Christian Music Festival, slated for Saturday at the Bolingbrook Performing Arts Center. The seed for this spiritually enriching event, originally called Faith Fest, was planted in the late 1990s by the Rev. Andy Hagen, a former pastor of Joyful Spirit Lutheran Church, who sought to incorporate music into a broader worship experience. What started as small Christian musical experience eventually grew into a village-wide celebration once Deputy Mayor Leroy Brown was recruited and assumed the organizational reins. "When we first started out in 1998, the idea was to host a 'Gospel Fest' in Bolingbrook," he said. "Even from the beginning, we had a good turnout. We changed the…

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Claudia Simmons

12:24 am on Friday, September 9, 2011

The Bolingbrook Joyfest is Saturday, September 10, 2011 at 12noon -7:00 p.m. behind Village Hall. Gods Blessings....   more ›

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