Nearly 10,000 people attend Englewood’s Easter ballpark celebration
JACKSON, Tenn. — One local church changed up its venue for Easter services Sunday with the hope of bringing an entire community together.
The clouds didn’t keep the crowd away from the diamond as thousands of people attended a special service at the ballpark, no ticket needed.
“I think it’s really good because it brings in more people that wouldn’t typically be in a church on a Sunday morning, because I think they feel more comfortable out here and they can bring their kids and it’s fun. So it allows more people that wouldn’t be here on a Sunday,” Englewood Baptist Church member Paigh Long said.
This is the second year Englewood has hosted its Easter service at the Ballpark at Jackson with the goal of the community coming together as one.
“This really isn’t an Englewood event. I see this as a city-wide, community-wide event where we can come together as one church celebrating the risen Savior,” Pastor Jordan Easley said.
Young and old came together in worship and listened to a message with one focus.
“The sermon takeaway today is one word and it’s the word ‘hope’. We have hope because of what happened 2,000 years ago on Sunday morning and so we are celebrating that today,” Pastor Easley said.
“It was really neat just feeling a part of the Jackson community. We are new to the area, we moved here almost a year ago, and it was just fun to worship with this many people at the ballpark,” guest Lauren Thomas said.
Organizers estimate there were 10,000 people who attended Saturday night’s concert and this morning’s events, with an almost full house for the service Sunday morning.
Following the services, the church hosted a helicopter drop Easter Egg Hunt for the kids with 49,000 eggs up for grabs. Three-thousand of those eggs flew from the sky onto outfield before the kids dashed for as many eggs as possible.
