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Blessing the harvest machines
Israel United Methodist Church hosts Drive Your Tractor to Church Day
Israel United Methodist Church Pastor Marjorie Belmont-Burns leads a prayer circle for the church’s Annual Harvest Day Celebration - Drive Your Tractor to Church. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
October 30, 2018
Slowly but surely, Shirley Street leads the tractors down Robinsonville Road. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
Jerry Maull and 4-year-old grandson Tahj Lopez make their way around the bend. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
A few dozen people turned out for the sixth annual blessing. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
After the blessing and the church service, there was a breakfast at the Rabbit’s Ferry Community Center. Here, Mike Taylor gets sausage patties ready. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
This Golden Jubilee Model Ford Tractor is clearly well taken care of. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTO
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20230 Plantation Road
Lewes, DE 19958
United States
20230 Plantation Road
More than a dozen tractors, new and old, participated in the sixth annual Israel United Methodist Church Drive Your Tractor to Church Day Oct. 14.
The two-and-a-half-mile tractor parade started at Rabbit’s Ferry Community Center on Robinsonville Road before making its way to the church parking lot on Plantation Road.
As part of the event, there was a blessing of the tractors prior to the worship service. The United Methodist Women's Ministry accepted canned goods, pastas and other nonperishable food items in support of the Faith UMC soup kitchen pantry in Rehoboth Beach.
