Church and School participate in our 16th Norfolk Grand Illumination Parade

For the 16th straight year, Trinity Lutheran participated in Norfolk’s downtown “Grand Illumination” parade.

This year the parade theme was “Lights, Camera, Action!!!” And, Trinity’s entry was: “Under The Lights of Heaven – The Greatest Story Ever Told”.

Children of the church and school presented the traditional Christmas Nativity scene with the lights of heaven shining over Bethlehem to tell the story of this amazing event in history which marks our calendars today – the birth of the Christ child.

That starry night 2010 years ago beckoned the shepherds from the fields and Wiseman from the East to the humble birthplace of the baby Jesus of Bethlehem. It is a story that has been passed down over 2,000 years and heard around the world.

Children in grades 3 through 5 present the Christmas Nativity.

Also, for the first time, adults handed out more than 5,000 candy canes to a very appreciative audience of more than a hundred-thousand people with the scripture Luke 2:1-17.

If you missed it in person or the live broadcast, you can still catch replays! The Grand Illumination Parade will broadcast on WVEC Channel 13 on Thanksgiving Day at 9am, Sunday, December 5 at 3pm and Christmas Eve at Noon. During the week of Christmas, Norfolk Neighborhood Network TV-48 will also broadcast the parade.