This year the annual Leesburg Garden Show coincided with the opening of the Bible Reading Marathon on Saturday and Sunday, April 26-27. In the spirit of the Garden Show, we invited visitors to help "flower the cross" until the Reading Marathon started at noon.
The tent featured a banner with the scripture from Isaiah 40:8 " The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the Word of God standards forever"
Barry Cates, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Advisory Board Member of Loudoun Awakening read Genesis 1, followed by pastors from various churches.
Families, church groups, and bible studies came as a group and read for an hour or more. Children are welcome to participate.
This year we passed out lapel stickers saying "I read the Bible" to everyone who read the Bible in the Marathon, as well as to people passing by.
