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Thank you for supporting our festival this year!

49th Annual Lord's Acre Festival
Saturday, September 13, 2008

4:00 p.m. at Wolfsville Ruritan Park

Free Admission, Free Parking, Rain or Shine
Always the Second Saturday in September


Featured 2008 Embroidered
"Flowers of the Bible" Quilt
(Quilt has 21 squares with flowers
and is 88 1/2" wide & 85" long.)
in memory of Catherine Harne
Sold for $750 at 8 p.m. auction



2008 Double Wedding Ring Quilt
Sold for $740 at 8 p.m. auction

Food
Enjoy the homemade soups (beef vegetable, ham bean, and turkey noodle), sandwiches (country ham, turkey salad, hot beef, hot dog, chili dog, kraut dog), french fries, baked goods (cookies, pies, cakes, pastry, fudge, more), hand-dipped ice cream made locally by South Mountain Creamery, soft drinks, iced tea, coffee, and water. Tables are available for eating a snack or an evening meal. Food can also be ordered to go.

Crafts & Fancy Needlework
A wide variety of handmade fancy needlework and craft items will be on sale, including a featured embroidered quilt "Flowers of the Bible," knotted comforter "Double Wedding Ring," embroidered baby quilt, fancy needlework and craft items made by Catherine Harne (donated by her estate), Christmas decorations, and more.

Produce
The produce area usually includes fresh produce, such as peaches, plums, potatoes, cucumbers, apples, pears, red beets, grapes, tomatoes, sweet corn, cantaloupe, sweet potatoes, onions, green beans, lima beans, peppers, cabbage, squash, pumpkins and gourds.

Flea Market Tables
Household items in good condition at bargain prices, includes items from the Catherine Harne estate.

Garden Corner
Beautiful potted plants.

Entertainment
"Harmony Road" Bluegrass Gospel Band
4:30, 5:30, & 7:30 p.m.
"Aflame" Contemporary Praise Band
5:00, 6:00, & 7:00 p.m.
Joann Leatherman & Marlene Young
6:30 p.m.

Children's Carnival (Newly expanded)
Grab bags, snow cones, adopt a (stuffed) pet, books and puzzles, face painting, sand art, popcorn, games & activities.

Snack Shack
Funnel cakes, fried Oreo's, drinks, more.

Silent Auction 4:00-7:00 p.m.
Donated items are 16" x 20" framed collection of "Scenes of Wolfsville," small Wolfsville framed print, Wolfsville crock, Christian CDs, autographed Christian CD by "Worth Dying For," jewelry, silver necklace, Honora freshwater pearl necklaces, Mary Kay gift set, Bible, gift basket, Starbucks & Dunkin Donuts coffee set, Joann Leatherman's famous Pumpkin Roll, tackle box, sports items, scrapbook, gardening set, audio CDs of the New Testament, handmade necklace, bracelet, & earring set, rafting tickets, and more.

Live Auction with Bob Grable, Auctioneer, at 8:00 p.m.
Auction of featured quilts, knotted comforter, locally handmade wooden furniture, and numerous unsold items.

Directions

From Myersville: Take Route 17 north to Wolfsville 4-way stop. Turn right onto Stottlemyer Road, then first left onto Brandenburg Hollow Road. Festival is on the left.

From Smithsburg: Take Route 17 south to Wolfsville 4-way stop. Turn left onto Stottlemyer Road, then first left onto Brandenburg Hollow Road. Festival is on the left.

From Frederick: Take Route 40 west. Turn right on Route 17 to Wolfsville 4-way stop. Turn right onto Stottlemyer Road, then first left onto Brandenburg Hollow Road. Festival is on the left.

From Hagerstown: Take Route 40 east. Turn left onto Pleasant Walk Road to Wolfsville 4-way stop. Proceed straight onto Stottlemyer Road, then first left onto Brandenburg Hollow Road. Festival is on the left.

From Thurmont: Take Route 77 west to Stottlemyer Road. Turn left onto Stottlemyer Road. Turn right onto Brandenburg Hollow Road. Festival is on the left.

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What is a Lord's Acre Festival?

The Lord's Acre program was developed in the southeastern United States as a means of raising funds in small congregations with limited financial resources. A portion or "acre" of a church member's land was set aside to raise crops to be sold to benefit the church. Those without land could set aside a portion of their needlework, craft items, or any other saleable talent they possessed. The Lord's Acre Festival is a sale of those donations. Salem's Lord's Acre Festival, an annual event which began in 1960, works just that way. Most everything sold is donated by members and friends. What comes in is a surprise to everyone! Learn more about the history of the Wolfsville Lord's Acre Festival.

Entertainment
for 2008


HARMONY ROAD
Local Bluegrass Gospel Band
4:30, 5:30, & 7:30 p.m.


AFLAME
Salem's Contemporary Praise Band
5:00, 6:00, & 7:00 p.m.

AND

JOANN LEATHERMAN &
MARLENE YOUNG
Traditional Praise
6:30 p.m.



2006 Pine Tree Quilt
In memory of Brian Stottlemyer
Sold for $1,425 at 8 pm auction



2006 Log Cabin Comforter
Sold for $310 at 8 pm auction


2007 Featured Quilt
"Roses and Ivy"
sold for $1,000 at 8 pm auction

 

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