Prayer Brunch

The Prayer Brunch, presented by Knouse Foods, will be held Friday, April 30th, 9:30 am - 11:00 am. Come join the enthusiastic crowd that gathers to “Bless the Bloom”! This interdenominational event has been a dynamic success with each Festival year since 2000…welcoming guest speakers Robert Urich, Ruth Graham McIntyre, Lisa “Blair” Welchel, Kirk Cameron, Truitt Cathy - Founder of Chic-Fil-A®, Ray & Cal Thomas, and Candice Smithyman.

State and local dignitaries will join us with appearances by Festival celebrities and Queen Shenandoah LXXXIII - designate. Host for the Festival Prayer Brunch is Winchester Church of God Family Life Center - Rt. 522 North.

Include a refreshing, inspirational dimension to your “Bloom Weekend!” Join us at the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival® Prayer Brunch presented by Knouse Foods / Musselman’s and sponsored by Schenck Foods, Humana, The Village at Orchard Ridge and Chick-fil-A.

This year's guest speaker is Kelly Wright. Previously a co-anchor of Fox News Channel’s “FOX and Friends Weekend” for three years, has provided special coverage for many of our nation’s pivotal moments: Iraq, Katrina, the Virginia Tech massacres and President Bush’s final term. While his current high-profile job as an Anchor on Fox’s “America’s News Headquarters” can be constraining, Kelly Wright has maintained enough freedom to still do work as a general assignment correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC).

The Hagerstown, Maryland native’s in-depth coverage has included Terri Schiavo’s right-to-die case, the Abu Gharib prison scandal and the Katrina recovery. In April 2007, Wright secured an exclusive one-on-one interview with First Lady Laura Bush in response to the Virginia Tech massacre. While embedded with United States and British troops, Wright provided coverage on the historic U. S. handover of sovereignty to Iraq; and, shed light on the extensive humanitarian efforts in Baghdad, Basrah and Mosul. Since Iraq, he has covered multiple Presidential elections and reported live from Congressional Black Caucus functions. Before joining FNC, the two-time Emmy Award winner served as co-anchor of WVBT-TV’s “News at Ten” in Norfolk, VA, and reported for the 700 Club. He is also an accomplished gospel artist having shared the stage with greats such as James Brown, Vicki Winan and Shirley Caesar. Since age thirteen, he has performed professionally as a vocalist, entertainer and songwriter. His familiar songs have been described as “messages of hope, redemption and salvation.”

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