Want Some Free Stuff?

Now that you’ve all gotten showers and some sleep after a fantastic festival, we have a small request. We’ve put together this survey thingy and we’d love to hear your thoughts about AgapeFest 2009.

But we’re a crowd pleasing bunch here at AgapeFest HQ and we want to give back. SO. If you take our little survey we’ll enter you in a drawing for an AgapeFest Prize Pack with all sorts of goodies in it! We’ll be pulling one everyday until May 24th.

All you need to do is click this link and take our survey. We’ve already had one winner, so wish Bonnie Smith from Virginia, IL a congratulations!

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Tagged: af09, free stuff, win

Thanks and We Love You

Well, I don’t know about all of you, but I certainly had a blast this year at AgapeFest 09.

We met a ton of cool people, got muddy, listened to some INSANELY good music… and I even got to eat that funnel cake I wanted!

We want to thank each of you that came out for supporting our festival. A lot of you have been coming for years and for some of you it may have been your first experience at AgapeFest. We want you to know that we appreciate the time you take and money you spend to come out and support us and the artists that God blesses with.

If you were blessed by God at af09, PLEASE tell us your story — post it in the comments or on our Facebook page. If you got some awesome pics this year, PLEASE share them with everyone — you can add them to the facebook fan page and/or post them to our Flickr photo group.

But most of all, stay in touch with us. The relationships that we are able to build with you guys is what keeps us doing this each year. Follow us on Twitter, friend us on Facebook, add us on MySpace… just keep in touch.

We really do love you, and the staff here at AgapeFest HQ prays for you all the time. Thank you again. You certainly blessed all of us this year.

Representing the staff of AgapeFest 2009,

Joel
AgapeFest HQ

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Tagged: af09, festival, updates

AgapeFest 2009 Is Almost Here

In just a few short hours we’ll all be together rockin’ out to Disciple and Skillet and anticipating Hawk Nelson and tobyMac.

From our staff, thank you for supporting our festival. We can’t wait to see you all. We’ve been praying for all of you and so excited that we get the chance to worship together this weekend.

Just to make it clear, we have never, in 32 years of AgapeFest, cancelled the festival because of weather. And this year is no different. The show will go on if it rains, or, preferably, if the sun is a’shinin’. So come rock with us!

Also, we will keep updating this space all day long and probably thru the weekend. Keep in touch!

And now… we’re gettin’ some sleep. It’s going to be a long, fun weekend!

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Tagged: af09, agapefest, Festival Info

One Week Left

There’s only one week left till the first day of the festival and the student staff here at AgapeFest HQ are working like busy bees to put on a great show for you guys. But since there are only 7 days left, we wanted to give you a few reminders to think about before you load up in your vans and cars and come rock out with us… Read More »

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Meet Mark David Goins

You can see Mark twice at AgapeFest! He will be playing with his band Mark

Mark David Goins- Friday Night Speaker

David and Surface Deep on Friday night. They will be kicking off AgapeFest 2010 with a bang. These guys are awesome live, you cannot miss them! Then after Sanctus Real Mark is going to take the stage by himself to speak! We got some info on Mark so you know more about him.

Rev. Mark David Goins, 25, was born in 1985 to Rev. David & Sheila Goins of Alton, Il.   His family resided in a community which exposed Mark to a variety of different cultures including people, churches, and a diverse selection of music venues.

Mark attended the public school system in Alton, Il., and graduated from Alton Sr. High in 2003. After high school Mark went on to Greenville College, where he accepted The Call to Ministry in 2004.

Mark began to lead bible studies on campus and at church on a weekly basis. Also, he founded the first all men Midnight Prayer Group for Greenville College. As a member of his college town worship team, he played the drums and worked closely with the music coordinator on the music arrangements for each service. In addition, Mark began writing and co-writing worship songs. Then in 2007, Mark graduated from Greenville College with a double BA in Sociology and Psychology.

Mark has been ministering in word and song at various venues throughout Illinois and the surrounding area. He has a sincere desire to minister and reach the hearts of those who are lost and dying spiritually. Mark founded the band, Mark David and Surface Deep, which recorded and released their first CD demo in 2009.

The Lord’s favor continued to shine on his life as he wasmarried on August 29th, 2009 to his lovely wife, Marqueta
Stewart-Goins. Mark is known by his peers to be a very kind, passionate, likable, and professional Man of God.

Mark David and Surface Deep

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NO CANCELLATION

We will never cancel the show because of rain or storms. Read More »

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Stages…Check

Mainstage is up. Stage 2 is up. Pavilions are wrapped. People are having fun. AgapeFest starts TOMORROW. Read More »

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Tagged: agapefest08, flickr, liveblog, Photos, prayfornorain, setup

Answers!

Thanks for the questions. Here are your answers:
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Gettin’ Ready

I know you’re all thinking about what to pack and how much stuff to bring out to the festival. We wanted to give you a few insider-tips on what’s happening.
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Tagged: bringit, faq, Festival Info, food, music, parking, stuff, updates

IMPORTANT NEWS

Hey guys. Following a recent disruption in RED and Tenth Avenue North’s schedules, we are proud to announce that Phil Wickham and Spoken will be playing AgapeFest 2008 Main Stage on Saturday May 3rd. Read More »

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Tagged: addison road, Artists, important, new, phil wickham, spoken, update, urgent