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Living Flag at Mahomet Christian Church November 3-5

Honoring America’s Veterans is something the Mahomet community prides itself in each year.

Mahomet-Seymour School do not close down, but instead, host Veterans from all backgrounds to recognize them with students who get to see their heroes up close.

The same holds true for the Living Flag Celebration at Mahomet Christian Church.

Each year, the church members create a service to honor and remember what the men and women of the American armed forces have done to ensure the liberties each America enjoys.

Pastor David Johnson came up with the idea of celebrating Veterans while living and working as a pastor near Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.

Now, in its 13th year in Mahomet, the service has grown from a Sunday morning event to three services spanning over 3 days. This year’s Living Flag will be presented at 7 p.m. Nov. 3, 2 and 7 p.m. on Nov. 4 and 7 p.m. Nov. 5.

Each year, the church welcomes hundreds of people from all over the East Central Illinois area to the event.

The flag itself is 15 feet wide. It has four tiers of scaffold, standing 21-feet high and holds 30 singers. The scaffold is decorated with 50 stars and 13 stripes made of vinyl.

The 2016 performance titled, “In God We Trust,” will include an all-new musical arrangement, special guests such as the U of I Air Force Detachment 190 ROTC Drill Team, St. Thomas More HS Note Nerdy A Capella Singers, the Mahomet-Seymour Junior High School Choir, the Paxton High School Choir and the Small Wonders Preschool Singers, the U of I ar Force Honor Guard, Penrod Cadets and Boy Scout Troop 25.

Lt. Col. David Schmitt, USAF will also talk about his time in service.

This event is free and open to the public.

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