A local boy plays a carnival game at Hickory Valley Christian Chruch’s annual “Takin’ it to the Streets” event. (Contributed photo by Gene Blair)On Sunday, Oct. 16, Hickory Valley Christian Church will once again be “Takin’ it to the Streets” to provide local families with a free, fun fall festival.
Held in the parking lot of the Food City at the corner of Lee Highway and Shallowford Road, the annual event offers a variety of fall favorites, such as carnival games, face painting and costume wearing, as well as other treats like an inflatable obstacle course and a live band playing hits from the ’60s, on.
“It would just provide an opportunity for families to have fun and see that the church is about bringing people together and having fun,” said Alex Henderson, children’s minister for HVCC.
Though the church has been holding the festival for much longer, this will only be its fifth year of “Takin’ it to the Streets.” The event used to be held in the parking lot behind the church, but with the location hiding it from sight, Henderson said it felt like a private event.
“It was still open, we’d still want people to come, [but] people would drive by and completely miss what was going on,” he explained.