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Event Information

The Collegedale Seventh-day Adventist Church has offered this "walk-through" pageant since 1996. it begins in the Collegedale Church sanctuary and continues across the campus of Southern Adventist University. Casual dress and comfortable shoes are encouraged for the leisurely, less-than-a-mile walk. Be prepared for a warm day and bring water to keep yourself hydrated.

Date

 

SonRise is offered each year the Saturday before Easter.

Mission Statement

 

SonRise seeks:

  • To reach the non-Christians in our local community. What a powerful story we have to share with those who have never heard of the life-changing significance of Christ's time on earth (or who may have heard it, but rejected it).

  • To bring back former Christians of any denomination who may have been faithful Christians at some point but have now wandered from their faith.

  • To familiarize other Christian faiths with Seventh-day Adventists, letting them see that while we worship on Sabbath we do indeed believe the Bible, celebrate Christ's resurrection and to offer them awareness of other Adventist beliefs.

  • To reenergize Seventh-day Adventists who are struggling with their faith, reminding them of some of the most important parts of the gospel.

  • To offer our church members an opportunity for active service in sharing the gospel with their neighbors, family, and friends. 

Other Pageants

 

Risen Experience, Apopka, FL

 

Resurrection Story, Keene, TX

Journey to the Cross, Loveland, CO

If you're interested in learning how to offer a pageant in your area, please contact us. SonRise is happy to share a "How to Produce a Pageant" document we have been compiling the last several years. Email sonrise@southern.edu.

Directions & Maps

Directions from I-75 to Collegedale

  • Take Exit 9 (from North I-75 turn right after exit; from South I-75 turn left)

  • Follow Apison Pike for 4 miles

  • Right on Colcord Drive

  • Left on White Oak Drive

  • Cross University Drive to College Drive East

  • Left into the parking lot just past church

 

 

Map to Church

Pageant Route Map

Wheelchair Route Map

Parking

Parking will be available in the main Church parking lot. Parking attendants will be present to help you find a parking place.

 

Parking will also be available at Collegedale Academy and the Village Market, but require a short walk to the Church.

Crowd Release / Notice of Filming & Photography

When you attend SonRise, you enter an area where photography, audio, and video recording may occur by other attendees or our volunteers at the event.

By entering the event premises, you consent to interview(s), photography, audio or video recording, and their release, publication, exhibition, or reproduction to be used for web casts, promotional purposes, telecasts, advertising, inclusion on websites, social media, or any other purpose by attendees at or volunteers of the event.   You release each and all attendees and volunteers of the event, including the sponsors and their affiliates, officers, employees, members, assignees, and agents, from any liability connected with the taking, recording, digitizing, or publication and use of interviews, photographs, computer images, video, and/or sound recordings.

By entering the event premises, you waive all rights you may have to any claims for payment or royalties in connection with any use, exhibition, streaming, web casting, televising, or other publication of these materials, regardless of the purpose or sponsoring of such use, exhibiting, broadcasting, web casting, or other publication irrespective of whether a fee for admission or sponsorship is charged. You also waive any right to inspect or approve any photo, video, or audio recording of the event.

 

You have been fully informed of your consent, waiver of liability, and release before entering the event.

DO NOT ENTER THE EVENT AREA IF YOU DO NOT WISH TO BE SUBJECT TO THE FOREGOING.

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Church Office Hours: Monday-Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

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church@southern.edu      (423) 236-7100                                                                   Collegedale, Tennessee 37315

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