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Tim Tebow Coming to Georgetown Easter Sunday

Tim Tebow takes a knee in prayer during his breakout season.
Photo courtesy Wikimedia Commons user Clemed, http://bit.ly/HonWTW
Tim Tebow takes a knee in prayer during his breakout season.

Known for his unorthodox quarterbacking and conservative Christian beliefs, Tim Tebow – who helped earn the Denver Broncos a divisional title last season, before going to the New York Jets – is appearing at Georgetown's Celebration Church this Easter Sunday, April 8. Gates open at 8 a.m., and the service begins at 10 a.m.

Celebration Church’s main campus is almost 8,000 square feet, but for an event this large – the church anticipates some 20,000 attendees – services will be held outdoors on Celebration’s 110-acre site. “We’re literally taking our service outdoors for the first time,” says Tara Wall, Celebration Church’s Media and Communications Director.

The estimate is a big bump from Celebration’s already-large numbers: Wall says Celebration hosts five to seven thousand attendees any given Sunday. Parking will not be allowed on site. Street closures will encompass a mile radius around the church, but nine off-site parking lots with shuttle service will deliver parishioners to Tebow.

So what’s the theme of Tebow’s address? “John 3:16,” Walls says matter-of-factly.

“He reached out to us – we are glad to have him here,” she notes. “Easter is our super bowl as believers – the star of the show at the end of the day is Christ.” 

Wells has been a part of KUT News since 2012, when he was hired as the station's first online reporter. He's currently the social media host and producer for Texas Standard, KUT's flagship news program. In between those gigs, he served as online editor for KUT, covering news in Austin, Central Texas and beyond.