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When it comes to location, I think Creation has the lock on the most beautiful and awesome site for a festival.  There's nothing quite like praising God in the midst of his artwork.    The festival is held each year on the Agape Farm which is nestled in between two of Pennsylvania's mountain ranges in a town called Shirleysburg.  The contour of the main arena area serves as a natural amphitheater.  If you are camped on the hill, you get a nice view of the sun rising each morning in the east.  Every evening the sun sets over the mountain to the left of the main stage.  One of the most awesome sights to me is the in the early evening when the sun is hanging over the mountain, and the sky, for miles around as far as one can see, is bright blue without a cloud.  In that moment I can't help but think of all the times we question where God is in this world and get an incredible sense that he is right there and he is not about to leave.  If you like an awesome sunrise, I understand the view from the top of the left stage tower is quite incredible.  The only way to catch this view is to volunteer to be a part of the stage tear down crew.  (Thanks to Wm. C. Quanstrom for the sunrise info)    As you browse around this site, keep in mind that, as many festival goers would probably agree, there is something more to Creation than just the music or the speakers.  It is difficult to explain or describe.  Many artists have come to the festival and said how they heard so much about it and what they heard was indeed true.  Michael W. Smith said during his last appearance that he brought a friend with him because he told the friend, "You have to see this, it's incredible."(loosely quoted).  When 60 to 70 thousand Christians come together on a farm, in the mountains of Pennsylvania, amazing things happen.  People who live along the road to the farm can't help but sit out on their porch staring at the never-ending stream of vehicles and wonder what brings them here.

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