Tractors roll in to service at Mt. Nebo church
CONNOQUENESSING TWP — Ed Ford tied up traffic on his way to church Sunday morning.
The Connoquenessing resident has only a few-miles trek to Mt. Nebo Presbyterian Church on Prospect Road, but it took him a little longer to get there Sunday — he rode his tractor in for an annual event at the parish.
“I come pretty regularly,” Ford said. “For this, I come just to be here, bring my tractor and slow down traffic on my way.”
Sandi Cox, a longtime member of the church, said she was watching television several years ago when she saw a program about “take your tractor to church” day somewhere out west. For the past eight years, Tractor Sunday has been a summer event at Mt. Nebo, and it has attracted a lot of attention from many people, including some who aren’t members of the church.
“It’s something that is not really done around here,” Cox said. “It’s more about getting people here.”
About 30 tractors of varying sizes lined the lawns of the church Sunday, as the drivers sat under its pavilion for an outdoor service. Cox said the church got around 80 tractors at the event a few years ago, because many people in the vicinity are farmers or are family members of farmers.
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