If you're in Canton near Boling Park around 10 a.m. March 22, don't worry if you see an Easter Bunny dumping 20,000 plastic eggs out of a helicopter.
You aren't imagining things. Revolution Church members have organized an extraordinary egg hunt and hope as many as 6,000 of their neighbors will turn out for the event.
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This is the church that created a video of Santa singing a rap song to spread the word about Christmas Eve services a few years ago, and the video was posted on YouTube and got national network exposure.
And it's the same church that handed out envelopes filled with cash — the entire morning's offering — to their congregants, telling them to spend the money on someone in need.
"We swore we would never do an egg hunt. It's too typical, too boring," said Gary Lamb, lead pastor. "But when we heard about an egg drop, we thought we'd try it. We wanted something to fit the vibe of our church and change the way people think about egg hunts."
Volunteers will scatter 30,000 eggs on the field before the egg drop. Every egg will be filled with candy; some will hold coupons to redeem for a Nintendo Wii system, iPod Nanos and Shuffles, LeapFrog games, an Xbox 360, and cash. The prize-filled eggs will be among the ones already on the ground.
The No. 1 question on everyone's mind: How will they keep the eggs from breaking when they hit the ground?
"The buzz is insane," Lamb said. "Our phone is ringing off the hook. Everyone wants to know how we're going to keep the eggs from busting. I tell them you just have to trust us. It'll work."
Boling Park is in Canton at 1200 Marietta Parkway, beside Cherokee High School. For more information, visit www.easterincanton.com.

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