Learn about camp meetings from “Sheffy”

Friday, June 28th at 7 pm

The film “Sheffy” was filmed at a camp meeting and is based on a true story of Robert Sheffey, an American circuit-riding preacher of early 1800’s.  An unusual servant of God, Sheffy was a rowdy young man who followed his friends to Camp Meeting where he learned to seek first the kingdom. 

“Brother Sheffey” then rides through the Appalachian Mountains spreading the gospel from Camp to Camp.  And although he suffers the loss of his two greatest treasures in one day, Sheffey still finds forgiveness in his heart for the person who caused his sorrow. The film challenges assumptions while  capturing the compassion of a man whose soul is on fire for the Lord.

Katherine Stenholm directed a crew of 76 and a cast of about 800, and the film includes a musical score by Dwight Gustafson. A large camp meeting scene was filmed at the nineteenth-century Epworth Camp Meeting in Greenwood, South Carolina, and other scenes were shot at Cades Cove and the Pioneer Farmstead in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, plus other nearby sites.

Running time: 1 hour 37 minutes

Please, bring a snack or drink to share

Fresh popcorn will be popping!