First Baptist Ruston will serve as a host of the 2026 Night to Shine Celebration Event for People with Special Needs sponsored by the Tim Tebow Foundation.
The unforgettable worldwide celebration event, centered on God’s love, honoring and valuing people with special needs will be held by host churches around the world simultaneously on Friday, February 13 at 6 pm.
First Baptist Ruston is excited to again join hundreds of other churches around the globe in celebrating people with disabilities as God’s image bearers. First Baptist is also again thankful to Louisiana Tech for allowing us to host the event at the student center. In addition, they are thankful to the many businesses and volunteers whose donations and efforts make this event possible.
We are inviting guests who would like to attend to go to fbcruston.org, click on the events heading, and scroll to Night to Shine to sign up. Parents or caregivers can register as well, and there will be food and activities for you.
It will be a great night of activities for guests including a red carpet entrance complete with a warm welcome from a friendly crowd and paparazzi, hair and makeup stations, shoeshines, limousine rides, karaoke, gifts, catered food, a Sensory Room, a Respite Room for parents and caregivers, dancing, and a crowning ceremony where every guest is honored as a King or Queen – the way God sees them each and every day.
“Night to Shine is my favorite night of the year! It’s my favorite because we get to celebrate so many Kings and Queens and share how much they are loved by us and by the God of this universe,” said Tim Tebow, founder of the Tim Tebow Foundation. The foundation also provides access to ongoing disability ministry resources through Shine On.
“Our goal is to be able to get to every person with special needs around the world –until all are celebrated. No matter what city, no matter what country, no matter where you are, we want Night to Shine to be there.”
Over the past eleven years, Night to Shine, through hundreds of churches worldwide, has provided over half a million guest experiences and over a million volunteer experiences.
Again, to sign up for the Night to Shine hosted by First Baptist in Ruston, visit fbcruston.org/events.
And for more information on the worldwide movement of Night to Shine, sponsored by the TimTebow Foundation, please visit: http://www.timtebowfoundation.org/night-to-shine.
