Bethany Wesleyan Church hosted Night to Shine on Feb. 7. NTS is a prom held in churches all over the world for people with special needs. Originally established by the Tim Tebow Foundation, this night is focused on loving those who often go unnoticed and need a night to be honored.

At BWC, this was an event of massive proportions.

More than 250 volunteers made this time of joy possible from people standing the parking lot, others acting as paparazzi and others working one-on-one as buddies for the honored guests.

Seventy local businesses helped to sponsor this wonderful event.

More than 80 people attended Night to Shine from all over Lehigh and Carbon counties.

It was really these wonderful people who were the focus of the event. To celebrate them, stations were set up for hair, makeup and shoe shining.

A karaoke room was going strong the entire evening, and limo rides were donated by a local company to help the guests ride in style.

Chick-Fil-A provided the evening meal, which meant no one went hungry. A volunteer DJ kept the party going strong.

Every person at Night to Shine heard the gospel message from the Rev. Casey Spenser and a video from Tim Tebow himself declared every honored guest a King or Queen of the prom.

While Tebow has been organizing and leading NTS for several years, this was BWC’s first time participating. With such a strong showing, there is hope that it will be an annual celebration of those with special needs in the area.

BWC’s mission is to present Jesus Christ in a relevant way, and showing love to those who are often left out is one way to do so.