KEARNEY, Neb. (AP) — It was raining eggs at a central Nebraska church this Easter weekend.

Grace Fellowship Church’s annual Easter egg hunt Saturday didn’t include the Easter bunny. But it did include a helicopter dropping 3,000 candy-filled eggs from 50 to 100 feet up in the air on the Kearney church’s lawn.

The egg drop was in addition to the 22,000 eggs already hidden on the ground.

The Rev. Mitch Ivey says the entire congregation pitched in to help make the event happen, from filling 25,000 plastic eggs with candy to having a local dentist cover the cost of the helicopter.

Church secretary Katie Adams says the egg drop went off without a hitch Saturday afternoon. About 3,000 children and parents showed up for the event.