The church is saying "Hi". See it? Behind the beads. Hi.
This is just before the Toonfest parade, as the cartoonist grand marshalls . This is the second Toonfest I saw Mike Peters at, and I brought a camera this time! I got to chat with all of the cartoonists before the parade as they lined up in the parking lot of the church I went to as a kid.

You can see the whole gallery at this webpage.
Toonfest is held every year on the third weekend of September in Marceline, MO. Their website is at http://www.toonfest.net.