Friday, October 15, 2010

Welcome to Bethlehem!

The educational, hands-on kid-friendly part of the Nativity Experience is our town of Bethlehem. While you wait for the play or the music concert to start, roam around and see how Hebrews in the 1st century A.D. lived, worked, and played. Our congregation members have researched and brought examples of Bible culture, like these below:

Living in Bethlehem

As a visitor, you'll stop first at the Tax & Census table, to have your party "counted" and tell us how you heard about our event. In 2008 the Hendry family collected can goods for a public food pantry. In 2009, Meghan Shurtz handed out empty bags and prizes for kids who visited every booth and collected beans as tokens of participation.

Peruse this display of photos of Isreal from Ralph & Tina Telford's trip to Bethlehem last Christmas.