Living Nativity
The First Baptist Church of Greater Toledo's Living Nativity is a dramatic representation of the major events related to the birth of Jesus Christ. It begins with the Annunciation and follows through to the manger . . . with a stop to see how the birth of Christ is celebrated today.
It is probably difficult these days to imagine the biblical story of Christ's birth. It was centuries ago in a culture and time that is so different from today's way of life. Our goal through the Living Nativity is to convey what it might have been like. By present scenes of our Savior's birth, we hope that it will help to bring it alive. We hope that it helps shift our focus from the temporal toward the eternal.
Our presentation involves over a hundred volunteers, live animals and drive-through narration provided over your own car radio. We are always looking for volunteers - contact the church office if you can help out! If you can't, plan now to drive through this year's presentation.
Living Nativity Report 2009
I have HUGE thank you's for all who took part in our 2009 Living Nativity! First of all, I want to thank God for the great weather he gave us for the first time in a long time and for His wonderful servants here at FBCOGT. Thanks to those who donated food to feed the workers and cast, those who worked in the kitchen and those who helped coordinate costumes, to the crew who put the scenes up on Saturday and them down on Sunday, and to the young legs who traveled up and down the attic stairs to carry costumes and props. A big thanks to the cast who withstood the 20-minute shifts outside, to Mark for his leadership and to Robin Reimer’s sister Julie and her family (who did all dress as shepherds) for bringing their 4 sheep and 2 goats (what a great touch). Thank you to anyone who drove through to follow our path to the Light of our star. And especially, thank you for your prayers. It was because of all of you that our 2009 Living Nativity was a success! Patti Logan
Living Nativity Report 2008
To my wonderful First Baptist Church family: Thank you for helping to make our Living Nativity a success. God challenged us with cold temperatures, a stiff wind, and a sub-zero wind chill, but because of the dedication of so many of our members we were able to portray the Christmas story in three outdoor scenes and one indoor scene.
We have added many new memories to our Living Nativity experience—literally being frozen in place to portray our characters, Scott’s shoe being devoured by Romeo the camel while Scott was still wearing it, and the warmth of the fellowship to help thaw us out. Thank you to each of the committee chairmen who helped pre-plan the event. I also thank each of you who braved the cold to portray characters, set up and tear down the scenes and direct traffic; thank you to those who worked indoors to coordinate the scenes, dress our cast, and feed all of the workers, and especially to those of you who carried us through with your prayers.
God Bless each of you. Patti Logan, Living Nativity Co-Chair.
