2003

Living Nativity 2002 Report
Sunday, December 22, 2002
6:00 to 8:00 PM

What a great year! Yes, the winds blew down some of our sets and we had to do some major reconstruction of the manger scene but we ended up with a record number of cars viewing this year's presentation. In two hours, we had 237 vehicles drive through our scenes. At some points during the evening, the traffic was backed up to Holland Perrysburg as cars were lined up to see the presentation! We added a new scene, "Sharing the Story" which brought the Christmas Story to the present. We also had a wonderful opening meeting with a devotional presented by Gigi Mawer. Mark Suffron directed the scenes and Becky Spencer led the coordination of the event. The Lord blessed us in so many ways!

Mark Suffron and Becky Spencer Outline Plans for the Night

Gigi Mawer Leads the Crew in a Devotional

Wow! What Great Snacks We Had!

Getting Ready

Is Everyone Where they Are Supposed To Be?

Our New "Shadow Box" Presentation of "Christmas Present"

A Rainy Night - But 75 Degrees Warmer Than Last Year!

Living Nativity 2001

OBSERVING and CELEBRATING
THE TRUE JOY and MEANING of
CHRISTMAS

Sunday, December 16, 2001
6:00 - 8:00 p.m.

The Annunciation

The Journey to Bethlehem

No Room at the Inn

Shepherds on the Hillside

Journey of the Wise Men

The Nativity

The Animals

Thanks to the Doris Appling Farm for the use and care of the live animals!

Behind the Scenes

Despite the rainy weather, we had 201 cars drive through. Several car loads even drove through twice! Channel 13 was here to film and did a report on their 11:00 News. Over 60 people participated in the Living Nativity as Cast, Scene Managers, Traffic Control, Childcare, & Food Coordinators. The Music, Drama, & Arts Committee did a great job in planning and coordination. Again, thanks to everyone who worked so hard to make this a special highlight of our Christmas Celebration.

The Living Nativity is the culmination of many people and groups contributing of their time and talent. In addition to the cast of characters, there are those who have assembled props and lights, designed and made costumes, the printed programs, traffic control, publicity, the luminaries and those who prepared refreshments for the participants.

Thanks to Mr. and Mrs. Kasper McCloskey for the donation of the food trays for the cast.

We express our gratitude to the Music, Arts and Drama Board of First Baptist and to Betty Snyder for their sponsorship and participation.

As always - thanks to the entire congregation who make this event possible!

Living Nativity 2000 December 17, 2000 - The temperature held at 5° the entire evening with wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour. The wind chill hovered around -38° with blowing a drifting snow. It was so cold, we moved two scenes inside, behind the glass so as to keep our performers warm! This still meant that our traffic coordinators had to stay outside in the freezing temperatures. Even with the bad driving conditions and frigid weather, we had fifty-one cars drive through to see our presentation. Here are pictures of some of our devoted performers as they forsook an evening with family (and warmth) to participate in our Living Nativity 2000:
The Annunciation	No Room at the Inn
Shepherds Watching	Journey of the Wise Ones
The Nativity
Wayne Plays, The Workers Try to Stay Warm We wish to express our gratitude to Mr. & Mrs. Kasper McCloskey for the donation of the food trays for the cast. We also express our gratitude to the Music, Arts & Drama Board of First Baptist, and particularly to Betty Snyder for their sponsorship and participation.