The Nativity

Everyone loves a good story where the pictures jump off the page

from the book.  Tonight we tell you a story, one of the greatest

stories.  So curl up in your comfy chair and listen as we pull back

the pages of The Nativity and allow the pictures to jump

off the page.  Literally.  And maybe you will see the

pictures in a new light.  Because He always wants

to reveal something new to us.

Merry Christmas.

This was my second year directing the Christmas play at church.

Deveraux and I were reading The Nativity and I thought what an

amazing Christmas play to have these pictures come alive.

It is a wonderfully creative picture book with the words

right out of the Bible.  But the pictures provoke one to look

at the familiar scenes in a new light. 

Mary and Joseph..I love that they are the right color!!

Deveraux Grace stood in the back, waving ribbons and

proclaiming as Gabriel, "Unto you this day is

born a Savior!"  She was the star of the show!

Then I had our dozen angels run with ribbons dancing

to the song, "I am a Child of God" around the church with white

lights in their hair.

Bobo and Natalie sang and played, "Do you hear what I hear."

Bobo really wanted to be an angel, he wanted to be one last

year as well...this year I said okay.  So we had two boy angels.

The last vignette of Mary and Joseph headed out of

Bethlehem...and Cambria represented Jesus for us in that scene.

Whew!  We did it!  The kids did so great!

My "Mary"

Catherine so lovingly and willingly stepped in and helped us

with our music by playing guitar and leading the kiddos

in Christmas carols.  It is always a lot of work and stress along the

way but thankful we were a part of it.  There were some

mishaps that happened along the way but my two shone that night.

 Dev was not able to lead the dance around the church because she could

 not get her microphone off as it was tangled.

She was so gracious and okay with it.   Bobo was

so good about remembering his part and getting right where he

needed to be for his song and being okay when his microphone

would not go on right away.  I love seeing their hearts

develop and after all that is what The Nativity is all about.