The Road to Bethlehem
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Date: 18 December 2006 11:39:29
Well yesterday was fun. In the afternoon I went with my Mum to an event called ‘The Road to Bethlehem' which is run by one of the local churches. It is a big marquee and when you enter you start a tour of a ‘traditional' street to Bethlehem. So when we walked in we went past the tent makers, carpenters, potters, weavers etc. they also had donkeys and sheep in pens and eventually you ended up at a crib seen. The various characters were all people from local churches dressed up and there were a variety or roman soldiers who were wandering around asking the children to show their passports. It was really lovely and was an interesting way of getting the Christmas story out to a wider variety of people. I think last year they had about 2000 people walk the Road to Bethlehem.
The Carpenter's House
The Little Baby Jesus... not lying in a manger!