CRECHE GROOVE FESTIVAL TO DISPLAY NATIVITY SCENES.Byline: Peggy Hager Staff Writer LANCASTER - Scenes of Jesus' birth - made from glass, wood and even wax - will be on display this weekend for the sixth annual Christmas Creche Festival. The Lancaster East Stake Center of the Church of Jesus Christ Church of Jesus Christ may refer to:
Provided by local residents, the Nativities - or creches, from the French word for crib - represent a whole realm of styles and sizes - from 1 inch to 3 feet tall, from olive wood hand-carved in Israel to handmade yarn figures. ``They're made out of everything from ceramics and glass to olive wood,'' Rex said. The three-day event three-day event a competition in the pleasure horse sport comprising usually one day each for dressage, cross country and show jumping. will include live musical presentations all day Saturday by various church groups and individuals and a ``Messiah'' singalong Noun 1. singalong - informal group singing of popular songs singsong singing, vocalizing - the act of singing vocal music from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday. Children are welcome and there will be crafts and costumes for the children to play with. The festival will be open from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. The stake center is located at Avenue J and 27th Street East. Each creche is surrounded by live poinsettias. Eleven Christmas trees decorated with lights add to the atmosphere in the large hall where the creches are displayed. Members of the church began setting up Tuesday for the festival and aren't expected to finish setting up the more than 150 Nativities until this evening. Creches have been acquired by exhibitors for a number of reasons. A card accompanying a small creche donated by Nancy Lyon read, ``Saw it, liked it, bought it.'' Another creche in her collection was purchased from Avon for her grandchildren. Several of Bonnie bon·ny also bon·nie adj. bon·ni·er, bon·ni·est Scots 1. Physically attractive or appealing; pretty. 2. Excellent. and Jacob Ferguson's nine creches were made by Bonnie and others were given to her by relatives. Frankincense frankincense: see incense-tree. frankincense Fragrant gum resin obtained from trees of the genus Boswellia (family Burseraceae), particularly several varieties found in Somalia, Yemen, and Oman. and myrrh myrrh: see incense-tree. myrrh symbol of gladness. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 176] See : Joy are displayed in one. ``Betty Fiegel, my friend, brought it from Saudia Arabia in 1992,'' Bonnie Ferguson said. One creche she made out of ceramic and brushed with chalk dust Noun 1. chalk dust - dust resulting from writing with a piece of chalk; "chalk dust covered the teacher's hands" dust - fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered with dust" . This is the sixth year the Fergusons have visited the festival and their fourth year of participation. CAPTION(S): 4 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Bonnie Ferguson displays Nativity scenes from her collection, including some she made herself, at the Creche Festival. (2 -- color) Marvin and Neoma Tingdahl of Lancaster set up ``Presepe Napoletano,'' the Nativity scene they bought on a trip to Naples, Italy, 50 years ago. (3 -- color) no caption (Nativity scene) (4) This presentation of Mary The feast, known in the West as the Presentation of Mary, and in the East as The Entry of the Most Holy Theotokos into the Temple is a Christian holy day commemorating the entry of the Virgin Mary into the Temple in Jerusalem as a small child. and Joseph with the baby Jesus atop a donkey, on display soon as part of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' Christmas Creche Festival, is from Bonnie Ferguson's collection. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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