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MORMONS PERFORM NATIVITY CHURCH WANTS ITS BELIEF IN JESUS KNOWN.


Byline: GIDEON RUBIN Special to the Daily News

PALMDALE -- Hoping to squelch squelch  
v. squelched, squelch·ing, squelch·es

v.tr.
1. To crush by or as if by trampling; squash.

2.
 what the Mormon community believes are misconceptions Misconceptions is an American sitcom television series for The WB Network for the 2005-2006 season that never aired. It features Jane Leeves, formerly of Frasier, and French Stewart, formerly of 3rd Rock From the Sun.  about its religion, members of Palmdale's Church of Jesus Christ Church of Jesus Christ may refer to:
  • Christian Church, the body of all persons that share faith based in Christianity
  • Church of Jesus Christ–Christian, a white-supremacist church founded by Ku Klux Klan organizer Wesley A.
 of Latter-day Saints performed a re-enactment this past week of the Nativity Nativity
See also Christmas.

Neglectfulness (See CARELESSNESS.)

Nervousness (See INSECURITY.)

Bethlehem

birthplace of Jesus. [N.T.
.

The church on Avenue S performed six shows each night, Thursday to Saturday.

About 200 church members participated in groups of about 25, with each group performing three 20-minute shows. The performances also featured three goats, one sheep and a donkey, which Mary rode into Bethlehem.

The re-enactments were performed under bright lights in front of the church and featured a narrative broadcast over loudspeakers, along with music.

``A lot of people don't know Don't know (DK, DKed)

"Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party.
 we believe in Christ even though our name is the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, so we just want them to know that we do believe in Christ and we honor his birth and that it's a big part of our lives,'' said Sharon Graham, who organized the event.

Graham said the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming.

The Antelope Valley
 is home to about 5,200 practicing Mormons.

``We're presenting this as a gift to the community,'' Graham said.

``We're not proselytizing,'' she said. ``We just want people to know that we believe very strongly in Christ.''

gideon.rubin@dailynews.com

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(1 -- 2 -- color) Church members, right, portray Mary (Rachel Bateson, 17, of Pearblossom) and Joseph (Cody Lush, 15, of Little Rock) with baby Jesus in a live Nativity pageant at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Palmdale. Below, church members portray shepherds coming to see Jesus.

Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer
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