About a month and a half ago, Paul came home from a church meeting and mentioned that the bishop (what we call the leader of our congregati...
Last weekend I helped a few ladies from my church plan our wards Christmas party: A Night in Bethlehem. We wanted to create a Christmas experience that celebrated the life of Christ. I'm on the enrichment committee,
Last weekend I helped a few ladies from my church plan our wards Christmas party: A Night in Bethlehem. We wanted to create a Christmas experience that celebrated the life of Christ. I'm on the enrichment committee,
While unloading my car , preparing for "A Night in Bethlehem" ward activity....I noticed that we have finally received a little fall....in the parking lot no less....Beautiful still the same. I was asked to prepare one of the "tents/booths" for...
This was a night like no other. In and amongst all the hustle and bustle of holiday preparations it was so nice to walk into this humb...
This was a night like no other. In and amongst all the hustle and bustle of holiday preparations it was so nice to walk into this humb...
How to plan an EPIC White Christmas Party for upcoming holiday party on a small budget. This complete party plan includes decorations, menu and other ideas!
Last weekend I helped a few ladies from my church plan our wards Christmas party: A Night in Bethlehem. We wanted to create a Christmas experience that celebrated the life of Christ. I'm on the enrichment committee,
Our church always has an annual Christmas dinner. Sometimes its the usual sit-down dinner with some light entertainment. One year it was ...
Okay, my husband and I were actually put in charge of the Farmington Ranches 4th Ward Christmas Party - TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO! I figured ...
Our church always has an annual Christmas dinner. Sometimes its the usual sit-down dinner with some light entertainment. One year it was ...
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A Day in Bethlehem experience was held at St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in Mahtomedi Sunday, Dec. 16. The event featured dancing, crafts, food, spices live animals and other representative displays from the era around the birth of Jesus.
Silent Night, Holy Night, All Is Calm, All Is Bright.... Gather with us tonight as we celebrate the Reason for the Season, the birth of Christ, with a dinner called A NIGHT IN BETHLEHEM. Last year we decided to make the night we celebrated the Nativity separate from gifts and crazy excitement of Christmas Eve and make it a more special and spiritual event. Last year we called it A Night With The Shepherds. We were dressed in our Middle Eastern outfits and ate Middle Eastern food. Haha! That didn't go over so well with the grandkids. I should have called them burritos, as they got scared off. This year we decided to call it A Night In Bethlehem and wanted to make it more special by sitting on the floor and serving a little more familiar food, but maybe in a style like they might have eaten. We started with long folding tables and set them on #10 cans on the carpet in the great room. Tablecloths covered the tables and were tucked underneath. I spread out a beaded table topper and then placed wooden serving boards around the table. I had purchased a lot of these small wooden serving boards at Home Goods quite a while ago and decided that would be their "plate" and all they needed was a knife for cutting and spreading. The food was beautifully displayed as an assortment of Charcuterie boards. The menu consisted of a variety of cheese, crackers, naan bread, prosciutto wrapped cheese, hummus, nuts, fruit and honey with honeycomb. I chose grapes and pomegranates, Asiago and Manchego Cheeses and a variety of flavored Brie, along with artichoke dip. Sparkling apple cider is always festive and the kids love to drink from goblets. I have about 20 goblets from Dollar Tree, and there is no fear about broken glasses since they can easily be replaced. A glass goblet makes it so much more special for the little ones. We have used these for a lot of family events for two years, and the funny thing is, none of them have broken. We didn't have quite enough of the small boards so I used a few larger boards. Everyone loved eating off the boards. These two cuties helped me set up and immediately Jacquelyn wanted to get dressed as Mary. Zack also got dressed in a shepherd's costume. They then proceeded to answer the door when the remainder of the family came, and told them, "There is no room in the inn," and closed the door. Of course, they enjoyed that fun. The adults had a little fun with costumes too, as they reclined at the feast table. Baby got into the fun as she acted as a servant, feeding her daddy grapes. As dishes were being cleared, the rest of the costumes were being donned. Usually the girls fight over who is Mary, last year the prized costumes were the camels, but this year we had tender feelings over who got to be the pretty angel. Of course, we try to be kind and take turns. This little one informed me that she wants to do the Nativity again for Christmas Eve, and could I be sure and get another angel costume for her since this one was a little big! Jokingly, we asked the 2 1/2 year old if she wanted to be the baby. She crawled right into the manger and posed with her eyes closed the whole time. The day after she came over and said she wanted to sleep in the manger again. Oh the magic of children! Mary gave love to her little one with pigtails! We have a collection of sheep who attended the dinner and the nativity. You can see Zack riding his camel. We didn't have all of the little ones here for dinner this year, so we are always able to fill in with adults. We are a rather crazy crew, but the night was magical and brought a wonderful spirit into the home as we prepare to celebrate the birth of our Lord Jesus Christ. I will be posting this with Share Your Cup Tablescapes Thursday
While unloading my car , preparing for "A Night in Bethlehem" ward activity....I noticed that we have finally received a little fall....in the parking lot no less....Beautiful still the same. I was asked to prepare one of the "tents/booths" for...
How to plan an EPIC White Christmas Party for upcoming holiday party on a small budget. This complete party plan includes decorations, menu and other ideas!
Our church always has an annual Christmas dinner. Sometimes its the usual sit-down dinner with some light entertainment. One year it was ...
As I have indicated in my two previous posts I have been involved in helping create a Festival of the Nativities. Our goal was to stick cl...
Our Christmas Ward Activity this year was a time period themed party based around the birth of Christ... Called A Night In Bethlehem. It was the first time I had ever hosted a party that wasnt 100% my own vision... instead I had heard about and researched it from this web site here. I thought doing it this way would decrease the amount of work on my behalf because I was wanting to reduce the stress this time around for the holidays... yeah I was wrong... VERY WRONG! I have NEVER put this much effort into an activity before. I was there everyday the week of setting up, sometimes twice a day. I dragged my poor kiddos to over half of those set up times. After all of the hard work and planning it turned out great! Here are a few pictures of the evening. Before the crowds! Centurion standing guard Ryan & LivieBug The whole family! The Inns The Bishops Bread Bakery Chalk Mural for the Manger backdrop Manger, Wells & City Wall The Census The "Citizens of Bethlehem" YM Toy Shop YW Fruit Market Bishops Bread Bakery "Primarily" Crafts Shop The Sweet Relief Bakery Me & Vanessa (Mary) Mary & Joseph Ryan and a VERY tired Evelyn Mary, Joseph & Baby Jesus Good Citizens of Bethlehem The Skit The Ward Choir The Wise men Dani
So our church is having "A Night in Bethlehem" family party where there will be "shops" that feature all things in the time when Christ was...
While unloading my car , preparing for "A Night in Bethlehem" ward activity....I noticed that we have finally received a little fall....in the parking lot no less....Beautiful still the same. I was asked to prepare one of the "tents/booths" for...
While unloading my car , preparing for "A Night in Bethlehem" ward activity....I noticed that we have finally received a little fall....in the parking lot no less....Beautiful still the same. I was asked to prepare one of the "tents/booths" for...
It was a wonderful night in Bethlehem... We had our ward party last night. This is the Christmas party that I had in mind after I did last ...
These ideas for Dr. Jones and the Secret of the Lost Keys were used recently at Prairie Oak Community Church in their kid’s worship area. 1. Entrance to an Egyptian building. Use rolls of brow…
Today will be the last opportunity to join Bethlehem residents in celebrating the birth of Christ together at Methodist Park.
