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Christmas Journey

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… for children from 4 to 8 to enjoy the Christmas Story

As part of Frodsham’s Christmas festival, Christians from several churches in and around Frodsham invited children to enjoy the Christmas story through a multimedia experience at Main Street Chapel (renamed to Main Street Community Church in July 2007). A tour round the Christmas Journey took about 45 minutes. Stops included creation, Mary’s kitchen, a hillside near Bethlehem, the stable, the wise men’s tent and a modern living room.

The event is supported by Frodsham Churches Together. In the past the event has also received support from Wellspring Christian Trust, Frodsham Forward and the Frodsham Christmas Festival.

There is a Christmas Journey web site that will be of particular interest if you are thinking of organising a similar event.

The pictures on this page are from Christmas Journey in Frodsham in 2006. There are more photographs from Christmas Journey in 2011, Christmas Journey in 2007 and Christmas Journey in 2004 and 2005.

Going on the Christmas Journey

Before the journey startsTeaching and playing the theme song
Martin Payne of BRF BarnabasThe beginning: creation
Using pictures and models to tell the storyThe fall
Telling the storyThe scene is set
Baking breadMary in her kitchen
The angel appears unexpectedlyAngel appears to Mary
Angel explains to significance of the starAngel in shepherd’s field
Ready for actionA shepherd
Cow and sheep with their puppeteersIn the stable
Cow, horse and donkey with their puppeteersAnimals and their operators
Telling the story in words and actionsThe story of the three kings
A beautiful jewelled crown in the opulent tentThe tent and a crown
Summing up the storyIn a modern living room …
Again, using the models in the explanation… the meaning for today …
Introducing the booklet… of the Christmas story
Two of the guides who lead the groups round the journeyTwo “star guides”
The originators of Christmas JourneyGill and Moira
Outside Main St Chapel during Christmas JourneyAdvertising the Journey

Clicking on any of the pictures will load a larger version (about 60 to 80 kilobytes).

The Christmas Journey Theme Song

Where are you going, shepherds?
Where are you going, shepherds?
Where are you going, shepherds?
Going to see the King!

Chorus:
They say there’s a King in a cow-shed
Come to birth on a straw bed.
No royal cushions for his head.
Come to set us free!

Where are you going, wise men? ...

Where are you going, children? ...

(Words © Andrew Rudd.)

From the Nativity sets display

Probably handmade and using local materialsAfrica
Stylised characters to suit the materialUganda
Wooden carvingsNigeria
A triptychCentral America
Brightly painted opening nativityNicaragua
Brightly painted wooden set; unknown origin
Felt-like materialTajikistan (1 of 3)
More pieces from the same setTajikistan (2 of 3)
A wider view of the full setTajikistan — panorama
With spherical bodiesPeru
Like nested Russian dollsRussia
A three tier model with moving parts powered by hot air from the candlesGermany
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More information

For more about Christmas Journey, visit the Christmas Journey web site at christmasjourney.org.uk.