Main Street Community Church

Christmas Journey 2004/2005

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

As part of Frodsham’s Christmas festival in 2004, 2005 and 2006 Christians from several churches in and around Frodsham invited children to enjoy the Christmas story in a fresh way through a multimedia experience at Main Street Chapel. 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 was supported by Frodsham Churches Together, Wellspring Christian Trust, and the Frodsham Christmas Festival.

The Christmas Journey website will be of particular interest if you are thinking of organising a similar event.

Christmas Journey has continued and is still held in Frodsham each year.

These pictures are from 2004 and 2005.

Going on the Christmas Journey

Martin Payne of BRF BarnabasNarrating Creation and fall
Looking at the pictures and models used to tell the storyCreation and Fall
A closer look at the photos and modelsCreation and fall props
A painted backdrop but real fresh bread!Mary’s Kitchen
Angel appears to Mary whilst she worked in the kitchenAngel appears to Mary
The angel explains why he has comeAngel speaks to Mary
Angel explains the meaning of the starAngel in shepherd’s field
A view of the setThe shepherd’s field
The puppet animals in their stableThe stable
The three kings offer their giftsThree kings and (inset) their tent
The curtains and hangingsThe sumptuous tent
Explaining the meaning of the giftsThe gifts they gave to the baby
Bringing it up to date: The living roomWhat it means for today
Using models and pictures to help to tell the storyTelling the story
Another view of the living room setWaiting for the next visitors

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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 and Music by Andrew Rudd; © Andrew Rudd.

Some more Christmas Journey photographs

Learning and singing the words of the songTeaching the theme song
Playing and singing the theme songSinging the song
The angel speaking to MaryMary in her kitchen
The cow and its puppeteerIn the stable
Two more animals with their puppeteerThe horse and the donkey
The sheep with its puppeteerSheep puppet
Another view of the king’s tentThe wise men ’s tent
Mary baking breadMary working in the kitchen
Showing the four gazebos with passageways between themRoom layout
17 people in uniformsSome of the cast and helpers
16, many differentAnother group shot
Outside the church at night showing lights and window paintingsMain Street Chapel at Christmas
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More information

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

Or see some photos from the 2006 Christmas Journey.