For the afternoon Christmas Eve service we converted the church into Bethlehem village with shepherds, market stall, wise men, the inn and so on. Some people seemed to enjoy coming in and interacting with the characters and others just enjoyed sitting down and watching what was happening around them. The time was relaxed enough to show that either was acceptable and the ‘right thing’ to do.

Darrel was one of the wise men and had the excellent idea of presenting our journey using Google Earth to explain the journey we had made to get to Bethlehem. People were fascinated! It was a stroke of genius from my friend!