{"id":31658,"date":"2017-12-19T07:51:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T13:51:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=31658"},"modified":"2017-12-18T21:41:34","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T03:41:34","slug":"valley-churches-bring-the-christmas-story-to-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2017\/12\/19\/valley-churches-bring-the-christmas-story-to-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Valley Churches Bring The Christmas Story to Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-15.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-15-475x356.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 15\" width=\"475\" height=\"356\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-31659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-15-475x356.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-15-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-15-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-15.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Submitted by: Beth Gust, Pictures and Video by Kevin Penner | Swan Valley Museum was the venue last Saturday, December 16, 2017 for a Live Nativity Event. <\/p>\n<p>Valley churches organized the scenes which included a marketplace manned by local vendors showing their wares and a manger scene, complete with the Biblical characters, musicians, and live animals. Hundreds of people came to experience a taste of Old Bethlehem as it might have been the night Jesus was born.<\/p>\n<p><em>As each guest arrived, they were counted for the census.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-01-475x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 01\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-31673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-01-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-01-228x128.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-01-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-01.jpg 1065w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Friendly vendors in the marketplace welcomed visitors and invited them to sample their wares.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-08.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-08-475x306.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 08\" width=\"475\" height=\"306\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-31665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-08-475x306.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-08-228x146.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-08-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-08.jpg 931w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-05.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-05-228x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 05\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31660\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-05-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-05-475x356.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-05-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-05.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-02-228x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 02\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31661\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-02-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-02-475x356.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-02-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-02.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-06.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-06-475x269.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 06\" width=\"475\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-31670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-06-475x269.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-06-228x129.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-06-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-06.jpg 1058w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-09.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-09-228x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 09\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31671\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-09-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-09-475x356.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-09-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-09.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-10-228x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 10\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-10-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-10-475x356.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-10-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-10.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-04.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-04-475x269.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 04\" width=\"475\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-31664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-04-475x269.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-04-228x129.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-04-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-04.jpg 1056w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-07.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-07-228x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 07\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-07-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-07-475x356.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-07-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-07.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-21.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-21-228x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 21\" width=\"228\" height=\"170\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-21-228x170.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-21-475x356.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-21-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-21.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-03-475x271.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 03\" width=\"475\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-31666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-03-475x271.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-03-228x130.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-03-300x171.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-03.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-20.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-20-475x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 20\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-31667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-20-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-20-228x128.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-20-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-20.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Music filled the air as musicians played in the marketplace and angels sang outside the stable.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-13.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-13-475x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 13\" width=\"475\" height=\"248\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-31668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-13-475x248.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-13-228x119.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-13-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-13.jpg 1146w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Everyone was encouraged to check out the stable where something amazing had happened.<br \/>\n<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-17.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-17-475x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"still 17\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-31669\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-17-475x267.jpg 475w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-17-228x128.jpg 228w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-17-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/still-17.jpg 1067w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 475px) 100vw, 475px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click play below for a walk-through experience of the live nativity.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"475\" height=\"267\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TxGOH06Xp48?rel=0&#038;autoplay=0&#038;loop=0&#038;wmode=opaque\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by: Beth Gust, Pictures and Video by Kevin Penner | Swan Valley Museum was the venue last Saturday, December 16, 2017 for a Live Nativity Event. Valley churches organized the scenes which included a marketplace manned by local vendors showing their wares and a manger scene, complete with the Biblical characters, musicians, and live [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[24,13,16],"class_list":["post-31658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-arts-entertainment","tag-coverage","tag-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}