This is rather wonderful!  Enjoy. (click the 'play' arrow to start the video)

Photo from this morning's Pop-Up nativity, with the angel/narrator having to go around the 'Big Scary Romans'... but it's crying out for a caption, methinks!

(Not wearing a dog collar, the white 'flash' is a clip on portable transmitter for a digital hearing aid!!)

Today for the first time, I will be leading a 'pop-up nativity' using Bible Society material (from 2017!!)

The premise is simple - people are invited to dress up as their favourite character in the story, to join in some pantomime style responses, and to sing lots of carols/songs.

The version we're using is based the 'Bear Hunt' game/story and is called The Greatest Story.

As the traveller/angel/narrator I'll be wearing my 'believe' jumper and a tinsel halo, as one does!

The countdown to Christmas is now on...

• Carols by Candlelight - led by someone else (thank you A) - this evening
• Christmas Voices evening Zooms (final five)
• Lessons and Carols for Christmas Eve morning
• Christingle on Christmas Eve morning
• Christmas Day celebration
• Community Christmas Day Lunch

It's going to very full on - and it's going to be fun!

My Vicar School jumper arrived today - there is a good choice of colours for these hoodies, which are specially ordered once a year (I think).  I chose 'blue ink' which is actually a very dark teal/petrel kind of a colour.

I guess that makes me kind of officially attired!

It's really quite small (the size you might put on a sideboard), and you could so easily walk by without spotting it, but in the Memorial Square in Railway Town is a beautiful nativity scene in a shed.

I like that I could so easily have failed to notice it.

I like that it's small and insignificant next to the bright white lights on the trees.

I like that that's how it would have been - nothing to see, just a another peasant baby, born in an out of the way place that no-one ever went.