Living Lord Lutheran gives the public a chance to experience a 'Night in Bethlehem.'
By
Pam Eubanks
| 10:10 p.m. December 10, 2016
East County
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It was a trip to Bethlehem and those who made the journey didn't have to leave Lakewood Ranch.
The Living Lord Lutheran Church presented its Night in Bethlehem event Dec. 10, letting patrons wander through the streets of a recreated Bethlehem underneath a beautiful sky.
Those who attended enjoyed a nativity scene, arts and crafts, snacks and singing.
For this year’s event, guests brought pajamas to donate to The Way to Inspire and Give (TWIG), a Venice-based organization that provides clothing to children in foster care.
Sarasota' s Daniel Heed joins Braden River High' s Rachel Klosterman in recreating the scene of Jesus' birth.
Mill Creek' s Jennifer Otterness helps her daughter, Lauren, 3, make a shepherd.
Lynette Deon, center, nannies Mill Creek' s Grace Gerling, left, and Lilly Gerling, right.
Night in Bethlehem' s set was created by Mill Creek resident Jim Baar, pictured with his sons, Matt and Joey.
Lori Norgart supplies brownies and cookies to the guests.
Patty Kunkel acts as a beggar, seeking gold and silver coins from attendees.
Erika and Kim Schmidt, of Mill Creek, help children with a candy cane craft.
Santiago Pacheco, 3, of Bradenton, makes a glitter and paint ornament.
Palm-Aire residents Juliette and Jessica Coay and Brenda Wilson came for the third year in a row.
Three-year-old Michael Smith, of Greenbrook, focuses on his craft.
Venice resident Dianne Weed, founder of The Way to Inspire and Give (TWIG), stands with pajamas collected for her organization, which supplies clothes to children in foster care.
