{"id":44579,"date":"2022-12-21T07:41:14","date_gmt":"2022-12-21T13:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/?p=44579"},"modified":"2022-12-15T10:44:45","modified_gmt":"2022-12-15T16:44:45","slug":"journey-to-bethlehem-attracts-1700-to-fbc-troy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mbcpathway.com\/2022\/12\/21\/journey-to-bethlehem-attracts-1700-to-fbc-troy\/","title":{"rendered":"Journey to Bethlehem attracts 1,700 to FBC Troy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>TROY \u2013 <\/b>The \u201cJourney to Bethlehem\u201d walk through nativity at First Baptist Church here had 1,700 people tour the village of Bethlehem last year.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Coordinators Heather Lindsay and Diane Campbell said they expect about that many this year, and they have added some new features to the walk-through dramatic reenactment of the first Christmas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The outdoor walk is set up around the church property with guides taking participants through various encounters with people who would have been on the road to Bethlehem at the time of Jesus\u2019 birth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">People assemble and are taken through in groups of 25.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The first stop is at a mapmaker\u2019s hut to get their traveling papers to go to the ancestral home of Bethlehem.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They are required to show these papers to Roman soldiers on horseback who check them along the way.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>When they get past the intimidating soldiers, they encounter wise men who are having a conversation with King Herod about this \u201cnew king\u201d whom they have heard about.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Herod is inquisitive and wants to know more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Then they encounter families along the way who are all abuzz talking about this King they have heard has been born in Bethlehem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">They find angels and shepherds out in the edge of the field giving glory to God for the newborn King.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Then guides take the people on toward the village. They narrate the events as they go.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The stop at the tax collector\u2019s stand is designed to be intimidating as the tax collectors harass people for a census tax.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Fortunately the guides have a pocket bag of money and pay the coins.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>There is a village set up which has merchants selling bread, meats, fish and stew cooking over an open fire.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>The innkeeper is brusque as he tells people impatiently he has no more room in the inn.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The guides then take people into the manger scene where Joseph, Mary and the baby Jesus are admired by the onlookers. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Campbell says it is a culmination of the walk, and from there they are led upstairs to the church where questions are answered and prayers are offered.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>They provide hot chocolate and homemade cookies to all who come through.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">She said it is a wonderful experience, and they encourage people from all over their community to come and tour the walk-through journey.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>It is pitched toward young families with lots of sensory experiences, live animals, food cooking, sounds and experiences that the people would have seen in Bethlehem that first Christmas eve.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Chamber of Commerce in Troy offered free advertisement of the event, and people from all over the community attend.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">They share the gospel.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>Last year a child was overheard to say, \u201cMom, what does Jesus have to do with Christmas?\u201d<span 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