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return to bethlehem reenact the christmas story some 50 stouffville and markham dis trict churches are sharing in one way or another for the presentation over the next two weekends of bethlehem live 97 this special christmas fea ture now in its fifth season has really become a local tradition many of the churches will have people participating as members of the cast over 140 persons in peri od costume including 12 babies and their parents are required for the reenact ment of the christmas story others will or have served behind the scenes in costume and prop prepara tion publicity parking crowd control the serving of refreshments and more those look ing after park ing are ably assisted by members of the stouffville lions club bethlehem live 97 is an outdoor re- enactment of the trip to bethlehem that mary and joseph would have taken almost 2000 years ago encountering the kinds of people along the way that mary and joseph also might have met persons attending will be grouped into families of 15 for their trip to bethlehem interaction with soldiers prophets shepherds wise men and all will occur along the route every attempt is made to take participants out of the 20th century to get the feel of actu ally being in the bite winter back twelve babies and their parents were used to reenact the trip to bethlehem photo by steve somerville first century even the lighting is all by natural flame since the evening walk is outdoors those attending are urged to dress warmly the presentation runs from 6 to 9 pm nightly thursday to sunday november 2023 and 27 30 staging is on the back lot of christ ian blind mission intl parking is at the springvale bap tist church 3701 stouffville road just east of kennedy road from which people are shuttlebused to the mission site approximately 1 000 people are expected each night with busloads from across the southern ontario region a donation of 2 per person or 5 for families is requested in case of inclement weather please call 905 6406464 to determine that bethlehem live 97 is being conducted si to ec uj cq uj o z o uj z cq c i uj x i 3 if you want to triumph over winters worst make sure youve got a tough defense put a john deere snowblower on your side now available with generous rebate offers take your pick from the compact singlestage 5horsepower thrower to our heavy- duty 1 0horsepower blower all quality built for quick starts rugged durability and years of dependability so whether the playing field is your sidewalk or your driveway theres a john deere snowblower thats ready to show its muscle come in today and discover just nhin runs lke a d how easy it is to own one hutchinson farivi supply inc ground care equipment rr2 stouffville ontario bus 905 6402692 fax 905 6402994 the merchants of stouffville wish you and your family a safe happy holiday season sponsors freckles collectables flanagans folk art inside out decorating markham stouffville credit union betz fools reids consignment ida drugstore this and that stouffville uxbridge coop farquharson real estate john lords used books stouffville flower shop anns fabric stouffville furniture roseglen fitness centre crystal jewellers iqa fullertons place stouffville travel centre tribune arts aglow basically bagels beefeaters restaurant houston ford mercury stomark rentals