We all realise that the message of Christmas easily gets lost amidst the turkey and the tinsel.  The story of the coming of Christ, born in a stable to save broken humanity is drown out by the sound of the cash registers.

So this year we are planning an outdoor Nativity scene with silhouette figures attached to the railings outside church and the the crib scene in the church porch.  We hope it will remind the people of Houghton about the Christmas story and encourage them to dwell, even for a moment, on the true meaning of Christmas.

On Saturday we began the process of making the figures, we were blessed by a warm, dry autumn morning, which meant we could do most of the work outside at the back of the Kepier Hall. In the middle of drawing, sawing and painting the figures gradually appeared. Thank you to the team of volunteers who helped, we had a lot of fun and as you can see the figures are looking great!