Beginning on Friday, December 4, 2009 and ending on Sunday, December 6, 2009 will be the annual Goshen Stake and Community Interfaith Crèche Exhibit.

All are welcome to visit the exhibit. Exhibit times are Friday, December 4, 2009 from 1:00pm to 8:00pm. Saturday, December 5, 2009 from 10:00am to 8:00pm. Sunday, December 6, 2009 from 9:00am to 8:00pm at the Goshen Stake Center, 70 South Center Street, Goshen, Utah.

Event Schedule

December 4 and 5 there will be a Live Nativity from 5:00pm to 6:30pm on the Cultural Hall stage. There will be a Musical program both evenings at 7:00pm.

December 5th and 6th a Children's Life Nativity will be from 2:30pm to 4:00pm on the Cultural Hall stage.

On December 6th a Musical Program will begin at 5:00pm.

Event Highlights

Approximately 700 Crèches will be on display. Musical programs, live nativities, children's art, Humanitarian tree and service projects, and poetry honoring our Savior.

Musical selections will be performed throughout the day and evening at the east end of the Cultural Hall.

Artisans will be exhibiting personalized craftsmanship of the Crèche in a room located in the north east hallway.

What is a Crèche?

Crèche is a French word that has long been used as a universal term to describe the Nativity. It is an artistic representation of the birth of Jesus. People seek to capture the Nativity in a personal, meaningful way.

A Crèche may be an elaborate masterpiece or a child's simple creation made from clay. Many Crèches are a unique reflection of differing worldwide cultures, but each expresses the artist's awe and joy in the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.

Christmas has become so commercialized; the Crèche draws our thought to the real meaning for rejoicing. May we always remember that the true reason for Christmas is the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ.

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The sharing of joy, whether physical, emotional, psychic, or intellectual, forms a bridge between the sharers which can be the basis for understanding much of what is not shared between them, and lessens the threat of their difference.

- Audre Lorde