One of the highlights of 2021 was the outdoor Christmas pageant that St Peter’s created, and which put our unique and beautiful outdoor spaces to work as we enacted the Good News of Jesus’ birth.
A St. Peter’s tradition – a Christmas play that involves not only children but much of the congregation. This tradition began in the 1990’s under the Rev. Karen Woodruff when there were many children in the parish. Links to 2011-2018 plays inside
Since the 1990’s the annual St. Peter’s Christmas Play was inside the Church, usually during Advent 4. The play has always involved much of the congregation. However, due to Covid, there was no 2020 play.
Let’s do something different! In 2021, the idea was to go outside in terms of location and marketing. We would invite the community and bring the meaning of Christmas to the world and schedule it in the evening outside. It would have two performances to attract a larger audience in the community. We also went outside the church for additional actors and actresses for an ecumenical flavor. We had a real Jesus born in 2021! The angels were not just children but adults as well. The music had to be mobile!
This was a more involved play with 6 scenes and locations, including the pavilion dedicated in 2021. With this complexity the play had to include more directions and location managers.
Many thanks to the Heimbachs for sharing their front porch for the beginning of the pageant. This outdoor pageant brought our community together. In addition to members of St Peter’s, friends of St Peter’s, an angel from Memorial Baptist, and others in the community, we presented the Christmas story to those who came from as far away as Bowling Green and King George to see the Christmas story unfold outdoors in scripture and in song.
The play was repeated in 2023 with only one performance.