West Kirby Methodist Church

Welcome to our Crib Festival

Displayed throughout the church you will find over 30 Nativity scenes and characters from around the world. All of them belong to the church or have been loaned by members of the church, their families and friends. Groups of smaller ones are displayed against backgrounds that have been painted for us by George Thompson.

The tour begins to the left as you go through the door.

NAVIGATION:		The Craft Collection
		The Colourful Collection
		The Alpine Collection
		The Metallic Collection
		The English Woodland Collection
		The Holy Land Collection
		On the Communion table...
		Advent Banner
		Acrylic
		The Ethnic Collection
		Card
		Wood effort
		James Bibby window

The Craft Collection

Fabric - made by a church member. Knitted figures - by members of the church.

The Colourful Collection Thomas Kincaid pottery (USA) (left). Three kings (Denmark) (middle). Pottery (Malta) (right).

		The Alpine Collection Wooden Carousel (Germany) (left, below). Wooden from Oberammergau (Germany). Wooden - hand carved (Austria). Wooden - cut from the cross section of a tree (Germany) (all, left). Metal Angel Chimes (Germany) (right, below).

The Metallic Collection Metal (Ireland) (below). Large gold figures (China) (below). Three kings - wooden, painted (India) (right).

The English Woodland Collection
	Hand Carved in Shropshire - on windowsill 1 of 100 carved from wood collected in Kew Gardens after the 1987 storm (left). Carved from different woods from Exmoor (below).

The Holy Land Collection


Wooden nativity set with decorated box (Bethlehem) (top, right). Wooden chequered set (Bethlehem) - on windowsill (bottom, right). Wooden - hand carved from olive wood by Christian Arabs (Bethlehem) Camel bone (St Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mt Sinai). Wooden carved (Bethlehem). Wooden - carved from one piece of olive wood (Bethlehem). Wooden (Steinbeck Mennonite village, Canada) - on wall stand (all, left).

On the Communion table...


...Wooden Oxfam Nativity (bottom, right). Wooden Oxfam Stable with pottery figures (top, right). Communion Table frontal - made by the Church Banner Group In front of communion table (left). Three Kings rug - from 2010 Crib Festival in Moreton (left).

Advent Banner made by the Church Banner Group

		Acrylic (Brussels Christmas Market)

The Ethnic Collection Wooden - hand carved (Nigeria) (left). In a nut shell (South America) (second from left). Wooden - from one piece of wood (Argentina) (second from right). Pottery (peru) (right). Wood effect (Italy) (right).

Card

Children's Nativity Story used by a church family for 35 yrs

		The Wood effort

James Bibby window

This nativity scene is part of the left hand panel of the triptych window which was given by James Bibby in 1910. It is the work of Percy Bacon Brothers, a prolific company producing many hundreds of windows for installation in churches and other buildings allover the British Empire. To discover more about the history of our Church, please click here.

Press Release

Christmas Fair and Crib Festival at West Kirby Methodist Church

The Christmas season starts for West Kirby Methodist Church with the Christmas Fair and Crib Festival from 10.30 to 3.30 on Saturday, 26th November.

Nativity scenes from around the world will be on show in the church, in all different styles and materials. Local schools are also being involved in creating scenes and well known Wirral artist George Thompson is assisting with the background scenery.

Seasonal music will be played in the church throughout the festival, with contributions from local organists, hand-bell ringers and a “Salvation Army Band” in miniature.

In the Church Hall, there will be stalls including cards, calendars, cakes, preserves, toys and games, and the Wirral Scout Post. There will also be lots of activities for children including ‘Splat the Rat’ and the making of Christmas decorations.

Admission to the hall will be £1 for adults and 50p for children, which will include mince pies, shortbread, tea or coffee. Soup and rolls will be served at lunchtime.

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