{"id":28350,"date":"2014-12-19T11:55:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-19T15:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=28350"},"modified":"2014-12-19T11:55:20","modified_gmt":"2014-12-19T15:55:20","slug":"greenville-journey-bethlehem-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/?p=28350","title":{"rendered":"Greenville: Journey to Bethlehem Event"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Roman Solider on the outside of the gate to Bethlehem<\/p>\n

We went to the Journey to Bethlehem<\/a> Event with Jake’s cousins family a couple weeks ago.\u00a0 It was a really neat event by the Greenville Nazarene<\/a> church.\u00a0 When you arrived you signed in and received a token to pay your taxes to the Roman soldiers once you arrived at the city of Bethlehem.\u00a0 Before going into the city you watched a short video sharing the history behind the event and preparing you for what will happen once inside the city.\u00a0 The event is free and well worth going through with your family.\u00a0 They do it every year.<\/p>\n

They had about 12 booths that you could go to each one doing something different.\u00a0 At each booth you got a treat (like bread that would be eaten during that time) or bead to put onto your necklace or you made something (like a toy from that era).\u00a0 There were animals you could pet, hot chocolate, a manger scene, and so much more.\u00a0 We have wanted to attend this event for the past few years, but always had a conflict on the weekend they did it.\u00a0 Thanks Luke and Kristen for inviting us to come with you.\u00a0 We had a great time and it was a wonderful learning experience for the kids too!\u00a0 It was really nice to attend an event that reflected on the original meaning of Christmas.\u00a0 This event had to take a lot of time and energy from many people to make happen.\u00a0 Thank You!<\/p>\n

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Eating a homemade cookie and listening to the lady tell a story!<\/p>\n

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Making a toy out of wood and string – fascinating!<\/p>\n

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As always the animals were a hit with the girls!<\/p>\n

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Angels making the announcement to the shepherds.<\/p>\n

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A live camel, the girls really wanted to go for a ride or at least pet it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Roman Solider on the outside of the gate to Bethlehem We went to the Journey to Bethlehem Event with Jake’s cousins family a couple weeks ago.\u00a0 It was a really neat event by the Greenville Nazarene church.\u00a0 When you arrived you signed in and received a token to pay your taxes to the Roman soldiers once you arrived at the city of Bethlehem.\u00a0 Before going into the city you watched a short video sharing the history behind the event and preparing you for what will happen once inside the city.\u00a0 The event is free and well worth going through with your family.\u00a0 They do it every year. They had about 12 booths that you could go to each one doing something different.\u00a0 At each booth you got a treat (like bread that would be eaten during that time) or bead to put onto your necklace or you made something (like a toy from that era).\u00a0 There were animals you could pet, hot chocolate, a manger scene, and so much more.\u00a0 We have wanted to attend this event for the past few years, but always had a conflict on the weekend they did it.\u00a0 Thanks Luke and Kristen for inviting us to come with you.\u00a0 We had a great time and it was a wonderful learning experience for the kids too!\u00a0 It was really nice to attend an event that reflected on the original meaning of Christmas.\u00a0 This event had to take a lot of time and energy from many people to make happen.\u00a0 Thank You! Eating a homemade cookie and listening to the lady tell a story! Making a toy out of wood and string – fascinating! As always the animals were a hit with the girls! Angels making the announcement to the shepherds. A live camel, the girls really wanted to go for a ride or at least pet it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[55,57,64,3,4,65,67,6,7,11,15,16,20,25,40],"tags":[4373,4374,7609,7631,8741,8846,10926,10929,13610,13877,14841,14939,16703,20799,22136,22716,23890,23897],"class_list":["post-28350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christmas","category-crafts","category-events","category-events-holidays","category-fall-activities","category-family","category-family-activities","category-family-fun","category-family-outings","category-family-fun-2","category-holiday","category-kids","category-local-activities","category-raising-multiples","category-teaching-our-children-2","tag-christmas-event","tag-christmas-event-in-greenville","tag-family-event-in-greenville","tag-family-fun","tag-free-event","tag-free-greenville-event","tag-greenville-nazarene","tag-greenville-sc","tag-journey-to-bethlehem","tag-kid-friendly-activities","tag-little-town-of-bethlehem","tag-local-event","tag-nazarene-church","tag-sc","tag-south-carolina","tag-story-of-jesus","tag-things-to-do-in-greenville","tag-things-to-do-with-kids"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcnfwQ-7ng","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blessingsmultiplied.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}